Project SHE Executive

Nestle; Karacabey; On-site; TRY 450,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé in Karacabey (Bursa) seeks a Senior Project SHE Executive to lead safety, health and environmental aspects across project lifecycles from design to commissioning. You will ensure governance, risk assessments and compliance with Nestlé requirements, while coordinating across contractors and sites.

You will drive incident investigations, manage KPIs, and support handover activities (FAT/SAT/PSSR) with a focus on safety leadership, environmental compliance and sustainable engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in SHE, Engineering or Project Management, including 5 years in major investment, construction or industrial installation projects.
• Strong experience in SHE leadership within complex construction and commissioning environments, including contractor and subcontractor safety management.
• Experience in machinery safety, commissioning risk, FAT, SAT, PSSR and operational handover processes.
• Strong incident investigation, root-cause analysis and risk management capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, engineering teams and contractors, challenge unsafe decisions and drive timely action closure in a multicultural project environment.
• Professional working proficiency in English and the local language.
• Availability to work predominantly on site and to support critical construction, installation and commissioning activities outside standard hours when required
• Preferred: NEBOSH, IOSH or equivalent qualifications; ISO 45001 / ISO 14001 Lead Auditor certification; or relevant machinery safety, HAZOP, construction safety or project management credentials.

Responsibilities

• Lead SHE activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring governance, planning and compliance with Nestlé SHE and Engineering requirements.
• Integrate SHE into project design and execution, including risk assessments, machinery safety reviews, HAZID and HAZOP where applicable.
• Define and oversee contractor and subcontractor SHE requirements, including prequalification, onboarding, permit-to-work processes, inspections, audits and performance monitoring.
• Ensure safe construction and installation activities, with a strong focus on high-risk work, emergency preparedness and effective risk controls.
• Maintain the Project SHE Risk Register, monitor critical actions and support MOC activities related to design, equipment and project execution.
• Establish and track leading and lagging Project SHE KPIs, provide regular reporting to project governance forums, and escalate significant risks, overdue actions and contractor performance gaps.
• Lead the reporting and investigation of incidents, near misses and environmental events, ensuring effective root-cause analysis, corrective actions and sharing of lessons learned.
• Ensure SHE requirements are met during installation, commissioning and handover, including FAT, SAT and PSSR activities.
• Promote strong safety leadership, environmental compliance and sustainable engineering practices across project and contractor teams.
• Embed safety-by-design principles and facilitate constructability, maintainability and operability reviews to eliminate or reduce risks before construction and commissioning.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Turkish SHE legislation, permits and statutory requirements, including environmental, waste-management and occupational health obligations relevant to the project.

Job description

Nestlé is one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies, with more than 2,000 iconic brands and operations in 188 countries.

At Nestlé, we unlock the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. That is our purpose.

We are the Good food, Good life company. We believe in the power of food to enhance lives. Good food nourishes and delights the senses. It helps children grow healthy, pets thrive, parents age gracefully and everyone live life to the fullest. Good food brings us together. Good food also respects our planet and protects resources for future generations.

Get to know us better at www.nestle.com

Join Nestlé Team and be a Force For Good!

We are currently looking for a Senior Project SHE Executive to join our Technical & Production team.

Location: Karacabey, Bursa

Type of Contract: Permanent

As a Senior Project SHE Executive, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead SHE (Safety, Health and Environment) activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring effective governance, planning and compliance with Nestlé SHE and Engineering requirements.

• Integrate SHE requirements into project design and execution, including risk assessments, machinery safety reviews, HAZID (Hazard Identification) and HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study) where applicable.

• Define and oversee contractor and subcontractor SHE requirements, including prequalification, onboarding, permit-to-work processes, inspections, audits and performance monitoring.

• Ensure safe construction and installation activities, with a strong focus on high-risk work, emergency preparedness and effective risk controls.

• Maintain the Project SHE Risk Register, monitor critical actions and support MOC (Management of Change) activities related to design, equipment and project execution.

• Establish and track leading and lagging Project SHE KPIs, provide regular reporting to project governance forums, and escal significant risks, overdue actions and contractor performance gaps.

• Lead the reporting and investigation of incidents, near misses and environmental events, ensuring effective root-cause analysis, corrective actions and sharing of lessons learned.

• Ensure SHE requirements are met during installation, commissioning and handover, including FAT (Factory Acceptance Test), SAT (Site Acceptance Test) and PSSR (Pre-Start-up Safety Review) activities.

• Promote strong safety leadership, environmental compliance and sustainable engineering practices across project and contractor teams.

• Embed safety-by-design principles and facilitate constructability, maintainability and operability reviews to eliminate or reduce risks before construction and commissioning.

• Ensure compliance with applicable Turkish SHE legislation, permits and statutory requirements, including environmental, waste-management and occupational health obligations relevant to the project.

Which profile are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Engineering or a related technical discipline.

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in SHE, Engineering or Project Management, including 5 years of experience in major investment, construction or industrial installation projects.

• Strong experience in SHE leadership within complex construction and commissioning environments, including contractor and subcontractor safety management.

• Experience in machinery safety, commissioning risk, FAT, SAT, PSSR and operational handover processes.

• Strong incident investigation, root-cause analysis and risk management capabilities.

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, engineering teams and contractors, challenge unsafe decisions and drive timely action closure in a multicultural project environment.

• Professional working proficiency in English and the local language.

• Availability to work predominantly on site and to support critical construction, installation and commissioning activities outside standard hours when required

• Preferred: NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health), IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) or equivalent qualifications; ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems) / ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems) Lead Auditor certification; or relevant machinery safety, HAZOP, construction safety or project management credentials.

What are our employee community values?

Safety, quality, compliance and respect are pillars for our community existence.

Respect is our overarching value at Nestlé. We respect ourselves, others, diversity and the environment around us.

We work in a supportive, caring, elevating environment. It is crucial for us to preserve our culture of solidarity.

What are our working values at Nestlé?

Flexible work schedule

Multinational experience at one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies

International and domestic career opportunities

Development opportunities and trainings

Exclusive employee discounts

Employee Assistance Program, 24/7 expert support

Employee Wellbeing and Sports Benefits (benefit from more than 5000 sport centers)

A paid birthday leave

4 weeks paternity leave

The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Be a force for good