Health & Safety Project Manager

Company Description

Vattenfall 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. 

Job Description

Do you want to shape the future?

We are offering an exciting opportunity as Health & Safety Project Manager to be an important part in paving the way for Vattenfall and its customers and partners towards a fossil free future! 

As Health & Safety Project Manager for one of our German O&M sites, you will be responsible to drive H&S compliance with the Vattenfall BA Wind safety procedures and statutory obligations throughout all the operations on the allocated site. You would provide independent, authoritative advice, support and assistance to O&M management on all matters of health and safety. You promote and maintains a positive safety culture where teamwork and care for each other are the key drivers to our aim of zero harm.

Join our journey towards Fossil Free Living within one generation.   

The H&S department for Offshore Projects and O&M consist of about 25 people. We are responsible to ensure that the H&S mission and vision of the organization (including the high level policy) gets properly implemented and lived-up to. We have a certified Health and Safety Management System, for which each member requires to support its implementation throughout the appointed sites.

Our long-term vision is to drive the sites and projects to a proficient maturity, where H&S is part of the DNA, and accidents are avoided at all times. Within the team we have a high focus on team development, where over the coming year significant attention will be provided to our team purpose of becoming a “high performing, reliant and resilient H&S team”.

What will you do?

Our Vattenfall CEO has set world class Health & Safety as a strategic priority. Where Vattenfall sets the highest standards, never compromise, and have a strong culture of care for everyone working at, and for, Vattenfall. As our new Health & Safety Project Manager will be an important ambassador to support this strategic priority across the board. 

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Further implement the Vattenfall Health & Safety management system within the offshore O&M projects organization
• Provide Health and Safety guidance, coaching and support towards the O&M projects organisation
• Drive and report upon the Health and Safety Performance, including incident management, and maturity
• Support in the H&S component of contractor management processes (procurement, contractor performance evaluation, audits,…)
• Drive H&S risk management within the O&M projects organization, support the development of Risk Assessments / Method Statements (RAMS) and monitor it’s compliance to Health and Safety during execution of the O&M projects
• Carry out Safety Inspections and Safety Meetings
• Support the behavior based safety program and coach site personnel in safety awareness Implement Lessons Learned, Safety alerts and other H&S code of practices within your area of control
• Support and maintain (plan, execute and follow up) emergency response arrangements, exercises, drills and liaison with emergency services;
• Be safety and health protection coordinator (Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsschutzkoordinator - SiGeKo)

Location

Work location can be in one of our offices in Hamburg or Berlin in Germany. Some travel to sites has to be expected.      

Qualifications

For succeeding in the role

You have the ability to plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. You actively seek new ways to grow and uses a combination of feedback, reflection and thought to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses. You have an adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations. You have experience in anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders. It is easy for you to build partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. You relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people. You develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of di