Occupational Health and Safety Technician – Technical Coordination Support

REF. 26-090_MS_XG 

About the research group

IDIBELL is looking for an Intermediate Occupational Risk Prevention Technician to join the ICO-IDIBELL Joint Prevention Service (SPPM ICO-IDIBELL). The successful candidate will provide direct support to the Head of the Service and act as an operational liaison with the technical team, contributing to the organisation, functional coordination and day-to-day supervision of activities. The role also includes technical prevention duties across ICO and IDIBELL work centres, with priority dedication to Hospital Duran i Reynals - ICO Hospitalet and availability to travel to the different sites.

The ICO-IDIBELL Joint Prevention Service integrates occupational risk prevention activities for ICO and IDIBELL in accordance with RD 39/1997, defining, planning and implementing the occupational risk prevention policy across their work centres.

About the role

• Provide direct support to the Head of the Service in organising, planning, prioritising and monitoring prevention activities.

• Functionally coordinate the technical team’s day-to-day work: follow up task allocation, centralise incidents, monitor deadlines and facilitate reporting to the Head of the Service.

• Act as the operational liaison between the Head of the Service and the technical team, supporting consistent criteria and monitoring preventive actions.

• Contribute to preventive planning, annual reports, monitoring documents and activity indicators.

• Carry out risk assessments, safety inspections and visits to work centres, laboratories and work areas, proposing and monitoring preventive and corrective measures.

• Investigate accidents, incidents and occupational diseases and prepare the relevant technical reports.

• Provide support in emergencies, evacuation, first aid and self-protection plans.

• Prepare technical documentation and deliver basic occupational risk prevention training and information.

• Collaborate with departments and services and support coordination of business activities (CAE).

• Availability to travel to the different ICO and IDIBELL work centres.

Job requirements

Professional experience

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in occupational risk prevention, preferably in healthcare, biomedical research, laboratories or equivalent complex environments.
• Proven experience in organising and monitoring technical activities, operational team coordination and priority management.
• Experience in safety inspections, corrective action follow-up, accident investigations and prevention training.

Education and training

• University degree, preferably in Psychology, Health Sciences, Scientific-Technical disciplines or other qualifications related to the role.
• Higher Vocational Qualification in Occupational Risk Prevention (intermediate level) or recognised equivalent qualification.
• Driving licence (B) and availability to travel between work centres. 

Technical & soft skills

• Planning, organisational and priority-management skills.
• Functional coordination, communication and teamwork skills.
• Autonomy, proactivity, analytical ability, technical rigour and problem-solving orientation.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and integrated occupational risk prevention management tools such as PREVENGOS or equivalent.

Languages

• Good command of the English language
• Fluency in Spanish and Catalan.

We will value, but not required

• Previous experience in biomedical research environments and laboratories. Knowledge or specific training in biosafety, chemical risks, emergencies and self-protection plans.
• Knowledge of psychosocial risk assessment, healthy organisations or prevention management systems.
• Knowledge of English and ACTIC accreditation or equivalent.

What do we offer

•  No. of positions: 1
•  Estimated start date: 01/08/2026
•  Contract duration: Permanent
•  Estimated annual gross salary: It is commensurate with qualifications and consistent with our pay ranges.
•  You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
•  Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.
•  Possibility to work some days in remote -Teleworking
•  26 working days of holiday per year
•  System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.
•  Paid leave package
• Benefits of constant training are offered
• We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.

Deadline: Please submit your application by 24/07/2026

Data protection notice

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Our institute

IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Observations:

The 'HR Excellence in Research' award represents IDIBELL’s commitment to the implementation of Human Resources policies, which oversee the attracting and development of talent in an open, transparent, and based on personal merit, in alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment Researchers (Charter and Code).

IDIBELL is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the implementation of open, transparent and merit-based recruitment (OTMR).