Regional Head of Health, Safety & Environmental – (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)

Overview

In this role you will lead HSE governance, assurance and risk management across the EMEA region, partnering with regional leaders to embed HSE excellence in planning and operations. You will provide expert guidance on safety, process safety, and environmental protection, drive audits, and foster continuous improvement. You will shape regional strategy, manage critical risks, and ensure compliance with global standards. This is an opportunity to influence safety culture at scale within a market-leading engineering company that prioritizes sustainable performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide governance, assurance and expert support on occupational safety, process safety, environmental protection and critical risk management.
• Lead the Global HSE strategy implementation in the EMEA region through regional collaboration and risk-based guidance.
• Oversee critical risk management, ensuring controls are effective and decisions are risk-based.
• Deliver technical HSE support, investigations guidance, regulatory advice and stakeholder engagement.
• Support governance by implementing ISO 45001/14001/50001 standards and coordinating reporting and regulatory communications.
• Conduct regional HSE audits, performance monitoring and trend analysis to drive continuous improvement.
• Foster regional collaboration, share best practices and align initiatives with global HSE strategy.

Key requirements

• Reside within commuting distance of Bath, Leeds, or Manchester
• Experience in operational/field-service leadership within high-hazard industries
• Ground-up HSE experience with relevant courses or a diploma in HSE or engineering or a relevant degree
• Willingness to travel up to 30% across the EMEA region
• Experience partnering with business leaders to drive HSE performance and governance
• Experience leading incident investigations and applying root cause analysis
• Experience implementing and improving ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 systems with audit/assurance experience and a health and safety qualification (NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent)
• Experience using HSE reporting systems and digital tools for risk-based decision-making

• stakeholder engagement
• collaborative mindset
• leadership
• ISO 45001/14001/50001
• HSE audits and assurance
• incident investigation and root cause analysis

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