Environment, Health and Safety Manager

ZEISS India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS India, headquartered in Bengaluru, seeks an experienced EH&S leader to drive safety and environmental performance across site operations. You will develop and implement the EH&S strategy, lead risk assessments, audits, and training, and collaborate with site leaders to ensure compliance.

The role requires 8–10 years in senior H&S, a strong management background in industrial settings, and excellent English communication. This full-time position is based at ZEISS facilities in India.

Qualifications

• Degree in environmental health and safety or a related field.
• 8–10 years of senior H&S leadership experience, preferably from industrial construction.
• Experience implementing health and safety management systems.
• Strong written and spoken English; proficient MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a positive culture of engagement in EH&S.
• Ensure compliance with safety and environmental legislation. Monitor legislation changes and ensure any new requirements are implemented.
• Participate in reviews of third-party compliance audits in collaboration with site and business unit EH&S leaders.
• Maintain an effective EH&S management system for the site/facility.
• Develop EH&S strategy and recommend EH&S goals and objectives to improve performance for the site.
• Ensure that EH&S risks are assessed, quantified, and prioritized. Ensure they are controlled and managed.
• Communicate with all levels in the organization on EH&S to engage with, influence and partner with the site location leader and the leadership team.
• Participate in EH&S inspections and audits as required. Direct responsibility for audits and inspections at the site.
• Deliver EH&S training to site leaders, business leaders and employees in consultation with business unit EH&S leaders. Direct responsibility for EH&S training at the site.
• Participate and support functional leaders in incident investigations and advise management on corrective actions.
• Trend analysis of EH&S incidents for the India site and advise business unit EH&S leaders and India leadership team on follow up.
• Encourage management recognition of behaviors and results which drive EH&S improvements.

Skills

Team leadership

English communication

MS Office

Education

Degree in environmental health and safety

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

ZEISS in India is headquartered in Bengaluru and present in the fields of Industrial Quality Solutions, Research Microscopy Solutions, Medical Technology, Vision Care and Sports & Cine Optics.

ZEISS India has 3 production facilities, R&D center, Global IT services and about 40 Sales & Service offices in almost all Tier I and Tier II cities in India. With 2200+ employees and continued investments over 25 years in India, ZEISS’ success story in India is continuing at a rapid pace.

Job Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain a positive culture of engagement in EH&S.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and environmental legislation. Monitor legislation changes and ensure any new requirements are implemented.
• Participate in reviews of third-party compliance audits in collaboration with site and business unit EH&S leaders.
• Maintain an effective EH&S management system for the site/facility.
• Develop EH&S strategy and recommend EH&S goals and objectives to improve performance for the site.
• Ensure that EH&S risks are assessed, quantified, and prioritized. Ensure they are controlled and managed.
• Communicate with all levels in the organization on EH&S to engage with, influence and partner with the site location leader and the leadership team.
• Participate in EH&S inspections and audits as required. Direct responsibility for audits and inspections at the site.
• Deliver EH&S training to site leaders, business leaders and employees in consultation with business unit EH&S leaders. Direct responsibility for EH&S training at the site.
• Participate and support functional leaders in incident investigations and advise management on corrective actions.
• Trend analysis of EH&S incidents for the India site and advise business unit EH&S leaders and India leadership team on follow up.
• Encourage management recognition of behaviors and results which drive EH&S improvements.

Job Requirements & Qualifications:

• Degree in environmental health and safety, health and safety, or a related field.
• Prior work experience (at least 8-10 years) leading a team in a senior H&S position preferably from Industrial Construction background.
• Managing and putting into practice Health and Safety management system
• Should have good written & oral communication skills in English, hands‑on familiarity with MS Office software packages.
• Should have good knowledge of safety systems to be followed on construction sites as well as knowledge of safety standards being used on construction sites internationally.
• Should have good knowledge of safety control systems like work method statements, job safety analysis, permit‑to‑work systems, gate‑control systems, etc.
• Should have good knowledge of the rules and regulations / statutory authorities’ requirements on the subject of safety.
• Should have good man‑management skills and apply them strongly at site to get safety systems implemented at site consistently.
• Preferably should have worked on time bound industrial projects.
• Should have strong Result Orientation and capability to operate in multi‑functional teams.
• Past work experience with PMC/Manufacturing Industries would be an added advantage.
• Safety qualification from NICMAR, Minimum 1 year duration diploma conducted by state factories rules/ BOCW Central Rules or equivalent would be a definitive preference.