Global Human Performance Expert - Remote

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic HSE Leader to drive cultural transformation and enhance safety performance across global operations. This role focuses on implementing Human and Organizational Performance principles, fostering a culture of safety, and ensuring compliance with HSE standards. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and communication skills, with a proven track record in HSE management within manufacturing environments. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and continuous improvement in safety practices, and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on workplace safety and organizational culture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of global HSE experience, preferably in manufacturing.
• 3+ years of HOP experience implementing principles for cultural change.

Responsibilities

• Drive cultural transformation initiatives across the organization.
• Contribute to the continual improvement of HSE Operating System standards.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Problem-solving Skills

Communication Skills

Decision-making Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Bachelor’s degree in safety

Bachelor’s degree in organizational development

Tools

ISO-45001

ISO-14001

Job description

Description

Role overview

Culture and leadership

• Develops and implements functional (i.e., HSE) learning and cultural development activities, in alignment with Hitachi Energy’s HSE strategy, including but not limited to the Hitachi Energy’s HSE cultural assessments.
• Drives functional cultural transformation initiatives across Hitachi Energy, in close collaboration with the Business Units with a hands-on approach that engages shop floor employees and front-line leaders.
• Drives transformation initiatives linked to Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles – learning from successes and failures by instilling an open and transparent reporting environment in HSE.
• Guides, coaches, and advises on transformational HSE programs to focus on a culture of LIFE* (*Life-changing Injury and Fatality Elimination).

Communication and learnings

• Builds functional competence and capacity through innovative HSE cultural assessment solutions to ensure that HSE commitments, standards, processes, and procedures are communicated, implemented, and measured throughout the company value chain.
• Partners and collaborates with the Business Units to drive learning and best practices to fully integrate the HOP principles in HSE.

Digitalization and analytics

• Contributes to Hitachi Energy’s acceleration in its HSE transformation by identifying, assessing, and reporting on global emerging HSE trends related to Human Performance.
• Supports digital innovation initiatives in Human Performance, new trends, and forays to help advance and transform HSE through emerging digital trends.

Operations and risk management

• Contributes to the continual improvement of Hitachi Energy’s HSE Operating System (HSE-OS) standards to support Hitachi Energy’s ambition for world-class HSE performance.
• Supports the implementation of the HSE-OS standards, expectations, and learning mechanisms to improve Hitachi Energy’s HSE performance for frontline operations teams.

Governance and competency

• Benchmarks current HSE processes and culture assessment and improvement mechanisms with internal and external best practices and challenges status quo at all levels.
• Influences key stakeholders to accept new practices and innovative approaches and the ability to communicate and influence senior leadership.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, safety, or organizational development.
• 8+ years of relevant global HSE experience, preferably in manufacturing.
• 3+ years of practical Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) experience implementing the principles of HOP to drive cultural change in an international manufacturing or project environment.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
• Problem-solving and initiative-taking and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication skills to work in a complex and global organization.
• Ability to prepare clear, accurate, business-oriented, and concise reports, correspondence, and other written materials.
• Global travel up to 50%.
• Capable of working autonomously with remote and global teams and delivering in complex working environments and across multiple time zones (flexible working hours when required).

Preferred

• Experience with industrial and organizational psychology.
• Experience and/or familiarity with ISO-45001 & ISO-14001.
• Ability to work within and support matrixed global leadership and functional teams.