Operational EH&S – Safety Specialist
Posted 1 day ago by Crossing Hurdles
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Operational EH&S – Safety Specialist role involves evaluating AI-generated text against safety criteria, documenting decisions, and identifying risks that automated systems may overlook. The position requires collaboration with safety and research teams while applying environmental health and safety principles to AI contexts. The role is remote and offers flexible hours ranging from 10 to 40 hours per week. Candidates should have a background in environmental health and safety and strong analytical skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Annotate and evaluate AI-generated text against defined safety criteria such as bias, misinformation, unsafe reasoning, and disallowed content.
- Apply harm taxonomies and safety guidelines consistently, including in ambiguous or complex cases.
- Document evaluation decisions and reasoning to help improve safety guidelines and frameworks.
- Identify operational and safety-related risks that automated systems may miss.
- Contribute high-quality human data to support AI safety research, model improvements, and risk audits.
- Collaborate asynchronously with safety and research teams in a structured project environment.
Key Skills:
- Background in environmental health and safety (EHS/EH&S), lab safety, biosafety, or occupational safety.
- Experience managing compliance programs, safety training, or incident investigations.
- Strong understanding of hazard prevention, incident documentation, and enforcement of safety protocols.
- Ability to adapt operational safety principles to AI systems and data evaluation contexts.
- High attention to detail with a structured, analytical approach to decision-making.
- Comfortable making consistent judgments in nuanced or ambiguous scenarios.
- Ability to clearly document reasoning and feedback.
- Comfortable working independently in a remote, project-based environment.
Salary (Rate): £90.00/hour
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Position: Operational EH&S – Safety Specialist
Type: Hourly contract
Compensation: $47–$90/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Annotate and evaluate AI-generated text against defined safety criteria such as bias, misinformation, unsafe reasoning, and disallowed content.
- Apply harm taxonomies and safety guidelines consistently, including in ambiguous or complex cases.
- Document evaluation decisions and reasoning to help improve safety guidelines and frameworks.
- Identify operational and safety-related risks that automated systems may miss.
- Contribute high-quality human data to support AI safety research, model improvements, and risk audits.
- Collaborate asynchronously with safety and research teams in a structured project environment.
Requirements
- Background in environmental health and safety (EHS/EH&S), lab safety, biosafety, or occupational safety.
- Experience managing compliance programs, safety training, or incident investigations.
- Strong understanding of hazard prevention, incident documentation, and enforcement of safety protocols.
- Ability to adapt operational safety principles to AI systems and data evaluation contexts.
- High attention to detail with a structured, analytical approach to decision-making.
- Comfortable making consistent judgments in nuanced or ambiguous scenarios.
- Ability to clearly document reasoning and feedback.
- Comfortable working independently in a remote, project-based environment.
Application Process (Takes 20 Min)
- Upload resume
- Interview (15 min)
- Submit form