Environmental, Health and Safety Lead

Job Description Summary
Job Description
About Us
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Building on over 130 years of experience, we are leading a new era of energy - electrifying the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it.

Role Summary
The ANZ Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Manager for Services will lead a team of EHS professionals across Australia and collaborate with cross-functional leaders and stakeholders to provide expert technical EHS support and oversight.

This role ensures the successful implementation and execution of all EHS requirements across projects and existing operations, including projects and services.

Additionally, the manager will contribute to the broader Onshore Wind EHS team, helping build a unified and successful organization.

As a key leader, the position will oversee the development, execution, and ongoing improvement of EHS programs to maintain a safe, compliant work environment across all wind energy operations and projects.

Leadership and coaching to implement best practice is instrumental in shaping the company's EHS strategy, proactively managing risks, and supporting the growth of renewable energy projects, all while upholding our commitment to sustainability and safety.

This is a unique opportunity to play a vital role in the renewable energy sector, ensuring the well-being of our employees, communities, and the environment.

GE Vernova is a matrix established organization, therefore coaching, guiding, influence and teamwork with colleagues across the globe is essential to success.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages and coordinates 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.

Qualifications

• 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)

Desired Characteristics

• 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.

Eligibility Requirements

• 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. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.

As GE Vernova is a global organization, working across different time zones, and monitoring, reading and responding to contact outside normal working hours can be expected.

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