Local Service Unit HSE Manager

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Safety and Environmental Leader to advance safe working practices and ensure ISO 45001/14001 compliance across the local organization.

You will coach all levels, monitor risk, conduct audits, lead incident investigations, and support managers in implementing preventive actions and safety systems.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Engineering (Electrical preferred), 5+ years of experience, CSP desirable, and fluent English and Arabic.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical preferred) and 5+ years in safety/ENV related roles.
• CSP certification is desirable but not required.
• Strong understanding of health, safety and environmental standards.
• Experience with safety systems and risk assessment in manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of OSHA legislation for manufacturing sites and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities; fluent in English and Arabic.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, execution and continuous improvement of health, safety and environmental programs.
• Communicate safety initiatives and procedures across the organization to ensure common understanding.
• Coach and support staff at all levels to foster an exemplary safety culture.
• Monitor compliance, investigate incidents and implement corrective actions.
• Assist management with risk assessments of workspaces, tools and processes.
• Roll out and maintain ISO 45001/14001 compliant systems.
• Provide guidance on competency-based training for HSE across the organization.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical preferred)

Job description

Proactively lead to ensure safe working practices and programs are further developed and maintained throughout the local organization. Ensure accountability and high-level safety and environmental performance throughout the local organization. Coach and support people at all levels of the local organization to realize an exemplary safety culture as part of our total commitment to quality and reliability.

How you’ll make an impact

• Communicate all health and safety initiatives, processes and procedures throughout the organization to ensure all people have a common and uniform understanding.
• Train, coach and support the organization in health, safety and environmental issues.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment towards health, safety and environmental standards and guidelines, management systems and procedures.
• Monitor compliance of health, safety and environmental requirements and handle nonconformance issues according to relevant procedures.
• Assist and guide all levels of management, supervisors and employees on site to implement accident prevention activities plus where necessary provide interface to Contractors/Clients.
• Support the managers in the manufacturing facility and service sites in risk assessments of workspaces, work tasks, tools, and coordination of common spaces.
• Roll-out where necessary, initiate and maintain quality input of a health and safety management system which meets the ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 specifications.
• Carry out safety and environmental audits, investigate accidents and root causes, introduce, and supervise corrective actions.
• Monitor, communicate and apply standards created and/or maintained by external bodies, and integrate within internal health, safety management systems.
• Provide guidance on competency-based health, safety and environmental training for all persons throughout the organization.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required & preferably in Electrical.
• Minimum 5 Years of experience in relevant working experience in Safety and Environmental related positions.
• CSP certification is desirable.
• Excellent understanding of health, safety and environmental standards in manufacturing environment and the role a safety system plays in managing the overall risk profile of a site.
• Practical "hands-on" experience in developing and managing safety systems with the ability to dig into site specific details and develop solutions to complex safety issues.
• Strong knowledge about OSHA legislation for manufacturing sites.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written in English & Arabic language is required.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.