health and safety engineer

Health and safety engineers design objects and programs by combining engineering principles and health and safety requirements. They envision the protection and well-being of the people using designed objects or performing work under designed health and safety programs. They assess facilities and the risks that they might pose (e.g. contaminant materials, ergonomics, handling of dangerous substances, etc.) in order to design and improve health and safety measures.

The most in-demand skills for this role include engineering principles, safety engineering, assessment of risks and threats, health and safety regulations, advise on safety improvements, adjust engineering designs. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives health and safety engineer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.