Health & Safety Manager & Prevention Advisor

Réf. : #0622

Position, Tasks, and responsibilities

As part of his growth strategy, there is unique opportunity for a Health & Safety Manager & Prevention Advisor to join our Knauf Energy Solutions management team to:

• Establish, update, and maintain the company H&S policy up to the best standards
• Ensure a practical and performing implementation of H&S standards on our Construction sites, mainly in Belgium, Netherlands and exceptionally in the United Kingdom, driving our teams and partnering contractors toward excellence

The HSE Manager & Prevention Advisor is responsible for a safe, ergonomical, and sustainable work place for all KES employees worldwide.

The HSE Manager & Prevention Advisor will be assisted by a team external HSE experts.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

H&S Policy

• Serves as H&S point of contact for authorities, customers, and internal safety audits. Reports to the MD in the role as legal Safety Advisor (Preventie Adviseur)

• Develops, maintains, and coordinates a standardised Audit program Belgium wide; aligns with the overall European organization for ISO certification (45001).
• Functions as a Senior Auditor/Lead Auditor according to the standards OHSAS 18001 (ISO 45001)
• You report Key Performance Indicators, gap analysis and action plans to the Executive Committee (EXCO)
• Develop and operationally deploy the KES Way, and HSE policy in close cooperation with the different internal stakeholders (Operations, Sales, Data Science, Public Affairs)
• Supports the Managing Directors to drive improvement by developing and providing leadership, training, and resources for Health&Safety.
• Creates Safety Awareness and encourages a safety driven culture through training and education solutions
• Interacts with the C-suite to advise necessary continuous improvement efforts so that systems and processes are in line with overall company strategy

Teams support

• You support the site in the implementation and application of the HSE Policy and HSE related procedures
• You establish constructive working relationships with the Site, Construction Manager and operational leaders
• You follow and support operational activities (HSE aspects) from mobilization till demobilization of the site, this includes subcontractors
• Cultivates a strong safety management culture in all functional areas to drive standardization, improve efficiency, and reduce injury rates
• Builds and maintain sustainable working relations with external stakeholders, such as safety auditors and external HSE advisors
• Conduct incident investigations based on incident classification and liaise with engineers, management and health and safety regulatory authorities to identify causes of accidents and prevent their recurrence
• Create action plans by identifying potential emergency situations, creating emergency communication plans that addresses operation or business disruptions, recovery, testing and validating the emergency action plans
• Consulting on risk assessment (planning, implementation, and operations) for all site locations
• You provide training for subjects related to your specific HSE related competences

Place of work safety

• Assist in fire alarm drills, and training of first aid helpers
• Identify and review hazard, risk and opportunities on an ongoing and proactive basis and ensure that appropriate follow up actions are being implemented on all KES offices locations
• Participate in the development of offices & production related emergency response procedures
• You perform internal HSE inspections & audits in line with the internal audit & inspection planning that you developed
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Construction or Technical area with specialization in Safety Management or equivalent through experience
• 10 years relevant professional experience within a production environment with at least 3 years in a Safety Advisor role
• You are Health and Safety advisor – level 2 (Belgian Law)
• You master the current HSE related legislation on construction and are aware of the latest developments
• Excellent verbal and written Dutch & English language skills, French will be appreciated

• Computer skills: at ease in an IT mature company, mastering MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), online resources and Outlook is a minimum

• Demonstrated knowledge of UK CDM regulation and/or Netherlands Safety regulation is a real asset

Qualities

• Supporting & facilitating change: enables and shapes change, helps others (including 3rd parties) to understand the need for change and adapt to it
• Resilience – Maintains self-control, direction and effectiveness in high-pressure situations.
• Strategic thinking – Creates a clear, long-term and shared vision and mission for KES integrating information from internal and external resources.
• Translating work methods into thorough risk analysis is nothing new
• You possess an entrepreneurial mind, self-motivated, showing flexibility, being innovative and result-oriented while promoting teamwork
• Very open, adaptative and flexible mindset, with the ability to learn from, and communicate with, people from very different backgrounds.
• Strong communication skills and business acumen

Benefits

We Offer:

• A “start-up” company culture with the support of a major group, driven by innovation and the will to open new markets

• A unique career growth opportunity in the very dynamic market of energy efficiency retrofit at Belgian and European level,
• A great benefits package, including among others: 7 weeks holidays, company car; health & group insurances; meal/eco vouchers,
• A multicultural work environment

If this is your dream role, then we’d love to hear from you.