Environmental Health Safety Specialist

We are currently seeking a HSE Manager to cover our German sites based in either Duisburg or Mutterstadt.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for safety across all locations in Germany
• Managing documentation of the management system, particularly focusing on internal procedures and regulations, overall safety, occupational health, and the environment;
• Authorising changes in the management system related to internal procedures, safety, occupational health, and the environment;
• Authorising, recording, and distributing the quality manual, procedures, work instructions, forms, and driver handbooks;
• Planning, executing, and guiding internal and external audits, including ISO9001, BRZO, and SQAS;
• Ensuring the execution and supervision of HSE control rounds, focusing on compliance with prevailing HSE rules, guidelines, and procedures;
• Coordinating internal training sessions, courses, and safety awareness meetings;
• Ensuring compliance with company regulations;
• Maintaining contacts with various local authorities;
• Responsible for VBS (Safety Management System), safety studies, and other BRZO-related matters;
• Promote global HSE Metrics into a regional and site by site level, one DCI.
• Performing analyses related to registered deficiencies and coordinating and following up on structural corrective measures related to the SHE aspect;
• Supervising and maintaining the competency of Emergency Response Teams (BHV), in collaboration with the company fire regulations and fire authority
• Conducting incident and accident investigations and analysis. Aiming to have good solid investigations within (7 days)
• Monitoring developments in legislation and regulations and advising the Board of Directors on the impact of changes on the organization and the management system;
• Being part of the crisis management team with associated tasks and authorities;
• Mentoring the HSE team members;
• Performing tasks in accordance with company policies, the code of conduct, procedures, and instructions;
• Reviewing leave requests from team members and administering them in the necessary systems;
• Managing absenteeism during the illness of a team member in collaboration with HR.
• Be a Champion user of the various software systems: QUEST and LMS systems. Coach and promote these to the wider workforce.

Authorities

• Autonomously taking measures to ensure that various business activities are carried out in accordance with applicable regulations and requirements;
• Taking actions to ensure the resolution of deviations and incidents;
• (Unsolicited) Advising the Board of Directors;
• Conducting Risk Inventory & Evaluation with resulting actions;
• The ability to influence and change culture
• Completed HSE (Higher Vocational Education) or equivalent work experience;
• Completed higher vocational education in safety or equivalent;
• Knowledge of hazardous substances;
• Knowledge of BRZO regulations;
• Current knowledge of health, safety, and environmental legislation and preferably also of ADR;
• Experience in Chemical Logistics (Desirable)
• Proficiency in MS Office;
• Proficiency in German and English languages both written and verbal is Essential.