Regional EHS Leader - GT Services Europe & Africa

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy; Brande; Hybrid; DKK 486,000 - 635,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Energy S.r.l. is seeking an experienced EHS Lead for Europe and Africa to drive Environment, Health & Safety across Grid Technologies Service. You will implement the EHS strategy, strengthen a Zero Harm culture, and ensure governance, compliance, and performance across projects, field service and operations.

You will partner with regional leadership, manage risk, and support sustainable growth while leading diverse teams in a matrix organization and traveling internationally.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Management, or related discipline.
• Significant leadership experience in EHS within energy, industrial, construction, project, or field service environments.
• 7–8 years leading EHS programs across multiple countries and cultures.
• Strong knowledge of EHS management systems, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to lead through influence and build high-performing matrix teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Fluent English and willingness to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the EHS strategy and roadmap for Grid Technologies Service across Europe & Africa.
• Lead and support subregional EHS teams, advising leadership and ensuring compliance with Siemens Energy standards and legal requirements.
• Promote a strong safety-first culture through leadership and field engagement.
• Drive EHS performance management, including investigations, risk reviews, audits, reporting, and corrective actions.
• Integrate EHS into project execution, field service operations, contractor management, and business growth activities across the region.
• Foster collaboration and leverage digital EHS solutions and data analytics.

Skills

EHS leadership

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Fluent English

Travel internationally

Education

Engineering or safety degree

Job description

About the Role

Job ID 302912

Location

Italy

Milano

Milan

• Country: UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
• Country: FRANCE
• Country: SPAIN
• Country: POLAND
• Country: PORTUGAL
• Country: ROMANIA
• Country: NETHERLANDS
• Country: DENMARK
• Country: SWEDEN

Remote vs. Office

Hybrid (Remote/Office)

Company

Siemens Energy S.r.l.

Organization

Grid Technologies

Business Unit

Service

Full / Part time

Full Time or Part Time

Experience Level

Professional / Experienced

Salary Range

0 - 0 EUR

A Snapshot of Your Day

As the EHS Lead for Europe & Africa region, you will be responsible for leading the Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) function across the region, driving the implementation of the EHS strategy, strengthening a Zero Harm culture, and ensuring consistent EHS governance, compliance, and performance across all Grid Technologies Service operations, projects, and field service activities. You will partner closely with regional leadership, operational teams, and country stakeholders to enhance safety performance, manage risk, and support sustainable business growth.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Define and execute the EHS strategy and roadmap for Grid Technologies Service across Europe & Africa, aligning with regional and global business objectives.
• Lead and support subregional EHS teams, serving as the key advisor to leadership and ensuring compliance with Siemens Energy standards and legal requirements.
• Promote a strong safety-first culture through visible leadership, coaching, field engagement, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive EHS performance management, including incident investigations, risk reviews, audits, reporting, and corrective action implementation.
• Integrate EHS into project execution, field service operations, contractor management, and business growth activities across the region.
• Foster collaboration, best-practice sharing, and innovation by leveraging digital EHS solutions, data analytics, and partnerships with Quality, Training, and Operational Excellence teams.

What You Bring

• Degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Management, or a related discipline.
• Significant leadership experience in EHS within energy, industrial, construction, project, or field service environments.
• Proven experience, at least 7/8 years, leading EHS programs across multiple countries and cultures.
• Strong knowledge of EHS management systems, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and build high-performing teams in a matrix organization.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Fluent English and willingness to travel internationally.

About the Team

Our EHS team is dedicated to fostering a culture of safety and compliance across all operations. We work collaboratively to implement best practices and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Our mission is to ensure that every employee returns home safely while supporting sustainable business growth.

Our Grid Technologies division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With +100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation. Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character—no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• Enjoy a stable employment in a company with a long history in innovation and technology.
• Flexibility: trustful environment with an inclusive and flexible way of working driven by results; hybrid way of working enabled by innovative tools and devices, personal computer and smartphone; wi-fi connection reimbursement.
• Welfare: flexible welfare programs and health insurance extendable to your family; professional and extraprofessional accident insurance; free on-site lunch options.
• Collaborate with experienced experts in an international environment.
• The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. With us, you have the opportunity to learn and develop in a self-determined way. Various attractive programs and measures are available for this purpose.

The total compensation package for this position, including both fixed and variable components, ranges between € 65.000 – € 85.000 gross per year.

Salary ranges for this role are provided in accordance with applicable local legislation. The stated range is based on the Italian labour market.

Where a role may be performed in multiple locations in Italy or abroad, compensation will vary depending on factors such as market conditions, including the local cost of living, as well as experience and qualifications. In such cases, the specific salary range for the location of interest will be communicated in the early stages of the recruitment process and, in any case, before any potential offer of employment is made.