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Safety Engineer resume keywords

Core keywords are the skill list on the Safety Engineer resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role.

See the matching Safety Engineer resume example. For which applicant tracking systems large employers use, read the State of ATS 2026 report.

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Counted on 2026-10-10 from 47 public job postings whose titles match Safety Engineer. Those postings came from Ashby and Greenhouse. A posting is counted for this role when the longest published job-title phrase in its title is Safety Engineer. The crawl queried Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and SmartRecruiters for 133 employers in the State of ATS 2026 dataset that use those vendors, and for 279 additional public boards from the extended coverage tier. The extended boards are not part of the 738-company statistics. 361 boards returned postings out of 412 boards attempted, and 46923 postings were scanned. HTML was stripped before counting, and each posting counts once per term. Phrases beyond the published skill list are the most common two- and three-word phrases in the matched postings. Posting text is not stored. A role page shows these percentages only when at least 30 descriptions were counted.

Core keywords

These are the terms to put on the resume when they match work you have done.

  • OSHA

    91% of 47 recent postings mention OSHA.

  • Risk Assessment

    6% of 47 recent postings mention Risk Assessment.

  • Safety Audits

    2% of 47 recent postings mention Safety Audits.

  • Incident Investigation

    2% of 47 recent postings mention Incident Investigation.

  • Safety Training

    15% of 47 recent postings mention Safety Training.

  • Hazard Analysis

    9% of 47 recent postings mention Hazard Analysis.

  • Ergonomics

    6% of 47 recent postings mention Ergonomics.

  • PPE

    36% of 47 recent postings mention PPE.

Supporting keywords
Phrases from recent postings

These phrases showed up often in the matched postings and are not already on the published skill list.

  • safety engineer

    100% of 47 recent postings mention safety engineer.

  • action plan

    96% of 47 recent postings mention action plan.

  • actively developing

    96% of 47 recent postings mention actively developing.

  • aka green card

    96% of 47 recent postings mention aka green card.

  • asylee under

    96% of 47 recent postings mention asylee under.

  • card holder iii

    96% of 47 recent postings mention card holder iii.

  • eeocompliance spacex com

    96% of 47 recent postings mention eeocompliance spacex com.

  • enabling human life

    96% of 47 recent postings mention enabling human life.

  • environmental health

    96% of 47 recent postings mention environmental health.

  • founded under

    96% of 47 recent postings mention founded under.

  • government export regulations

    96% of 47 recent postings mention government export regulations.

  • green card holder

    96% of 47 recent postings mention green card holder.

Where to place them

  1. 1

    Headline

    Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Safety Engineer | OSHA | Risk Assessment.

  2. 2

    Skills

    List the core terms together in the skills section: OSHA, Risk Assessment, Safety Audits, Incident Investigation, Safety Training, Hazard Analysis, Ergonomics, PPE.

  3. 3

    Experience

    Use OSHA, Risk Assessment, Safety Audits inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result.

  4. 4

    Supporting terms

    Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: OSHA 30-Hour Construction Certification, HAZWOPER Certification, Confined Space Entry, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), NFPA 70E Arc Flash Safety, Fall Protection.

Sample lines from the resume example

These lines are already published on the Safety Engineer resume example. Use them as a pattern for where a keyword sits next to a result, and replace the details with your own.

  • Implemented safety program for 500+ employee facility achieving zero OSHA recordable incidents for 3 years
  • Conducted 100+ job hazard analyses identifying and mitigating risks across manufacturing operations
  • Developed and delivered safety training programs for 1000+ employees reducing incident rate by 50%
  • Led incident investigation team resolving root causes and implementing corrective actions for 200+ events

Questions about Safety Engineer keywords

What keywords should a Safety Engineer resume include?

Core keywords for a Safety Engineer resume are OSHA, Risk Assessment, Safety Audits, Incident Investigation, Safety Training, Hazard Analysis, Ergonomics, PPE. Core keywords are the skill list on the Safety Engineer resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role. Percentages are the share of 47 public postings fetched on 2026-10-10 whose titles match this role.

Where should Safety Engineer keywords go on a resume?

Headline: Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Safety Engineer | OSHA | Risk Assessment. Skills: List the core terms together in the skills section: OSHA, Risk Assessment, Safety Audits, Incident Investigation, Safety Training, Hazard Analysis, Ergonomics, PPE. Experience: Use OSHA, Risk Assessment, Safety Audits inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result. Supporting terms: Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: OSHA 30-Hour Construction Certification, HAZWOPER Certification, Confined Space Entry, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), NFPA 70E Arc Flash Safety, Fall Protection.

How do I check a Safety Engineer resume?

Open the free ATS checker with Safety Engineer prefilled, paste your resume, and compare it with the keyword list on this page.

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