Global HSE Manager - Operational Safety

Kongsberg Maritime; Kongsberg; Hybrid; NOK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working arrangement

Job summary

Kongsberg Maritime seeks a Global HSE Manager to develop and improve the company-wide approach to operational safety, focusing on preventing serious injuries and strengthening risk management across divisions and sites.

Role supports the Global Director HSE, ensuring consistent expectations for high-risk activities, incidents, and learning, with clear requirements, guidance, and follow-up across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Solid experience with HSE risk management, operational controls and high-risk work activities.
• Experience with incident reporting, serious incident investigations, corrective actions and sharing of lessons learned.
• Good knowledge of ISO 45001 and practical application of HSE management system requirements. Knowledge of ISO 14001 is an advantage
• Good business understanding and ability to translate operational safety requirements into practical and effective ways of working.
• Experience from an operational HSE role is an advantage

Responsibilities

• Risk Management: Own the HSE Risk Management process and Global HSE Risk Register.
• Operational Control: Own the operational control process and coordinate global HSE controls.
• Learning and Improvement: Own global lessons learned and HSE SME frameworks and facilitate forums.
• Safety Culture: Drive HOP initiatives to strengthen safety culture.
• Systems and Tools: Act as system owner for HSE tools and applications including governance and budgets.
• HSE Assurance and Support: Conduct audits/inspections, investigations, provide training and support.

Skills

HSE risk management

Operational controls

Incident reporting & investigations

ISO 45001 knowledge

ISO 14001 knowledge (adv.)

Business mindset for safety

Operational HSE experience (adv.)

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in a relevant field

Equivalent experience

Job description

Responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving the company's global approach to operational safety and risk management.

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Experience with HSE risk management, operational controls, and high-risk work activities
• Experience with incident reporting, serious incident investigations, and corrective actions
• Good knowledge of ISO 45001
• Knowledge of ISO 14001 is an advantage
• Hybrid working arrangement

Make an impact with us at Kongsberg Maritime.

We're seeking talented individuals to help us shape the maritime future. If you're ready to be part of this exciting journey, your adventure begins here!

The Global HSE Manager Operational Safety is responsible for developing, maintaining and improving KMs global approach to operational safety, with emphasis on preventing serious injuries and fatalities, strengthening operational risk management and ensuring effective implementation of operational control requirements across divisions, business units and sites.

The position supports the Global Director HSE in strengthening KMs operational safety performance, ensuring consistent expectations for high-risk activities, incidents, investigations, learning and corrective actions, and enabling the organisation to manage operational safety risks through clear requirements, practical guidance and effective follow-up.

What you will be doing

• Risk Management: Own the HSE Risk Management process, maintain the - - - - - Global HSE Risk Register, and facilitate risk reviews and assurance activities.
• Operational Control: Own the operational control process and coordinate the development, implementation and continuous improvement of global HSE operational controls.
• Learning and Improvement: Own the global lessons learned and HSE Subject - -- Matter Expert frameworks and facilitate HSE forums and meetings to strengthen knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Safety Culture: Drive Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) initiatives to strengthen KMs safety culture.
• Systems and Tools: Act as system owner, where assigned, for HSE tools and applications, including governance, development, supplier management, budgets and improvement roadmaps.
• HSE Assurance and Support: Conduct audits and inspections, lead or support incident investigations, provide subject matter expertise and deliver HSE training, advice and professional support.

We think you should have

• Bachelors or masters degree in a relevant field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Solid experience with HSE risk management, operational controls and high-risk work activities.
• Experience with incident reporting, serious incident investigations, corrective actions and sharing of lessons learned
• Good knowledge of ISO 45001 and practical application of HSE management system requirements. Knowledge of ISO 14001 is an advantage
• Good business understanding and ability to translate operational safety requirements into practical and effective ways of working
• Experience from an operational HSE role is an advantage

This employment may require a pre-employment check procedure in accordance with company security standards, role or site requirements. Please note that this might affect the offer process or employment.

At Kongsberg Maritime, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet every requirement. Your unique perspective is valuable to us. Your skills, attitude and perspective could be exactly what we are looking for!

You are able to

• Understand the organization's informal rules and structures and utilize political processes effectively to get things done
• Act on own initiative, make things happen and accept responsibility for the results
• Make an impact, convince and persuade others and promote plans and ideas successfully
• Use a methodical and systematic approach, plan ahead, define clear priorities and allocate your time effectively
• Demonstrate specialist knowledge and expertise in own area
• Communicate in a clear, precise and structured way

Why join us

• An exciting and important position working for the world-leading supplier of maritime solutions
• Be part of a diverse team spread across several countries, embracing collaboration and cultural diversity.
• We offer flexible working hours.
• We offer hybrid working arrangement.

Kongsberg Maritimes strength lies in unity. Diverse minds, developing technologies for sustainable oceans, drive innovation worldwide.

Where you will be working

Any KM location in Norway, Sweden, Finland, UK or Poland. Other global locations may be considered for strong internal candidates, though Europe is preferred due to time zones.

Interested in knowing more? Contact

Magnus Soon Arnhus
Global Director HSE
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Kongsberg Maritime is a global leader in maritime technology. We deliver advanced solutions to the merchant fleet, offshore, fishing, and naval vessels, setting new standards for safe, efficient, and sustainable operations - both for new builds and existing fleets. In close collaboration with customers and research environments, we develop technology that solves real challenges at sea. Today, more than 30,000 vessels operate with our systems on board. Kongsberg Maritime has more than 8,300 employees in 35 countries.

Technologies for sustainable oceans

Our People and Corporate Affairs Division is a key enabler to the Kongsberg Maritime strategy, unifying the support functions to deliver the business strategy and goals. We are closely connected to the operations and cover a wide breadth of different functions, with common themes of global functional and business support, external relations development, safety, security, people enablement and communications, operational excellence, and license to operate. The division includes People, HSE, Quality, Compliance, Export Control, Facility, Supply Chain, Communication and Public Affairs.

• ISO 45001
• Risikostyring