Group Director, HSEQ

Job Description

Do you want to develop and drive global HSEQ initiatives and Health & Safety leadership? Are you motivated by engaging and working with talented colleagues across geographies and markets? Do you want to be part of a foundation-owned and value-based company?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Operational Excellence and Health & Safety as our new Group Director, HSEQ and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Please note that for this position we welcome applications globally. 

Your new role

As our Group Director for HSEQ, you will be responsible for the overall HSEQ work in Ramboll, including health and safety awareness initiatives, quality assurance, environmental management and ISO certifications. To succeed in this role, you must have knowledge and experience within the area of HSEQ and effective collaboration skills, especially towards the different HSEQ organisations in the Ramboll business units around the world.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Instil purpose and set the direction for the Group HSEQ team within Operational Excellence, leading by example.
• Promote a culture of compliance, driving continuous improvement across the business around Health & Safety, wellbeing of employees and Environmental matters.
• Drive health and safety (H&S) leadership, including H&S campaigns and spotlights, mental health & well-being initiatives, and H&S training.
• Lead and/or participate in work-related H&S incident investigation, including corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure that the Ramboll ISO certifications are maintained, including the proper planification and conduction of external audits, as well as internal audits and screenings.
• Together with other Group Functions, participate in fulfilling the Ramboll strategy on being ‘The Partner for Sustainable Change’.
• Be accountable for the Group HSEQ governance and processes, and be responsible for the development, continuous improvement, and maintenance of related requirements, supporting guidance, and tools.
• Ensure the engagement and involvement of the Ramboll business units, especially the HSEQ Leads and HSEQ organisations, and other relevant stakeholders, e.g., other Group Functions.
• Ensure relevant reporting on HSEQ performance to authorities, clients, Ramboll Group Executive Board, and/or the executive management in the Ramboll business units.

Your new team

You will report to our Senior Group Director for Operational Excellence and Health & Safety, and you will be part of a Group function whose focus is to implement holistic operational processes, tools, and governance in Ramboll that enable efficient global collaboration toward client goals. We are a function that values diversity, collaboration, and engagement, and we have a reputation as a great place to work.

About you

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. Whilst we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

These include:

• Proven experience with HSEQ management
• Previous experience of leading an HSEQ management team.
• Significant work experience in building up, continually improve, and implement HSEQ management systems.
• Effective leadership skills gained from experience in supporting and developing a direct team as well as indirect management of project members, project contributors and senior stakeholders.
• Extensive knowledge within ISO standards and ISO certification.
• Good written and oral English skills (being English the business language in Ramboll).

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:

• You are known for your structured approach, effective analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as proven collaboration, communication, and persuasion skills.
• You have great interpersonal skills, and you can quickly build trust and effective relationships at all levels and across the Ramboll geographies and markets.

What we can offer you

• Flexible work environment.
• Investment in your development.
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles.
• Be valued for the unique person you are.
• Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects.
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company.
• You will become part of a team that work closely with the senior management