EMEAI Regional Environment, Health & Safety Manager

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

The EMEAI Regional Environment, Health & Safety Manager partners to design and deploy ESH program & initiatives for all current and future facilities in the region in order to ensure compliance, prevent or correct unsafe environmental working conditions, execute company programs & projects; provides technical assistance to plant management for environmental and occupational health and safety-related issues and processes. The position will oversee 25 plants, including 15 manufacturing sites.

Legal and Organizational Compliance:

Implement strategies, plans & programs and contribute to their design in accordance to the global & Regional direction for the EMEAI assets in order to achieve and maintain compliance with all applicable ESH laws within each country and regulations at the country/national, state/province and local levels.

Lead the implementation and participate to the development & review of Safety, Health and Environmental policies, programs and procedures, global and local, in order to ensure consistency and lean application across the region assigned,

Monitor and ensure compliant response to Safety, Health and Environmental questions, issues, and problems from locations and management;

Visit each regional facility periodically on a frequency sufficient to ensure ESH programs are functioning properly, identify/correct areas needing improvement and build an effective rapport with site teams

Participate in audits and prepares own facilities for same, including annual self-assessments.

Coordinate the exchange of Safety, Health and Environmental information and best management practices between regions and locations.

Lead company sustainability efforts for the region and contribute to data sets, analysis and reports.

Ensure uniform and accurate reporting of main KPIs afferent to ESH across region, within dead line for completion and considering all quality aspects of reporting

Organizational Environment & Health & Safety Culture:

Oversee and assist with a variety of site and business-based ESH activities under the responsibility of assigned ESH resources

Review sites’ safety observations, near misses and incidents, and ensures action plans are identified, and executed to resolve common themes, root and contributing causes, based on a prioritization appropriate for the region and businesses

EHS training to educate leaders, supervisors and workers about safety policies, laws, and practices. Develops employee training programs, emergency contingency plans, written safety communications plans and policies and procedures

Develop and implement all activities with respect to area safety audits, personal protection equipment programs, and all other prevention programs.

Ensure that all facilities use proper procedures for hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal

Responsible for development/implementation of local administration of Corporate policies regarding Environmental Safety & Health

Regularly review ongoing safety committee minutes and audit/inspection reports with site ESH coordinators

Empower first line supervision and management to implement multifaceted Environmental Safety and Health program. Attributes include machine safety, ergonomics, waste/emissions reduction, Job Safety Analysis and program assessment activities.

Assist facilities with incident investigations and root cause corrective action plans and corrective action implementation

Identify training needs and develop on-going employee training programs, Emergency Contingency Plan, written safety communications, facilitates Business Continuity Planning for the region, policies and procedures.

Examine plans and specifications for new machinery or equipment to determine if all safety precautions have been included (Environment, Safety. & Health Project Review form). Reviews plans for manufacturing process capital expenditures and operating changes for compliance with environmental and safety requirements. (Corporate Environment Safety Health Project Review Process)

YOU HAVE:

Academic Background:

Bachelor’s Degree in the technical field, environmental engineering and/ or engineering sciences considering requirements for the ESH function in multiple areas

Several years of management experience in intercultural teams

Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English (C1 EU Level), as well as Polish

Experience/qualification as safety office for occupational safety for the country where the position is based

Previous experience:

10+ years of experience in the manufacturing ESH field, in different roles

Knowledge and understanding of government regulations and EU legal requirements + change mechanisms at EU level

knowledge of ESG/Sustainability & ISO Management Systems and Auditing & Risk Management

General Skills

Change management

General product management

Risk management

Lean/ CI base

Employee lifecycle management

Leadership – transformational & collaborative

Intercultural collaboration

MS Office advanced skills

ERP, Reporting and general understanding of IT tools & applications

Availability to travel up to 30%

WE HAVE:

A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at

Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

Innovative & adaptable

Dedicated to absolute integrity

Focused on the customer first

Respectful and team oriented

Optimistic and energizing

Accountable for performance

Benefits to support the lives of our employees

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

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