Health & Safety Specialist

Brinch & Partners; Nyborg Kommune; On-site; DKK 411,000 - 561,000; Full time

Job summary

NG Nordic is seeking a Health & Safety Specialist for the Nyborg site in Denmark. You will work closely with operations teams to translate safety requirements into practical actions, blending on-site presence with reporting, training, and continuous improvement activities.

As part of a five-person Nyborg team, you will advise managers, conduct safety walks, prepare KPI reports, and develop procedures while ensuring compliance with Danish legislation and Seveso-related requirements.

Qualifications

• A relevant technical or health and safety qualification.
• Approximately five years or more of experience in a comparable operational environment.
• Experience in process industry, chemicals, hazardous waste, energy or high-risk facilities.
• Ability to communicate in Danish and English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Act as Health & Safety partner to Operations, advising managers and employees and participating in daily and weekly operational meetings.
• Conduct safety walks, workplace inspections, toolbox talks and awareness activities, and follow up on identified risks.
• Prepare safety reports, statistics and KPI follow-up, identifying trends and recommending actions.
• Develop and implement practical safety procedures, training programmes, onboarding and contractor inductions.
• Supporting risk assessments, audits, investigations and structured root-cause analyses of incidents and near misses.
• Driving and prioritising safety improvement projects, monitoring corrective actions and supporting compliance with Danish legislation, internal standards and Seveso-related requirements.

Skills

Health & Safety

Risk assessment

Incident investigation

Training programmes

Safety reporting

Education

H&S qualification

Tools

Digital tools

Job description

NG Nordic is a leading provider of circular solutions and environmental services in the Nordics. By transforming waste into valuable resources and removing hazardous substances from the material cycle, we reduce emissions, protect natural ecosystems, and increase access to circular materials. NG Nordic is an important part of the Nordic industrial infrastructure, generating revenue of EUR 1.3 billion with a team of around 3,400 employees and 90 facilities.

Health & Safety Specialist, Nyborg, Denmark

As Health & Safety Specialist, you will work close to the operational teams, helping managers and employees turn safety requirements into practical actions. You will be part of a five-person team in Nyborg and work as an integrated partner to Operations.

Nyborg is a Seveso III facility and is described as the EU’s largest hazardous waste treatment plant. Here, health and safety is not simply a compliance exercise: the risks are real, and your work can have a direct impact on people, processes and operational reliability.

Your role combines visible presence in the plant with reporting, statistics, procedures, training and improvement projects. You will advise and challenge Operations constructively, build trust across functions and help ensure a safe, professional operation.

The position is based in Nyborg and requires regular engagement with employees, supervisors and managers throughout the facility.

You will turn safety requirements into practical improvements in daily operations

You will participate in daily and weekly operational meetings, identify and prioritise EHSQ risks, and help the organisation address the issues that matter most. You will balance proactive safety work with administrative responsibilities and timely follow-up.

Your key tasks will include:

• Acting as the Health & Safety partner to Operations, advising managers and employees and participating in daily and weekly operational meetings
• Conducting safety walks, workplace inspections, toolbox talks and awareness activities, and following up on identified risks
• Preparing safety reports, statistics and KPI follow-up, identifying trends and recommending actions
• Developing and implementing practical safety procedures, training programmes, onboarding and contractor inductions
• Supporting risk assessments, audits, investigations and structured root-cause analyses of incidents and near misses
• Driving and prioritising safety improvement projects, monitoring corrective actions and supporting compliance with Danish legislation, internal standards and Seveso-related requirements

Experience from health and safety in industrial operations

We imagine that you have a relevant technical or health and safety qualification and approximately five years or more of experience in a comparable operational environment. Experience from process industry, chemicals, hazardous waste, energy or other high-risk facilities is especially relevant.

You understand occupational health and safety legislation, operational risk assessments, incident investigation, safety management systems and the importance of effective training and documentation. You are comfortable working with reports, statistics and digital tools.

You can translate complex safety requirements into clear, workable solutions. You communicate confidently in Danish and English, both verbally and in writing, and you know how to engage colleagues across functions and organisational levels.

You build credibility through presence, sound judgement and constructive dialogue. You have the natural authority to challenge unsafe practices while maintaining trust and respect, and you are robust enough to handle disagreement and pressure.

You are structured, proactive and able to prioritise competing tasks. You enjoy combining hands‑on operational work with analysis, administration and continuous improvement, always keeping the most significant risks in focus.

We interview candidates on an ongoing basis.

All enquiries will be treated confidentially.

We want our recruitment process to be fair and inclusive. That is why we do not ask for photos or lengthy cover letters. Instead, we use screening questions to ensure comparable applications. We do, however, ask for gender information to help us ensure good gender balance in the recruitment process.