The Corporate HSE unit (HSE Excellence & Services) is responsible for a clear TenneT policy, strategy and performance review on Occupational Health, Safety and Environment. The unit consists of approximately 20 employees in the Netherlands and Germany. HSE-ES is positioned in the “building and maintaining the grid” column, reporting to the COO, Tim Meyerjürgens.
We develop strategies and guidelines for occupational health, safety and environment within our vision of getting every employee home safe and healthy, every time and minimize impact to the environment.
To further strengthen the team, we are in need of a pro-active and results-oriented:
Strategic Advisor HSE Audit and Regulatory Compliance
Your contribution to TenneT
In this strategic advisory position you will, together with internal stakeholders, such as your colleagues from HSE and the Supply Chain Management (SCM), Large Projects (LPx), Grid Field Operations (GFOx), and our contractors create, develop, maintain and implement an internal HSE audit program and support the whole of TenneT on being informed on the current HSE laws and governmental regulations in The Netherlands and Germany. The performance of HSE audits of high quality is a core element of the performance evaluation of the HSE-MS@TenneT management system in order to improve our HSE performance. Safety needs our Energy!
You will report to the Lead HSE Excellence and Services.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
- Create, maintain and implement (corporate) directives on HSE audit programs, the execution of audits and providing HSE regulatory compliance information to the whole of TenneT.
- Become an authority on the management of the HSE audit program and performance of HSE audits within TenneT as one of the key instrument to improve safety performance.
- Your role as an impartial and independent advisor / auditor focused on high quality audits is been recognized across the company.
- You built and maintain a network of contacts both within the HSE department as well as in the business units to plan and execute the internal audit plan as well as guide external audits in the area of HSE. In this respect you closely collaborate with the quality and security domain and maintain a good relationship with the corporate TenneT internal audit department.
- You built and maintain a team of internal HSE auditors which are based across the company and ensure the competencies and knowledge of an auditor, understanding the business as well as HSE experience is up to speed.
- Whereas the current focus is on the safety domain you take on health and environment as new domain area’s within years.
- You are responsible for ensuring accurate oversight of execution of the HSE audit programme and maintains an overview to ensure the timely execution and reporting of HSE audits.
- You become an authority on maintaining the overview and proper distribution of HSE legal requirements applicable to TenneT design, built and operate the high voltage electricity transportation grid.
- Provide regular reports on the analyses of audit findings and follow up and the TenneT HSE regulatory compliance status
- You plan and guide external audits in the field of HSE (management system, regulatory compliance , external data reporting) and timely advises management to prepare itself for the external audit
- You act within a network of strategic HSE advisors and advisors to further develop the HSE management System @ TenneT. You are recognized as an active contributor to continuous improvement.
- You will act as a trusted partner of senior and operational leadership on TenneT and contractor level.
- You represent TenneT within NL and GE external stakeholders.
Jouw profiel en achtergrond
- You hold a bachelor or master degree in safety or a technical discipoline, Business Administration, combined with relevant advanced specialized certification and training such as HVK / MoSHE / FaSi. Or NEBOSH
- You have experience with health, safety and environment management systems (e.g ISO 45001, 14001 and 9001 and HSE legal requirements).
- You have at least 2 to 4 years of experience in the execution of audits in relevant area’s of discipline.
- You are able to attract auditors from different backgrounds together to collectively perform audits and assists in improving the HSE performance.
- You have experience with working in an international environment.
- You are a strategic thinker with hands-on mentality, consequently you have the ability to grasp new concepts quickly and to become acquainted with a range of HSE topics.
- You are dynamic, enthusiastic, intrinsically motivated and you take responsibility and show ownership.
- You are organizational sensitive and have experience in working in a political environment.
- You have a strong willingness to learn and change.
- You are fluent in English, both verbally and in writing, as well as in one further language, either Dutch or German.
Ons recruitment process
Our offer role
This will be our challenge
Persoonlijke informatie
- As of 1st of October 2023
- The weekly working time is 40 hours
- The position is permanent
- Job interviews for this position will be (partly) in English. Please send us your application document in English as well.
Lighting the way ahead together
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