At Fortress, we save lives by providing world-class machinery safety and interlocking solutions. Since 1977, our innovative products have protected workers worldwide, preventing access to hazardous machine areas and ensuring safety procedures are followed.

Safety Services Specialist

Why join us?

Join Fortress: Global Leaders in Machinery Safety & Interlocking

At Fortress, we save lives by providing world-class machinery safety and interlocking solutions. Since 1977, our innovative products have protected workers worldwide, preventing access to hazardous machine areas and ensuring safety procedures are followed.

Company: Fortress Safety

Sector: Safety

Function: Administration, Facilities & Secretarial

Job Type: Regular / Permanent

Role Type: Full time

Location: Erlanger, Kentucky

Job Description

Help grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day.

Safety Services Specialist

Remote, USA (Home-based) | Full-time $140,000 – $180,000 per annum + Strong benefits

About the Opportunity

Fortress Safety is looking for a Safety Services Specialist to bring deep machinery safety standards knowledge and expertise to our customers, our teams and the wider industry. Reporting to the Product Director, you'll educate, advise and support the growth of Fortress as we deliver on our purpose of saving lives by providing the best safety solutions. This is a genuine opportunity to shape how the industry thinks about machinery safety compliance and training.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Drive internal and external activity that positions Fortress as a trusted safety authority, including site visits, webinars, and standards and technical workshops

  • Create content and deliver first-class training on B11 to educate the wider workforce on machinery safety related standards

  • Support the development of a Fortress training academy proposition

  • Partner with Product Management and Marketing to translate technical and regulatory content into accessible, engaging customer-facing training materials

  • Support New Product Development (NPD) and New Product Introduction (NPI) activity, ensuring compliance and regulatory requirements are designed in from concept through to launch

What You'll Bring

  • Proven machinery safety standards knowledge and application expertise

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills

  • Experience as an effective trainer with the ability to make the complex simple

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements into practical guidance

  • A meticulous approach, with a continuous improvement mindset

  • The ability to lead and influence without formal authority

  • A university degree or equivalent experience gained on the job

What We Offer

  • 24 days holiday per year plus 9 holiday office closures

  • 401(k) matching and profit-sharing potential

  • Paid parental leave – 14 weeks fully paid

  • Financial insurance coverage, including voluntary life, disability, accident and illness insurance

  • Group healthcare policy with medical, dental and vision, plus family and partner options

  • WPO Employee Assistance Program

  • Long service recognition

About Fortress Safety

Since 1977, Fortress Safety has been the expert in machinery safety and interlocking, protecting people and equipment in hazardous environments worldwide from our Wolverhampton HQ in the UK, with operations across the USA (including Erlanger, Kentucky), Europe, Australia, China and India. We're proud to be part of Halma plc, a FTSE 100 company with over 8,000 colleagues across 50+ businesses globally, all united by a purpose to build a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day.

Inclusion & Accommodations

At Fortress, we don't just accept difference — we celebrate it. We're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues, and if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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Ready to become the go-to voice for machinery safety at Fortress Safety? Apply today

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The Benefits

Fortress Safety offers a comprehensive compensation package and health and wellness benefits.

Health package

Our comprehensive health and wellness compensation package and insurance to keep you at your best.

Generous pension plan

Prepare for your life after work with the Fortress Safety pension savings scheme for all our employees.

Work with purpose

Contribute at a workplace built on safety, purpose, and people.

Part of Halma Group

Excellent career development, networking, and advancement opportunities worldwide.

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