Regional HSE Manager APAC & MENA (HVDC)

The Opportunity

Hitachi Energy are committed to powering the world's energy system to be more sustainable, secure, resilient, and affordable, making electricity more accessible to all and empowering societies to thrive. Hitachi Energy's HVDC product group is seeking a Regional HSE Manager to oversee health, safety, and environmental performance across the APAC & MENA regions.

Reporting to the Global HSE Manager for Operations & Sites, the role focuses on implementing and maintaining the highest HSE standards, ensuring compliance with regional regulations, and driving continuous improvement. This position is critical to supporting our strategic HSE objectives, fostering a culture of safety excellence, and ensuring that the highest standards of health, safety and environmental performance are achieved.

• People Manager for the project and site HSE teams in the APAC & MENA regions. Champion the implementation of the HVDC HSE strategy across the APAC & MENA regions, driving performance and compliance with health, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Serve as the primary liaison for HSE matters between the APAC & MENA regions and global leadership, ensuring alignment with HVDC HSE objectives.
• Collaborate with other Regional HSE Managers to ensure a uniform approach is delivered throughout the organization.
• Identify and establish the HSE structure within the regions; ensuring sufficient HSE resources are assigned to support projects.
• Act as a key contributor in project reviews across the APAC & MENA regions, providing HSE support and strategic guidance to the Operations and Construction & Commissioning departments.
• Collaborate with project teams to integrate HSE considerations into project planning, execution, and handover phases.
• Monitor and report on regional HSE performance metrics, providing actionable insights to drive improvement and maintain high standards.
• Support business development initiatives by providing HSE expertise during tendering and proposal stages, ensuring compliance with client requirements.
• Overall incident management responsibilities for the APAC & MENA regions, including incident classification, appointing investigators, follow-up of corrective actions and distribution of lessons learned briefings.
• Drive the development and delivery of HSE training programs tailored to regional needs, enhancing workforce competence and compliance.
• Manage and resolve any regulatory or legal HSE-related issues within the regions, ensuring compliance with local laws and standards.
• Management of the department budget in the regions for continuous improvement, training, travel requests, expenses and workshops.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business

• Candidate should have Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Safety, Health, Environment with minimum of 15+ years of experience in a complex, matrix-based organization.
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Proven ability to manage multiple resources across diverse geographical locations.
• Strategic mindset with a hands-on approach, effectively balancing long-term planning with daily operational execution.
• Experienced in developing and implementing strategies that deliver measurable business results.
• Commercial awareness and experience working directly with customers/clients, ensuring alignment of HSE initiatives with their business needs and driving mutual success.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required