Job Opportunities in Switzerland

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction for EHS&S in coordination with the Automotive BU, to ensure effective utilization of resources within the geographical regions, while providing support to all sites.
• Partner with Segment and Business Unit staff and Operations teams, to ensure EHS&S is integrated into day-to-day business processes.
• Facilitate communication within the BU, to share problems, best practices and lessons learned.
• Guide and promote safety performance by developing safety systems, policies, procedures and programs to eliminate, prevent and control workplace injuries.
• Create a world-class safety culture through effective leadership training and by using behavioral safety methods to motivate and influence the workforce.
• Lead the Region in implementing cost-effective energy reduction initiatives, overall environmental footprint
• reduction and achieving company sustainability objectives.
• Be the key advisor to the Region for compliance with regulatory and company EHS requirements, by providing global support for regulatory/agency interactions, enforcement actions, and reports.
• Ensure that incidents, near-hits and compliance deviations are fully investigated with Operations to ensure that corrective and/or preventive measures are taken based on root cause analysis.
• Collect, analyze and trend EHS&S metrics, communicate results, and develop strategies and specific actions to drive safety and environmental improvement.
• Develop strategies and oversee initiatives for key risk reduction programs, such as machine guarding / ergonomics / LOTO etc.
• Oversee the Budget regarding EHS&S topics for all EMEA sites (production and non-production).
• Ensure the Plants have effective Business Continuity Plans, and liaison with TE Enterprise Risk Management to drive ongoing improvement in FM Global property risk management.
• Work with the Business Unit teams to develop and implement action plans, projects, initiatives, goals and objectives that maintain balance between corporate objectives, business needs, and operations.
• Lead EHS&S talent management within the Region, supporting hiring, developing and retaining regional EHS&S staff. Provide coaching and mentoring of EHS&S professionals, to support succession planning.
• Periodically visit sites for review of site conditions and management review of EHS&S issues.

Required Experience

• Proven experience in manufacturing or industrial operations, 10 years minimum, exposure to EHS&S topics.
• Must have strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively work with all levels of Management and Corporate departments such as EHS&S / Law / Human Resources / Risk Management etc.
• Must have excellent organizational and collaboration skills, as well as oral and written communication skills.
• Must be self-motivated, and able to make independent, informed and prioritized decisions.
• Must be able to work in both individual and teamwork settings with minimal supervision.
• Must be effective in Change Management – communicate changes effectively, prepare and support those affected by change.
• Must know how to successfully coach and develop others.
• Overall strong Operations / EHS&S competency; solid technical understanding and experience in industrial processes, ergonomics, machine guarding, control of hazardous energy, waste water, waste management and chemical management.
• Strong commitment to improving safety performance, EHS&S compliance, environmental improvements, and EHS&S efficiency.
• Ability to analyze and prioritize needs, communicate to plant EHS, plant managers, and senior management and ensure implementation of needed actions.
• Ability to drive improvement throughout the segment.

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