Environmental Health and Safety Leader

The role of Environmental Health and Safety Manager is to lead a team of professionals in ensuring the implementation and execution of health and safety requirements across projects and services. This includes providing expert technical support and oversight, as well as contributing to the development of EHS programs.

• Manage and coordinate a broad spectrum of activities simultaneously.
• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of EHS resources.
• Provide oversight and governance to ensure EHS compliance with applicable management systems, programs legislation and standards for services within their portfolio.
• Serves as an EHS expert for applicable regulatory and industry standard requirements for services activities within their portfolio.
• Ensure that their portfolio EHS performance is correctly being reflected in the relevant KPIs, partnering with the key stakeholders to develop action plans to address deviation versus expectations.
• Able to proactively partner and develop positive working relationships with customers, external agencies and contractors as well as internal cross-functional personnel.
• Provide oversight and governance to ensure EHS compliance with applicable management systems, programs legislation and standards for projects within their portfolio.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the effectiveness of health and safety initiatives and drive accountability across the portfolio.
• Ensure compliance and coordinate with the Cross functional team to ensure the implementation of both GEV and legislative EHS expected programs and training requirements.
• Support ITO/OTR and handover or response to customer queries for projects within their portfolio.
• Act as a People leader, having GE direct report as well as EHS Contingent workers as per business need.
• Supports all other demands as assigned.

• Bachelor of Science in Occupational Health and Safety or technical equivalent from an accredited college or university, or equivalent qualification
• Relevant EHS experience in a professional EHS role overseeing the execution of EHS in projects or services environment
• Significant experience and demonstrated achievements with safety programs, industry standards, and regulatory requirements
• Certified Environmental or Health and Safety professional
• Medical fitness and ability to work at height per local and global standards
• Able to coach and support key influencers to drive EHS compliance and the reduction of risk through team engagement and help develop an organizational culture that prioritizes EHS.
• Knowledge of EHS management systems
• Fluent English (verbally & in writing)

• Demonstrated ability to organize, motivate and drive change and interact cross-functionally
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Confidently able to facilitate and deliver training and or presentations to a diverse audience
• Ability to influence and motivate diverse teams to achieve a unified goal
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience in projects/services environment
• High energy, self-starter
• Field experience in a project / services environment, practical experience in risk management
• Have domain expertise in one or more of the following: Electrical Safety and LOTO requirements, crane safety, construction safety, fall prevention, confined space.
• Understand lean and be able to apply lean principles.
• Trained to Global Wind Organization (GWO) basic safety standard.
• Additional language skills

• Ability to travel 40% of the time
• Currently residing within the region, Melbourne

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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