We are hiring the Health, Safety, Environment & Sustainability (HSE) leader for Trasfor production unit, to become part of the unit management team in Monteggio, Switzerland (Canton Ticino). In this role you will work both operationally in the production and strategically with key initiatives to improve the HSE and environmental culture within the unit.

As an HSE Environmental Specialist in Dry Transformers unit, your main responsibility will be to ensure that our operations are safe for our workers, environmentally responsible and compliant with all internal and external policies and regulations. You will also play a critical role in developing and implementing safety and environmental programs to support sustainability initiatives within the company, and you will be the driver to report on progress and performance.

We are interested to learn more about you and your experiences so don’t hesitate to apply even though you don’t meet all requirements. A team with good collaboration is waiting for you to join!

Your responsibilities

• Coach, support and provide advice to managers and production employees on Health, Safety and Sustainability matters (typically experienced professionals like managers, production team supervisors, maintenance technicians). Implement safety and sustainability objectives and targets.

• Develop, implement, and administer environmental programs to ensure compliance with internal and external regulations, standards, and policies.

• Develop, implement, and support practices to identify and mitigate hazardous conditions within the workplace (potential workplace hazards, unsafe equipment, work practices, and working conditions). 

• Support the effective implementation, continual improvement, and certification of ISO standards as well as taking an active part in improvement programs and practices to ensure an exemplary HSE-culture.

• Plan and carry out safety audits, investigate accidents and root causes and liaising with engineers, management, and health and safety regulatory authorities work to prevent their recurrence. 

• Assist in the HSE risk management process in the unit with plant managers and production employees to support that all processes, equipment and tools used in production meet relevant safety standards.

• Develop and maintain relationships with the community, environmental groups, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders.

• Engage external and internal stakeholders in order to report on, raise awareness and gain commitment on HSE efforts and performance.

• Monitor and track environmental performance and report progress to management and regulatory agencies (maintaining and analyzing records of workplace injuries, illness, and absences to identify areas of concern and provide information required by the group or regulatory agencies).

• A great improvement of team HSE culture is fundamental for the unit.

Your background

• You have prior HSE experience, preferably from a similar industry. It is an advantage if you have prior experience working with environmental or sustainability tasks.

• Knowledge of Health & Safety and Environment legislative requirements, better if related to Swiss laws and regulations.

• You have good communication and influencing skills to address and build trust within the organization (again, main stakeholders are experienced professionals like managers, production team supervisors, maintenance technicians).

• Fluency in Italian and English is required, both written and spoken.

• It is an advantage if you hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or equivalent, but it is not a requirement.

• You have a pro-active mindset to self-initiate actions and take decisions.

• We highly value your personality and your willingness to learn new things. You are a fundamental team player part of the management team, that understand and value the importance of working together to achieve great result.