Project SHE Executive (opens in new tab)

Nestle SA; Osmangazi; On-site; TRY 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exclusive employee discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Wellbeing and sports benefits

Birthday leave

Paternity leave

Job summary

Nestlé is seeking a Senior Project SHE Executive to join the Technical & Production team in Karacabey, Bursa. The role focuses on leading SHE activities across the project lifecycle, integrating SHE into design and construction, and ensuring compliance with Nestlé SHE requirements.

Strong incident investigation and risk management skills are essential. The successful candidate will manage contractor safety, oversee permits, ensure safe installation and handover, and drive continuous improvement

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.
• Experience in major investment, construction or industrial installation projects.
• Strong incident investigation, root-cause analysis and risk management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead SHE activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring governance and compliance with Nestlé SHE requirements.
• Integrate SHE into design and execution, including risk assessments, HAZID/HAZOP where applicable.
• Define and oversee contractor and subcontractor SHE requirements and permit-to-work processes.
• Ensure safe construction and installation activities with focus on high-risk work, emergency preparedness and risk controls.
• Maintain the Project SHE Risk Register and support MOC activities.
• Establish and track KPIs, provide reports to governance forums, escalate significant risks and contractor performance gaps.
• Lead incident investigations, root-cause analysis and sharing of lessons learned.
• Ensure SHE during installation, commissioning and handover, including FAT, SAT and PSSR.
• Promote safety leadership, environmental compliance and sustainable engineering practices.

Skills

SHE leadership

Risk assessment

Contractor management

Incident investigation

English proficiency

On-site availability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or OHS

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 lifecompany. 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 elevate 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?

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