Senior Health & Safety Specialist

Job title:

Senior Health & Safety Specialist

Company:

Vattenfall

Job description

About the jobDo you have a passion for creating safe and healthy workplaces? Ready to take on the challenge to drive, support and act as the expert within H&S Denmark? Do you have a proactive mindset to continuously drive improvement and lead development project within H&S? Are you a team player that cares about others success and safety?Our Health & Safety (H&S) team, spanning across Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, is dedicated to fostering a safe and healthy work environment across our company. Comprising 9 highly skilled professionals, our team specializes in Health, Safety, and Reintegration, ensuring the well-being of our employees.As part of our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of health and safety, we provide comprehensive H&S support not only at a regional level within Sweden and Denmark but also extend our expertise globally to Corporate Staff Functions. This support includes the implementation and management of certified H&S Management systems (ISO 45001) that align with international best practices.Our team plays a crucial role in reinforcing our organization’s commitment to safety, offering strategic guidance and hands-on support to ensure compliance and continuous improvement in all H&S-related matters for common offices. By integrating robust safety management frameworks, we help safeguard our workforce and enhance operational efficiency across the board.We are currently looking for dedicated professionals to join our team and contribute to our mission of maintaining a secure, healthy, and resilient working environment for all.Be in your element with BA WindAs part of BA Wind you will play a key role in one of the most exciting pipelines in the industry with 24GW of capacity stretching out more than a decade ahead across our key European markets.You won’t only be involved in developing projects but pioneering cutting-edge innovation, new business models and ways of working with communities and the environment. Working as part of a leading European utility also means you could be helping a growing number of major businesses and brands achieve their own sustainability goals through partnerships.Your profileYour role:We are offering an opportunity for a senior Health & Safety (H&S) specialist with a strong background in project management and fire safety. In this role you have the responsibility to establish and managing health and safety systems specifically for Vattenfall’s common offices in Denmark, with a significant focus on project management of safety initiatives and implementation.As the H&S Specialist, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining comprehensive health & safety systems, ensuring compliance with the highest standards. You will play a key role in driving and managing health & safety projects that support our corporate mission, ensuring the well-being of our employees and aligning with Vattenfall’s commitment to sustainability and safety excellence.This is an opportunity for a driven individual to take ownership of this new role, creating visibility within the organization and becoming the go-to expert on fire safety and H&S for our common offices.Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Leading the project management of all health & safety initiatives within Denmark’s common offices, with a strong emphasis on safety standards and policy implementation.
• Acting as H&S advisor for the Work environment committees in DK. (Arbejdsmiljøorganisation AMO)
• Support and help drive the Annual Working Environment discussion ( Arbejdsmiljø drøftelse ), Workplace Health and Safety assessment(APV).
• Ensuring competence development such as: Basic H&S training, First aid, Mental Health First Aiders, Supporting training for AMO representatives, etc.
• Support Facility Service with competence to ensure a Vattenfall standard of workplaces is compliant with Danish law.
• Ensure that documents and processes are updated and that employees understand formal instructions and processes. (Swe-Eng-DK)
• Operate as focal point for registration of work related accidents to the Danish Authorities
• Function as Arbejdsmiljøkoordinator P and B for all Facility Services new projects and ongoing repair and maintenance operations.
• Together with your colleagues ensuring the development and execution of robust fire safety protocols. Furthermore insure fire/evacuation drills are conducted and evaluated.
• Take ownership and build relationships and act as the main liaison for H&S matters within Denmark, taking ownership of the role to build visibility and establish yourself as the expert within the organization.
• Drive the implementation of Vattenfall’s World Class H&S strategy and plan, within our common offices and corporate staff functions with help of your colleagues.
• Lead and manage projects aimed at improving health and safety standards, ensuring they are executed effectively and align with Vattenfall’s global objectives.
• Support the Vattenfall Business Areas (BA) in Denmark and its H&S Specialists to identify the current performance gaps, continually improve the H&S performance and drive standardization within all business areas and all locations.
• Ensure all HS Corporate initiatives are available in Danish, with specific initiatives for the Danish workforce.

QualificationsYour profileWe are seeking an experienced H&S professional with a strong background in project management, fire safety, Danish Working environment law, ideally within a global enterprise. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading H&S initiatives that focus on non-operational settings, particularly within office environments. You will need to demonstrate strong leadership and ownership, taking charge of this role to build visibility and drive safety initiatives forward. You need to be highly communicative and build trust in your competence and as a person. Experience in navigating complex, international organizations and collaborating with culturally diverse teams is essential, along with fluency and Proficiency in English and Danish and understand Swedish.Location Kolding, DenmarkAdditional informationLooking for a career with growth?Looking for a role where your superpowers can be leveraged to the maximum and with limitless opportunities for growth?The scale and ambition of our wind, battery and solar business means you can really find your element with us. We’ll also provide you with all the learning and development you need to expand your horizons.We strive to be the best place to work in the industry with highly competitive pay and conditions and an open, supportive culture. A commitment to a healthy work-life balance aims to ensure everyone plays to their strengths, whatever their background and experiences.You will be part of a growing team of 1,700+ colleagues from 50+ nationalities where our positive approach to diversity is reflected in the fact that more than a quarter of staff are women.More InformationFor more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Helena Karlsson, helena.karlsson@vattenfall.com. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Christian Pathuel, christian.pathuel@vattenfall.comWe welcome your application in English no later than 31.03.2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click for further information.The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party, Validata.Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.We look forward to receiving your application!About the companyVattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.

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Location

Kolding, Syddanmark

Job date

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 04:28:54 GMT

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