Europe Seeds HSE Leader - Digital Risk and Compliance

Syngenta; Saint-Sauveur; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Syngenta Seeds is seeking an Europe Seeds Field Crops HSE Operational Lead – SD & P&S to drive HSE excellence across Europe, leading a regional team of up to eight Coordinators and aligning with Seeds Development and Production & Supply leadership.

You will establish harmonised HSE processes, strengthen culture, and enable risk-based decision-making through reliable performance intelligence and digital solutions. Remote Europe-based role with travel.

Qualifications

• Recognised HSE qualification such as NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent.
• 5+ years of practical HSE experience in seeds, agriculture, manufacturing or another operational environment.
• Demonstrated experience in leading teams and working independently within a complex matrix organisation.
• Sound knowledge of relevant statutory provisions, legislative requirements and corporate HSE standards.
• Strong leadership, influencing and stakeholder-management skills across functions, cultures and geographies.
• Structured, analytical and continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to turn performance data into risk-based actions.
• Experience partnering with site teams to deliver projects and embed change.
• Ability to identify operational needs and translate them into practical, user-centred digital solutions.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the regional HSE Coordinator team, including objective setting, capability development, mentoring, performance management and succession planning.
• Establish and maintain a practical regional HSE management-system framework, including common procedures, minimum standards, templates, visual management and assurance routines.
• Coordinate audits of HSE management systems across sites and satellite locations.
• Lead the regional HSE culture-improvement roadmap, using audit findings, incident learning, workforce feedback and maturity assessments to prioritise interventions.
• Own the HSE performance-management system, including KPI definitions, data quality, dashboard governance, insight generation and regular performance reviews.
• Identify and implement digital solutions that improve reporting quality, visibility, compliance, risk control and frontline usability.
• Facilitate cross-site learning and replication of good practices, ensuring incidents, audit findings and improvement actions lead to sustainable change.
• Partner with relevant stakeholders to align priorities, remove barriers and implement the HSE strategy.
• Support initiatives that reduce the environmental footprint of sites and embed sustainable practices.
• Lead regional change and continuous-improvement projects, monitoring adoption, effectiveness and benefits after implementation.

Skills

HSE leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical mindset

Team leadership

Change management

Fluency in English

Education

NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Syngenta Seeds is seeking an Europe Seeds Field Crops HSE Operational Lead – SD & P&S to drive HSE excellence across Europe, leading a regional team of up to eight Coordinators and aligning with Seeds Development and Production & Supply leadership.

You will establish harmonised HSE processes, strengthen culture, and enable risk-based decision-making through reliable performance intelligence and digital solutions. Remote Europe-based role with travel.