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Vestas offers you challenging career opportunities within a global organisation. As the world's leading supplier of wind power solutions, we have delivered more than 40,000 wind turbines in 65 countries. Over 20,000 employees are eager to welcome new, dedicated colleagues on our journey to a more sustainable future. Would you like to join us?

Department
The Corporate Health, Safety and Environment department is part of the People and Culture Business Unit. We develop the corporate sustainability strategy, implement and coordinate
cross-organizational improvement projects and provide support within the Health, Safety and Environmental area to the Vestas organization.

At Vestas we do not compromise on safety. Irrespective of where in the company our employees work, irrespective of the task our employees are working on, there is no compromise on safety. All employees are expected to put safety above and beyond all considerations first in all our processes and procedures. We are committed to ensuring an effective Occupational Health Safety and Environment management system.

Responsibilities and Tasks
This is a new position at the global corporate level with the purpose to establish a Center of excellence and to recommend strategic direction as well as global business unit level goals
and objectives in the area of Contractor HSE Management:


Develop and implement a strategic global HSE contractor management program (CMP), ensuring the Contractors adhere to Clients, contracts, Vestas and regulatory requirements and standards.

Ensure interpretation of complex requirements, evaluating and applying appropriate HSE principles, and formulating scopes of work, plans, and methodologies suitable for achieving and maintaining compliance with global HSE requirements.

Implement safety awareness in contractor program. Guides, coaches, and motivates global contractor performance and those directly associated with implementing the Contractor HSE management program

Provide leadership for the development and maintenance of high-performance HSE/Sustainability project teams. Promote integrity, technical competence, and commitment to HSE on multiple projects and across all of Vestas in the management of contractors

Support Business Units globally, requiring judgment and experience in the application of HSE plans, policies, procedures, methods and systems as well as the formulation of mitigation measures to reduce injuries and potential adverse environmental impacts.

Work with project and/or BU management on bid decisions, proposals, and estimates (scope, constraints, schedules, budgets) with contractor HSE requirements.

Provide technical support to feasibility studies, site assessment studies, and project risk assessments.

Manages and conducts contractor serious accident and/or fatality investigations and notifications; documents factors contributing to an incident and ensures the preparation of required reports and sharing of lessons learned.

Execute other HSE duties as assigned by Corporate HSE department.

Qualifications and Work Experience
Bachelors Degree in Health and Safety or related science/engineering from an accredited college or university and as a minimum must have worked 10 to 15 years with directly related experience in safety, health, and environment as well as the ideal candidate to posseses safety/health-related certifications from national/international accrediting organizations/associations and Lead auditor certification within ISO/OHSAS;


Contractor/Construction experience

Safety engineering, process safety, health or related discipline

Crane & Rigging expertise

Behaviour-based safety program experience

Leading and managing HSE systems, principles, and methodologies for multiple locations

Implementation of international HSE laws/regulations and regulatory/resource agencies permitting processes and responsibilities, industry standards for H&S compliance

Best management practices for contractor management

Contractor/Construction H&S planning, procedures, and execution

Implementing and managing H&S training programs

Incident investigation, including advanced root cause analysis



What we offer
We offer an exciting job with excellent opportunities for professional and personal development in an inspiring environment at the world’s leading producer of wind turbines. We highly value initiative, responsibility and the right balance between creativity and quality in all solutions.
The department is continuously under development keeping up pace with the growth of the Vestas group. Our working environment is informal and we encourage a good balance between family and work. We pay a salary that is competitive and will reflect your personal qualifications.

Additional Information
This position is referring to the vice president of HSE and the work location will be in one of our facilities through-out Europe.
Due to the global activities and frequent presence at the HQ in Randers travelling must be expected.

For additional information about the position, please contact Evy Tykgaard at +45 4093 1894

Please apply on this page：
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We kindly encourage you to send your application as soon as possible because all incoming applications will be handled continuously.