Health, Safety & Environment Manager

Job Summary

This role sits within the Europe region and will work with a variety of stakeholders at all levels, both centrally and in our Europe operations and construction teams, to develop and implement, maintain and improve the health, safety and environmental management within all operations across the region (including construction sites and operations sites).

Job Description

Implement and maintain frameworks to support and enhance the HSE management within the organisation
Ensure compliance with relevant HSE legislation across the Europe region, maintain and audit against the legal database
Ensure Colt DCS minimum standards are maintained and audit against internal standards
Work closely with the HSE Director and other team members to develop, maintain and improve DCS operational and construction standards
Drive consistency, sustainability and effectiveness in the management of HSE functions and processes that are revised and improved based on leading performance monitoring, audits and external evaluations
Support the interface between construction and operations to ensure that HSE is correctly transitioned from a project’s construction phase to a live facility
Assist the HSE Director to develop, prepare and plan for ISO 45001 Certification
Assist the HSE Director to maintain ISO 14001 and expand to new sites
Liaise with the certification body and internal stakeholders to arrange external audits
Develop and maintain HSE management system documents to support the planning and implementation process
Support customer requests and attend meetings and customer audits; maintain good working relationships with customer (HSE) personnel
Play an integral role in the team and provide support and statistics to colleagues to help identify trends and implement improvement plans
Develop a positive team culture through achievement of results, teamwork, development, accountability, competency and professionalism
Support the creation and delivery of internal training programmes and subject specific initiatives aligned to the development and roll-out of management system elements and statutory requirements 
Administration of database systems including HSE communication sites and preparation of documents for issue
Conduct workplace inspections, produce inspection reports, and develop action plans as and when required.
Ensure any actions arising from audits, risk assessments or inspections are closed-out
Maintain accident and incident records and undertake investigations as required
Assist with organisation and administration of HSE campaigns
To perform additional duties within the scope of the position as requested by the HSE Director

10+ years’ experience in a similar HSE role ideally within data centre (or similar) construction projects or large-scale engineering environments
Experience of working in both construction and operational environments
Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal
Fluent in both French and English languages 
Good knowledge of HSE legislation and CDM (including EU Directives) 
Experience at developing and implementing management systems in line with ISO 45001 and 14001
Ability to write technical documentation to a high standard
Incident Investigation Experience 
Audit against international standards and global company standards
Proven track record of working with diverse multi-country teams
Ability to adapt and guide teams through dynamically changing environments
Willing to travel to European sites
Exceptional attention to detail with a passion for quality and accuracy
Excellent computer literacy with specific proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Additional European language an advantage
Chartered Membership of IOSH an advantage

Relevant BSc or MSc (Occupational Health, Safety and Environment), NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent)