Global HSE Manager: Operational Safety & Risk Leadership

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

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.