Site HSE Specialist

General Environmental Health & Safety work encompasses activities related to the environment including the broader community impacted by environmental hazards including:
Developing and implementing policies and practices to identify/mitigate hazardous conditions within the workplace and external environments;
Investigating accidents and environmental incidents and liaising with engineers, management, and health and safety regulatory authorities to identify causes of accidents and prevent their recurrence;
Providing advice and training on safety protocols and conducting audits to ensure compliance with organization and government standards related to environmental health and safety;
Maintaining relationships with the community, environmental groups, and other stakeholders impacted by the environmental performance of the organization.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Act as a Site HSE Specialist within the HSE function for HVDC project sites.
• Be a leader in promoting integrity, regulatory and corporate & social responsibility at all times.
• Drive and promote HSE positive behaviors.
• Support the HVDC HSE operations and site teams in HSE related matters and the implementation of HSE programs and focus initiatives.
• Drives behavioral change through implementing Group-wide performance improvement programs and practices locally to ensure an exemplary health and safety culture as well as a strong focus on environment throughout the respective organization.
• Safety & Integrity:
  Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
• Engages internal customers to raise awareness on all HSE across all functions.
• Responsible for HSE reporting, analysis of hazards, incidents & other HSE KPI’s for global HVDC project sites.
• Support the project HSE managers & site HSE team with the issues related to HSE.
• Support and participate in routine and non-routine HSE audits.
• Coordinate and promote the effective closure of various HSE origin and related corrective and preventive actions.
• Engage in incident investigation processes ensuring that causal factors identified have sound and sustainable actions tracked to closure.
• Drive and promote HSE awareness and HSE understanding within HVDC.
• Establish good exchange and collaboration with site HSE team and assist in HSE reporting.
• Share lessons learned as well as best practices to all project sites.
• Drives and ensures compliance with Group management systems (e.g. ISO 14001 and ISO 45001).
• Support and co-develop for continuous improvement on HSE reporting and KPI methodology and analysis.
• Promote awareness and training of ISO Management System Standards as they apply to HSE Operations and Governance activity.
• You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in relevant field is required together with Post graduation (or) Diploma in HSE from approved institute for HSE course.
• Minimum 7+ years of experience required with hands on HSE experience in any electrical commissioning projects / power plants / sub stations / construction sites.
• Experience in the Middle east is required.
• Knowledge on MS Office, Intelex, IMS is added advantages.
• Teamwork, Analytical, Communication & Presentation skills are the key required skills.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.
• Proficiency in local language is required.

Experience Experienced

Job function Legal, Compliance & Audit

Contract Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

Publication date

Reference number R0110283

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.