Health, Safety & Environmental Manager

Hitachi, Ltd.; København; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Denmark is seeking a Health, Safety & Environmental Manager to lead HSE governance across our Danish rail projects. You will define safety plans, assess risks, review RAMS, and ensure incident-prevention actions are executed with discipline.

With more than 5 years in HSE on live infrastructure and Danish language proficiency, you will influence site behaviours, conduct inspections, and coordinate readiness for installation, testing and commissioning in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• HSE management experience in construction or rail environments.
• Strong knowledge of permits, incident investigation, and environmental controls.
• Ability to influence site behaviours and challenge production pressure.
• Resilience and stress tolerance during incidents and audits.
• Danish language is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Define HSE plan, risk assessment/method statement expectations, induction requirements, site rules, inspection schedule and incident-reporting process.
• Review RAMS, permits, work-at-height, electrical safety, manual handling, environmental controls and emergency arrangements for site/lab activities.
• Lead inspections, audits, toolbox talks, behavioural safety interventions and subcontractor HSE monitoring.
• Investigate incidents, near misses and unsafe conditions; drive corrective/preventive actions to closure.
• Coordinate HSE readiness for installation, energisation, testing, commissioning and logistics operations.

Skills

HSE management

Permits

Incident investigation

Contractor management

Environmental controls

Leadership

Stop-work authority

Stress resilience

Influence on-site safety

Live infrastructure experience

Danish language

Job description

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description

Health, Safety & Environmental Manager

About the Role

Health, Safety & Environmental Manager is positioned as L4 specialist within Hitachi organisation and maps to Environmental/HSE/Other Role. The role provides assurance evidence and process discipline across safety, RAM, quality, cybersecurity, HSE or human factors, supporting design maturity, approvals, test readiness, acceptance and operational readiness. Its specific contribution is to manage HSE plans, environmental controls, site risk assessments and incident-prevention actions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define HSE plan, risk assessment/method statement expectations, induction requirements, site rules, inspection schedule and incident-reporting process.
• Review RAMS, permits, work-at-height, electrical safety, manual handling, environmental controls and emergency arrangements for site/lab activities.
• Lead inspections, audits, toolbox talks, behavioural safety interventions and subcontractor HSE monitoring.
• Investigate incidents, near misses and unsafe conditions; drive corrective/preventive actions to closure.
• Coordinate HSE readiness for installation, energisation, testing, commissioning and logistics operations.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation, anti-bribery discipline, confidentiality, data protection, fair supplier/customer conduct and transparent records.
• Manage HSE plans, environmental controls, site risk assessments and incident-prevention actions.
• Functional authority on HSE and environmental compliance.
• Can stop or escalation unsafe site activity or environmental non-compliance.

Key Interfaces

• Project Manager, Implementation Manager, Construction Manager, Site Manager, T&C Manager and Laboratories Manager.
• Customer/infrastructure owner site HSE representatives, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Quality, Safety Assurance and Work Package Leaders where HSE controls affect technical work.
• Customer’s HSE/environment teams.
• Risk meetings.
• Incident-response sessions.

Authority & Accountability

• Accountable for HSE Governance, inspections and incident-management discipline.
• Authorised to stop unsafe work and require corrective action before work proceeds.
• Escalates significant HSE risks and incidents through Project and corporate channels.

Mandate

Ensure all delivery activities are planned and executed safely, legally and responsibly in the Danish railway environment.

Skills & Experience

• HSE management experience in construction, rail, electrical, telecoms or industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of permits, incident investigation, contractor management and environmental controls.
• Ability to influence site behaviours and challenge unsafe production pressure.
• Resilience and resistance to stress during incidents, audits, high-risk works and possession windows.
• Practical leadership and stop-work courage.
• More than 5 years in HSE/environmental management on live infrastructure works.
• Danish language is mandatory

Working in Hitachi:

Our employees are our most important asset and we provide an environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance and we offer a flexible hybrid work environment based on Working from home and office presence (40/60). Your manager will interact with you on a regular basis, ensuring you a career path that suits your needs and ambitions. Beside the traditional benefits like pension, 6 weeks of holidays, canteen etc., we also are proud of offering some good and very professional skilled colleagues.

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At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.