Job Description Summary
The Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Department Manager is responsible for co-creating and implementing strategies for occupational health and safety and environmental protection, as well as executing tasks related to HSE and the HSE service in compliance with legal requirements.
Job Description
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Cultivating a culture of workplace safety and environmental protection within the company, motivating and inspiring employees to actively adhere to established standards.
- Implementing strategies, development plans, and analyzing HSE indicators within the local organization.
- Leading projects in the HSE area according to corporate guidelines and implementing corporate solutions at the facility.
- Executing tasks related to occupational health and safety, environmental protection, and HSE services in compliance with legal requirements.
- Managing the HSE Service, including HSE inspectors in various organizational units of the Employer.
- Collaborating with Trade Unions and the Social Labor Inspectorate on all matters specified for the workplace manager under the Social Labor Inspectorate Act, serving as the Chair of the HSE Committee based on the provisions of Chapter XI of the Labor Code.
- Cooperating with external institutions such as the National Labor Inspectorate, National Sanitary Inspectorate, Social Security Institution, Internal Security Agency etc., on all matters concerning occupational health and safety, environmental protection, and fire protection.
- Creating internal legal regulations regarding HSE, their continuous control, and updating to reflect changing regulations and facility needs.
- Reporting accidents, near-miss events, HSE observations, work stoppages, and undertaking corrective actions.
- Ensuring safety and evacuation procedures in case of a threat, organizing evacuation drills and first aid training.
- Supervising the implementation of inspections of systems and devices in the fire protection area.
- Ensuring waste management principles are implemented in accordance with applicable regulations.
- Supervising employee HSE training, conducting initial general HSE training.
- Managing the HSE Department team.
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Professional Competencies/Requirements:
- Higher education in the field or specialization in occupational health and safety or postgraduate studies in occupational health and safety
- Experience working in HSE within an industrial/manufacturing environment.
- Very good command of English, both spoken and written, including knowledge of terminology within the area of responsibility.
- Practical knowledge of legal regulations in the HSE area.
- Leadership skills confirmed by experience in team management or project/program implementation.
- Project management skills.
- Ability to make decisions considering the interests of various parties.
- Focus on executing processes in compliance with current regulations, ability to enforce safety requirements.
- Practical and proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Excellent communication skills - collaboration with employees at different management levels and external parties.
What we offer:
- Stable employment at the company being a leader in energy business
- Attractive compensation package
- Holiday bonus
- Private medical care
- Group insurance
- Sports card
- Cafeteria Program
- Social Fund