QHSE Sustainability and Safety Specialist

Join us in this role, you’ll take part in building our Region Americas Workplace Sustainability and Safety function and engage our colleagues and contractors in creating world class workplaces based on sustainable solutions. You’ll help us strengthen our sustainability culture where we all embrace every opportunity to learn and improve.

Welcome to QHSE Region Americas
You’ll be part of the QHSE Americas Business Excellence team where you, together with your highly skilled colleagues ensure workplace safety and sustainability. You’ll work closely with Facilities Management, Global Real Estate and Workplace Management teams to lead the maintenance of a management system based on ISO 45001 and 14001. You’ll create and implement HSE policies and guidelines for the regional offices and facilities, establish responsible sourcing programs and oversee implementation of our global sustainability programs. As a team, we foster a QHSE culture of continuous improvement supporting our operations and in the Region Americas.

You’ll play an important role in:

• ensuring that our QHSE management system ‘Way We Work’ is being utilized in our Facilities Management (FM) organization
• identifying focus areas and developing initiatives to continuously improve the Sustainability & Safety culture and performance within our FM organization
• drive the annual risk reviews process for FM and ensure corrective actions are developed and carried out.
• engaging with facility managers, staff, key suppliers, and contractors to deliver sustainability and safety training programs, sharing of best practices, and lessons learned
• identifying and monitor HSE legal compliance requirements in the company’s legal register system and address areas of non-compliance or where regulatory changes impact existing work practices in FM
• collaborating with our QHSE excellence centers and QHSE departments across the business to create and align policies, reporting, training programs etc.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have a bachelor’s degree, or higher, in an occupational safety management, sustainability, or related field
• have extensive, relevant experience in Health Safety and Environmental regulation
• experience in Workplace Sustainability and Facility Management
• experienced & Qualified internal or lead auditor (14001 & 45001)
• have experience from a similar position in the renewables or power generation sector
• have excellent communication skills, communicating smoothly and efficiently to stakeholders at all organizational levels, internally and externally

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and global leader in climate action. With us you’ll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You’ll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here, you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [email protected].

Please note that you’re expected to do some travelling in relation to your work, as you’ll need to visit our facilities throughout the Americas region to assess compliance with company policies and regulations and to participate in internal and external a

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

About the job
Application deadline:
20 January 2025

Location:
Boston, US New York City, US Chicago, US Newark, NJ, US, 070102 Houston, US Austin, US Providence, US

Field of work:
QHSE

Employment type:
Permanent

Work hours:
Full-time

Workplace:
Hybrid (office and home-working)

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted
- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America.

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years.

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing.

An inclusive team
Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.