HSE Field Support - Sweden

Are you interested in developing your skills within the area of Health, Safety, and Environment? Do you thrive in dynamic environments and collaboration with many different stakeholders? As an HSE Field Support, you get to develop a career within the wind energy leader and have a big influence on ensuring Vestas remains a safe workplace.

Manufacturing and Global Procurement > Global QSE > Nordic
Vestas Northern and Central Europe is a sales business unit covering the Nordic countries, UK, Ireland, Poland, the Baltics, Germany, Benelux as well as Eastern Europe and the south of Africa. With our headquarters in Hamburg, we are responsible for the sales function, project, installation, and service of wind farms throughout these regions. We strive to be the No. 1 performing business unit within Vestas, and we aim to make Vestas North and Central Europe the best place to work.


The QSE department is focused on making the world a better place today and protecting it for future generations. For this purpose, we have Sustainability professionals working for Vestas in the areas of Safety, Environment, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Security throughout the world.
We are looking for an HSE Field Support to primarily support our projects in Sweden. The location of the position is flexible. The HSE Field Support for Sweden will be reporting to the Team Lead for HSE Nordic.

Responsibilities
You will mainly be responsible for supporting our service organisation, but also other stakeholders in the company. Communication, alignment and create awareness on safety are lead words for the role.


The position is office-based, but also involves field activities (~30%) to our sites and warehouses, visiting the people working in the field. The role involves going up in the turbine to make safety site inspections.


Furthermore, your tasks will include:
Implementation of local legal requirements, and strategies
Follow up on subcontractors, including doing work risk assessments, and audits when needed
Provide expertise and support in incident investigations, as well as root cause analysis
Perform site visits, inspections, and audits
Conduct HSE training and set up training requirements according to local legislation
Guidance to other departments in the coordination of activities with subcontractors, handling of wastes and chemicals, emergency response, implementation of procedures and standards
Consolidate monthly reporting to stakeholders and other administrating tasks
Alignment of the HSE organisation and the Service organisation


Qualifications
On the professional side, we are looking for someone with relevant work experience or a new graduate in relevant fields, such as Health and Safety, Risk Management, or Engineering. Please see general qualifications below:
In-depth knowledge of sustainability standards and concepts, processes, procedures, and legal requirements regarding HSE
Knowledge in hazard jobsite assessment/analysis/solution, risk assessments, incident investigation, and root cause analysis
Knowledge in development/implementation of processes and procedures, including comprehensive HSE Plans, as well as conducting inspections and audits
High proficiency in Swedish and English



Competencies
We consider your personal skills to be very important for this role, being in contact with many different kinds of stakeholders. We are looking for someone who has:
A natural health and safety approach and behavior related focus
Solid social and collaboration skills, ability to work with a variety of people in all parts of the organisation
Ability to listen but also stand your ground when needed
Good communication and presentation skills, and comfortable speaking in front of groups
Likes to work independently
Ability to extract and analyse data


What we offer
In this role, you will be able to develop your knowledge within the health and safety area in a very exciting industry. In a company that has the lead words “Safety First” you will get the opportunity to develop professionally and personally in a leading wind power company, a fast-moving organization where the emphasis is placed on the right balance between creativity and quality in all solutions. The Nordic HSE team has a positive atmosphere where communication, flexibility, and teamwork are the key to our success.
We hope you are as enthusiastic about wind energy as we are!

Additional information
The work location is flexible and can be at an optional Vestas warehouses or at the office in Malmö. We have warehouses all over Sweden.
The job requires approximately 30% travel, both day and overnight trips.
The last date of application is 14th of October. Interviews will be held regularly, therefore we look forward to seeing your application as soon as possible.
For additional information on the position, please contact Recruiter Elin Holm, Sweden at +46 730739903.