Project HSE Manager

NKT; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NKT is seeking a Project Health & Safety Manager to lead the Health & Safety agenda across international high‑voltage cable projects. You will develop and implement project HSE plans, coordinate risk assessments, inspections, audits and reporting across sites, vessels and subcontractors.

The role combines leadership with hands‑on work, ensuring compliance with regulations and client requirements while fostering a strong safety culture and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in Health & Safety within complex technical or construction projects.
• Strong project management and planning skills.
• Ability to lead audits, risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication in an international context.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).
• Authorisation to work in the Netherlands.

Responsibilities

• Develop, approve and submit project Health & Safety deliverables (plans, RAMS, audits) per deadlines.
• Monitor and report Health & Safety risks, non-conformities and KPIs.
• Plan and allocate Health & Safety resources within the project.
• Integrate Health & Safety measures into project planning and execution.
• Conduct Health & Safety audits and oversee subcontractor safety performance.
• Lead or support Health & Safety incident investigations.
• Facilitate workshops to share lessons learned and drive improvements.
• Act as Health & Safety interface with clients, subcontractors and internal teams.

Skills

Health & Safety

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Education

University degree in Engineering, Health & Safety or Security

NEBOSH Cert. or NEBOSH Dip.

Job description

Drive the Health and Safety Scope within our Projects

Are you keen to join a diverse team, running international high-voltage cable projects in large infrastructure settings and contributing to connecting a greener world? Working closely with our global customers, we develop, manufacture, and install efficient, environmentally friendly, and technologically advanced high-voltage cable systems for land, offshore, nearshore, and onshore applications worldwide.

Support the execution of all project Health & Safety related activities

As a Project Health & Safety Manager, you are responsible for the Health & Safety agenda within our customer projects. You will develop and ensure the implementation of Project Health & Safety Plans in accordance with NKT standards as well as applicable rules, regulations, legal frameworks and customer requirements.

This role combines leadership and hands‑on work. You will not only manage the Health & Safety effort on projects but also actively contribute to producing, reviewing and ensuring timely submission of all Health & Safety deliverables needed for effective project execution.

Your scope spans the full Health & Safety landscape: including participating in and coordinating risk assessments, supporting project planning, conducting Health & Safety inspections and audits, monitoring subcontractor performance, reporting to the customer, and managing interfaces with stakeholders across the entire project organisation.

Regular visits to operations are an essential part of the role whether at installation sites, on board vessels, or at subcontractor facilities ensuring active engagement, compliance and support.

Your Primary Tasks Will Include

• Developing, reviewing, approving and submitting all project Health & Safety deliverables (plans, bridging documents, RAMS reviews, emergency plans, HAZID’s, audits and reports) in accordance with deadlines


• Monitoring, reporting and record-keeping of Health & Safety risks, non-conformities, KPI’s and statistics


• Planning and following up on allocated Health & Safety resources within the project


• Participating in project planning to ensure proactive integration of Health & Safety measures and risk controls


• Conducting and overseeing project Health & Safety audits, both internally and towards subcontractors


• Establishing and monitoring Health & Safety performance and reporting results to the customer


• Coordinating and monitoring subcontractor Health & Safety performance and ensuring alignment with NKT and client requirements


• Leading or supporting Health & Safety incident investigations


• Facilitating workshop sessions to promote organisational learning, share lessons learned and help implement continuous improvement


• Acting as the project Health & Safety interface on designated projects, towards clients, subcontractors, vessel owners and internal departments


• Supporting and coaching the project team and subcontractors in creating a strong safety culture


• Adhoc support on tenders relating to operational insights and actual cost or compliance issues.

Reporting lines

To Ensure Effective Governance And Execution, You Will

• Report directly to the Dept. Manager, HSE Projects & Tenders ( Project Performance and deliverables)


• Have a operation (functional) reporting line to the Project Installation Managers (day‑to‑day coordination and integration into project execution)


• Manage Project Health & Safety Advisors, guiding and coordinating their activities across all work sites

Be a communicative and motivated Health & Safety project manager.

Your daily collaboration with the project team, subcontractors and customers requires effective communication and stakeholder management skills. Your motivated, positive, and focused mindset supports genuine engagement within the teams. You adopt a supportive and coaching approach that helps guide the project safely while maintaining high customer satisfaction.

Your profile

You bring solid experience in Health & Safety and ideally have experience of complex technical or construction projects in the critical infrastructure industry. You understand legal, regulatory and contractual requirements and can translate them into clear, actionable documentation.

In Addition, Your CV Includes

• University degree within Engineering, Health & Safety or Security


• Several years of relevant experience within HSE, preferably from international infrastructure, offshore wind, marine or construction projects.


• Experience interfacing with clients, subcontractors and multidisciplinary internal teams


• Experience conducting Health & Safety audits and leading workshops for learning


• Project management experience in an international context


• Fluent in English, both spoken and written


• Authorisation to work in the Netherlands


• (Advantage) Offshore certificates such as GWO, BOSIET/FOET or HUET


• (Advantage) NEBOSH Cert. or NEBOSH Dip. or any industry alternative.

Join us connecting a greener world!

NKT is committed to promoting a diverse organization and a culture where people from different backgrounds can thrive and are inspired to perform at their best. We believe that a diverse organization enables sustainable performance, and that an inclusive and welcoming culture makes for a better place to work.

Health & Safety is a number one priority regardless of where, what and when. In our customer projects the Health & Safety agenda plays a significant role, and as the Project Health & Safety Manager you are the one coordinating all project‑related activities within this scope.

Be a Connector of the green tomorrow!