Health safety and Environment Lead for Factory

Unilever is currently hiring for Health Safety Environment Lead for Factory

Reports to: Factory Manager

Scope: Local

Location: Odense, Denmark

Terms & Conditions: Full time, permanent position Hybrid

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ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Main Job Purpose

We are hiring an Health Safety Environment Lead for our factory in Odense, where we produce detergents under our strong Home Care brands such as Neutral, Biotex, and OMO. Our goal is to offer the best products in detergents to our consumers and be the best supplier to our customers. Our strong brands stand for quality, service, and innovation.

In this position you will be responsible for HSE agenda, leading key activities for maintaining the standards required by the different stakeholders involved.

Unilever prioritizes employee safety above all else, therefore you will guarantee the compliance in all HSE requirements and lead the activities that can arise from audits as gap closure actions plans.

The site HSE Lead has overall responsibility for managing Safety, Health & Environment improvement activities to achieve excellence at the site level.

S/he works with site Supply Chain teams to develop the local SHE Strategy and improvement plans in order to achieve sustainable SHE excellence by reducing injuries, illnesses and environmental impact as measured in the core KPI.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Deploy Unilever and local SHE strategy, policy and standards in the site to achieve excellent sustainable results Assist the SHE subcommittees to deliver Occupational Health, Safety and Environment results Drive safety and environment risk assessment and develop/implement appropriate controls via subcommittes Reduce the site’s environmental impact in the areas of COD, hazardous & non-hazardous waste, SOx & CO2 emissions and water & energy consumption Develop a thorough understanding of the Unilever PSM Program (process safety management) and support deployment in the site and support the application of Unilever guidelines and procedures for Process Safety assessment Influence senior management and drive safety and environmental leadership through line management Monitor site legal compliance and ensure the site meets all local/national regulatory requirements and Unilever standards, provide advice on national SHE legislation requirements & implement relevant procedures and policies

Assist the site leader to develop and lead the internal crisis committees and safety committee; support the site leader in leading serious incident investigation and analysis

Advise line management in all accident/incident investigations Conduct trend analysis from incidents, near misses, safe behaviour observations and deep compliance audits Develop and deploy internal SHE auditing and inspection systems, participate in audits of other Unilever organizations as required Determine training needs and assist in delivery of training programs

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

ESSENTIAL

• Experience in Supply Chain operations
• Manufacturing and/or Engineering Education
• Knowledge on Health, Safety and Environment and requirements by Danish Law
• Proven track record of analytical thinking and project management
• Problem solving and multitasking
• Empathy and caring people
• Fluent in Danish and English (read and write)

PREFERRED

• Chemical Engineering experience
• Law master's degree or equivalent experience

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.

• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.