Health, Safety, Environment & Sustainability Manager in Plymouth

Reporting to the Plant Director, the HSES Manager is expected to:

• Set up and monitor an ongoing and dynamic approach to Environment/Health & Safety/Sustainability.
• Manage H&S issues and improvement plans, deploy H&S.
• Manage environmental issues of industrial and logistics sites: waste management, management of the emission generated by the Group, definition of Best Available Technologies for the Industrialization of Schneider Electric products, deployment of environmental standards (ROHS, W3E, etc…).
• Promote and assist management in the development and application of the group Health policy relevant to protection of all employees (physical, mental and social), propose and increase the deployment of management tools.
• Embrace the Group Sustainability commitments and drive and promote sustainability in all aspects of site activities, working with the site teams to meet group performance standards.
• Establish prevention programs in order to avoid work-related accidents and occupational illnesses, and related costs.
• Provide support to healthcare and monitor regulatory compliance.

Key responsibilities:

• Guarantee to the Plant Director compliance to regulations in the field of Health, Safety, Environment, Energy and Facility Management.
• Put in place & pilot contingency plan in case of emergencies.
• Deploy & pilot the professional risk assessment.
• Deploy & pilot the environmental analysis and energy review with associated actions.
• Define, implement, and follow up energy reduction actions according to Schneider Electric standards.
• Drive and promote the sustainability goals for the site, reporting on performance against these goals.
• Propose targets, action plan & resources according to Schneider Electric standards.
• Ensure follow up with employee council, local & national health care, environment authorities and other stakeholders.
• Deploy SERE methodologies, best practices & improve SERE skills.
• Manage the procurement, cost follow-up and productivity actions for PPE.
• Ensure KPI & communication accuracy to the Plant Director and outside the plant.
• Define technical specifications & follow up contracts with suppliers.

Skills and attributes:

• A minimum of 8 years' experience leading EHS within a multi-functional manufacturing facility.
• Holding NEBOSH general certificate as a minimum or an equivalent H&S qualification.
• Experience in leading sustainability initiatives.
• Good level of IT literacy across a range of MS applications.
• Accredited to Lead Auditor status is an advantage.
• For internal Schneider Electric candidates, a working knowledge of the SPS (Schneider Performance System) would be an advantage.

Key Competences to include:

• FE02 - Environment/H&S Regulatories & internal policy Knowledge & Monitoring.
• C005 - Issue Resolution.
• FH09 - Health & Safety.
• L03 - Influence & Convince.
• C007 - Change Management & Implementation Methodology.
• FE04 - Emergency Management.
• FE05 - Environment/H&S Systems & Methods.
• FE06 - Environment/H&S Auditing & Assessment.
• L04 - Achieve Sustainable Results.
• L07 - Lead High-Performance Teams.

Education:

• Likely to be educated to degree level with a Manufacturing/H&S/Engineering qualification or a related discipline.
• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent.
• English B2.

At Schneider Electric, Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of our organisation. We recognise that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve.

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme.
• 28 Days Annual Leave + Public Holidays.
• Holiday Buy & Sell programme.
• Pension Scheme.
• Employee Share Ownership Programme.
• Various Health & Wellbeing Support Options.
• Gym Flex.
• Open Talent Market (internal mobility opportunities + access to mentors & projects globally).
• Shopping & Dining Discounts.
• Learning Portal and much more.

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