Campus HSE Lead

NRL; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

26 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Job summary

NRL is seeking an HSE Lead for a high-value data centre campus project in Amsterdam. This role holds ultimate responsibility for health, safety, and environmental compliance on-site, ensuring a culture of zero-harm across the project.

The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience as the lead HSE authority on major construction projects, including data centres, and hold a NEBOSH Diploma and IOH membership. The position offers competitive salary, 26 days annual leave, and a pension scheme.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as lead HSE authority on major construction projects.
• Deep understanding of regional safety legislation and management systems.
• Proven capability managing large contractor environments.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for compliance and performance on-site.
• Lead safety planning for all stages of the project.
• Develop and enforce project-specific HSE plans and audits.

Skills

Leadership in HSE

Safety compliance

Risk management

Training delivery

Education

NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent

IOH membership

Job description

The HSE Lead acts as the most senior Health, Safety and Environmental authority on site, holding ultimate responsibility for all HSE matters during the construction of a high-value data centre campus in Amsterdam. This individual will own the delivery of safety strategy, compliance and culture, ensuring zero-harm and regulatory adherence across the project.

HSE Leadership and Authority

• Serve as the number one on-site for HSE, accountable for compliance and performance.
• Lead safety planning for all stages of the project, from mobilisation to completion.
• Set the benchmark for safety and wellbeing across all subcontractor and internal activities.

Governance and Assurance

• Develop and enforce project-specific HSE plans, audits and reporting frameworks.
• Monitor risk, regulatory obligations and site performance daily.
• Report directly to project and regional leadership on critical HSE metrics and actions.

Culture and Engagement

• Act as the primary voice for safety culture on the project.
• Deliver training and influence behaviours at every level of site operations.
• Ensure lessons learned are shared and standards consistently raised.

Experience

• Extensive experience as the lead HSE authority on major construction projects.
• Deep understanding of regional safety legislation and management systems.
• Proven capability managing large contractor environments within complex builds (data centre or similar preferred).

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent mandatory.
• IOH membership essential; environmental credentials desirable.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• 26 days annual leave.
• Pension scheme.

Own health and safety performance as the senior on-site lead for one of Europe’s most high-profile data centre builds.