Europe HSE Lead - Construction

Title: HSE Project Management (PJM) Director & Lead - Europe

Location: We are open to candidates in Netherlands, Germany, BeLux and Switzerland

CBRE Project Management and Turner and Townsend have joined forced at the beginning of the year. We plan, design and manage projects of any size and complexity, in any industry sector and in more locations than any other company in the world.

Working closely with Senior Management, Global HSE, Account HSE and Country HSE Professionals, this role provides leadership within the region around key HSE & commercial guardrails, drives governmental HSE compliance, supports mitigations and drives assurance of mid to high-risk activities on projects. This position supports Enterprise Accounts & variable teams, Advisory Real Estate and Data Centers. Additionally, partners with HSE peers and leadership to drive a culture of Health, Safety & Environmental excellence to protect people, assets and brand across our Agency, Principal Construction and HSE Professional Services delivery models.

Duties

• Leads a team of HSE Professionals as direct manager and several indirect throughout Europe.
• Drives a culture of safety and visible leadership commitment into everything we do by continually assessing organizational maturity, establishing baselines and creating action plans in partnership with the business.
• Implements and integrates the HSE Management System framework, standards and regional business practices to ensure alignment, legal compliance and overall management of risk.
• Continually assesses HSE risk through execution of the global central assurance strategy and development & execution of regional audit plans; includes measurement of risk of people with within offices and client sites and execution of commissions/project delivery.
• Provides direct and timely counsel and information to management on account, market area and/or region on HSE matters including trends, performance or concerns.
• Participates in sales and solutioning through RFI/RFP support, commercial contracts and other business development activities to win, keep and grow the business.
• Acts as the key in-region HSE construction lead and go-to for local statutory compliance; advises T&T leadership and teams of relevant changes, impacts and action required to ensure compliance. Includes partnerships with CBRE to ensure clarity on processes around ways of work on client sites supporting Enterprise accounts.
• Manages the HSE notification, escalation and investigation process for the region; investigates incidents where appropriate, identifies root causes and helps to drive a mindset of learning & improvement from incidents.
• Implements and manages key programs and initiatives (both global central and regional) to reduce risk; drives project management of initiatives including appropriate stakeholdering, communication plans and training delivery.
• Works directly with teams on evaluation of project risk prior to contract execution, helps teams to consider mitigation strategies/tactics through hierarchy of controls, evaluates HSE Site-Specific Plans and ensures audits are performed.
• Serves as lead investigator for any SIF (serious incident) or PSIF (potential serious incident) events. Produces preliminary/final reports and provides required presentations to regional senior leaders and global central HSE, when requested.
• Timely communicates any compliance findings, concerns and non-conformances to the appropriate and responsible management team. Follows through to ensure issues, concerns and/or deficiencies are corrected.
• Drives the global central training plan into the region and bespoke regional HSE training plan; includes monitoring mandatory HSE training and reporting on status, developing bespoke training and delivering across the region.
• Produces metrics and dashboards when required, proactively identifies trends and proposes local action plans; develops board reports and other periodic report-outs and updates.
• Maintains compliance & legal registers for the region.
• Maintains records on the global HSE database.
• Maintains HSE content on company systems for the region, including HSE software, T2, others.
• In partnership with Risk Management, coordinates insurance claims, liaison with state authorities and developing/maintaining Return-to-Work (RTW) plans.
• Maintains incident records and stats for the region
• Support HSE consultants/professional services, when needed.

Requirements:

• University degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Engineering or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Certification from an Occupational Safety & Health accreditation body (ex. NEBOSH, BCSP).
• Minimum 7+ years construction experience, preferably within heavy industrial, infrastructure, refining environments and/or manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of regional construction and basic governmental HSE regulations & standards.
• Clear understanding and articulation of an HSE Management System and associated elements.
• Demonstrated experience of auditing principles & practices.
• Auditor training/qualifications ideally to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and/or ISO 45001.
• Project Management Certification from an accredited body (ex. PMI).
• Experience with HSE elements delivering projects in principal/PMC.
• Experience with Mergers & Acquisitions
• Experience with using a variety of industry software that support HSE Management Systems.
• PowerPoint, MS Word & Excel - intermediate user or above.

Disclaimer:


Please be advised that effective January 1, 2025, CBRE Project Management and Turner &Townsend were consolidated into a single global business entity. As a candidate applying for a position, you should be aware that while your initial employment may be with CBRE GWS, you will subsequently transfer directly to Turner & Townsend at a date to be determined.