Health, Safety & Environmental Specialist

Description

You will carry out HSE management activities to eliminate or reduce occupational health, production safety, environmental and fire risks within company premise and to ensure the normal operation of the company in accordance with national occupational health, safety, environmental and fire related laws and regulations and company HSE requirements. In your role as an HSE Specialist at Hitachi Energy you will be part of our success by:

• Acting as a coach and advisor toward the supervision team concerning HSE management.
• Assuring the organization’s compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal HSE regulations under your scope of responsibility.
• Help maintain and execute the HSE management systems and carry out inspections and audits, analyze the results, and manage the corrective actions.
• Ensure the effectiveness of corrective actions to ensure prevention of reoccurrence.
• Managing the incident reporting, investigation, and analysis program for your area of responsibility.
• Analyzing and monitoring trends regarding incidents, inspections, audits, and corrective measures and keep the HSE Manager informed.
• Contributing to the development and implementation of various Group and Business Unit HSSE programs and procedures (ergonomics, lockout, inspections and scheduled audits, etc.)
• Organizing activities to promote employee and supervisor awareness, increase their participation and encourage the adoption of safe behaviors.
• Responsible for assisting in HSE strategic planning to help move the organization towards achieving all KPI’s as well as targets and objectives.
• Assist in upskilling the organization regarding risk assessments and risk mitigation techniques.
• Living core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues, and the business.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Two to five years of relevant HSE experience, preferably in manufacturing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certifications (e.g., CSP, CIH, CHMM).
• Experience with behavior-based safety programs and culture change initiatives.
• Experience and/or familiarity with ISO45001 & ISO 14001.
• Experience in managing safety in construction activities.
• Experience in managing contractors' high-risk activities.
• High comfort level with digitized management tools.
• Ability to operate within and support matrixed leadership and functional teams.