Head of QHS in Bioenergy

The ambition is that we can work with green transformation without getting hurt - join us in this role where you’ll have a unique opportunity to set the strategic direction for our QHS activity and providing QHS-leadership for the entire organization. We operate 7 bio converted power plants across Denmark and are now expanding with carbon capture plants. In this role you will be leading a safety journey and management of change.

Welcome to Bioenergy
You’ll be part of Asset Risk Management where you, together with your colleagues, will have responsibility for a step change in our safety and quality performance. You will lead a team of 15 dedicated colleagues and support the roll out and implementation of the Bio Safe Way program, which covers some 600 Orsted colleagues and approximately 700 contractors across our sites in Denmark. As a team, we focus on cooperation towards the common objective that everybody comes safely home – every day! This is also a characterizes our approach to contractor management: We succeed and fail together.

You’ll play an important role in:

• Leading the strategy and implementing same throughout Bio incl. roll out of the project BSW, Bio Safe Way
• Ensuring talent and career development in own team and across Orsted QHS community

• Providing advice, guidance and support on QHS operational and technical aspects, in particular operational processes, risk management and studies, plans and programs to all operational sites

• Anchoring safety activities and incident reporting systems in BIO, i.e. performance management on follow up of incidents, initiation of corrective action, update of instructions and sharing learning
• Developing strong working relationships between Orsted and our Contractors and Suppliers, between the local Operations sites and QHSE in the Region
• Establishing a learning organization with focus on continuous improvement.

To succeed in the role, you:

• Hold significant experience as an operational QHS-leader in the energy or equivalent sector

• Possess operational experience, appreciating what it takes and knows what good looks like

• Have a proven track record in implementing organizational changes

• Are performance oriented, capable of driving performance management across the organization and have the ability to challenge senior leaders on QHS-performance

• Are a strong communicator in Danish and English able to drive cultural change, exercise leadership and create organizational followership

• Have experience in stakeholder management and knowledge of Danish legislation on QHS.

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.

Shape the future with us
Send your application and CV 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 provide visible leadership towards own organization and contractors. Head of QHS is expected to be present at our power plants to follow up on BSW implementation and QHS-performance in general.

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:
26 January 2025

Location:
Gentofte, DK Skærbæk, DK Avedøre Power Station, DK

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.