EHS Coordinator & Program Lead – Europe

NRL; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a strategic EHS Coordinator & Program Lead to implement corporate environmental, health, and safety strategies across Europe. This pivotal role involves driving EHS KPI tracking, compliance, and program leadership while ensuring best practices in health and safety. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills, a deep understanding of EHS regulations, and a commitment to fostering a safety-first culture across teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in EHS compliance and program management.
• Strong expertise in performance metrics and strategies.
• Familiarity with regulatory standards in hazardous industries.

Responsibilities

• Drive EHS initiatives and ensure operational excellence.
• Monitor EHS KPI tracking and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with legislative and corporate policies.

Skills

Project Management

Compliance

Data Analysis

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

PMP Certification

Master’s Degree or MBA

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project Management Software

Compliance Tracking Tools

Job description

We’re looking for a strategic and detail-oriented EHS Coordinator & Program Lead to drive corporate environmental, health, and safety (EHS) strategy across Europe. This high-impact role will focus on EHS KPI tracking, continuous improvement, compliance, training, and program leadership, ensuring best-in-class environmental and safety practices.

You will play a key leadership role, driving EHS initiatives in the region, and ensuring operational excellence through effective project and program management.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management & Performance Reporting

• Define, track, and monitor success metrics, ensuring clarity on key program objectives.
• Own and facilitate operating rhythms for EHS initiatives, keeping teams on task, target, and timeline.
• Ensure effective cross-functional communication, managing project schedules, budgets, and stakeholder engagement.
• Analyze and report on overall program health, providing detailed insights on KPIs and project effectiveness.
• Keep management informed of key changes, challenges, and areas where additional support is needed.
• Support with developing, implementing, and drive EHS corporate strategy, ensuring alignment with regulatory and business objectives.
• Facilitate, lead, and measure EHS KPI’s, ensuring continual improvement across global teams.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislative requirements, industry best practices, and corporate environmental policies.
• Monitor regulatory compliance through regular audits, inspections, and program tracking.
• Design and facilitate organizational EHS improvements, helping teams implement change initiatives that drive safety culture.
• Identify EHS best practices, providing lessons learned and recommendations for improvement across departments.
• Develop and maintain policies & procedures on key risk control systems.
• Ensure implementation of corrective and preventive actions from audits and investigations.

Training & Stakeholder Engagement

• Support EHS training programs, ensuring strategic alignment with business needs.
• Support delivery of toolbox talks, engaging employees on key EHS topics and responsibilities.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for coordinating and managing cross-functional EHS programs and projects.
• Support management in engaging employees on health, safety, and environmental matters, fostering a safety-first culture.

Qualifications & Experience

To succeed in this role, you’ll need:

• Experience in program or project management, with a focus on EHS compliance and improvement strategies.
• Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• Strong expertise in defining program requirements and using data and metrics to track performance and improvements.
• Proven ability to engage with regional and global teams, ensuring alignment with corporate safety objectives.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities.
• Familiarity with process safety, asset integrity, audits, and inspections in hazardous industries.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, project management software, and compliance tracking tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP certification or project management expertise in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Master’s Degree or MBA, with a focus on business operations or organizational strategy.
• Experience liaising with regulators and steering EHS regulations at a policy level.
• Health & Safety Management experience, with exposure to upper-tier COMAH regulatory standards.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative and Project Management

• Industries

  Manufacturing

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