Global Health & Safety Manager

PB Leiner is one of the world’s leading producers of high quality gelatins and collagen peptides. We supply a growing market in food, pharma, health nutrition and technical applications. In all our efforts, we strive to be The Clear Solution for our customers. We spot and exploit opportunities, and try to anticipate future trends for them. We pursue outstanding quality and choice, as well as smooth delivery. We have a global presence in terms of both our plants and sales support, and count approximately 1,300 collaborators worldwide..

PB Leiner is part of Tessenderlo Group (Euronext: TESB), a global industrial group that focuses on agriculture, valorizing bio-residuals, machinery, mechanical engineering, electronics, energy, and industrial solutions for water management. With its headquarters in Belgium, the group is active in over 100 countries and it has a global team of more than 7,500 employees. At the heart of the strategy of Tessenderlo Group lies the conviction that “Every Molecule Counts”: in everything we do, we seek to further valorize our products and our processes, and to add value. For more information about Tessenderlo Group, visit www.tessenderlo.com.

Job Dimension

• Scope: local Germany ( ±95 employees) and global (>1000 employees, 8 sites)
• Team size: No direct reports but intense support and contact with all Plant Directors and matrix structure with all SHE Managers

Job Responsibilities

This role combines Global and Local Safety responsibilities:

In this role, you define, implement and manage a Safety management system and policies to ensure that PB is a safe, healthy and compliance place.

Global responsibilities for PB Leiner worldwide

• Define Global Management system and Policies for Safety and Healthy for PB Leiner
• Measure the Company’s safety and healthy performance
• Define a process for safe behavior culture implementation
• Set and meet the overall goals, priorities and strategies based on BU Strategy
• Standardize the main management practices
• Develop new practices
• External benchmark exercise
• Promote integration between sites for better practices sharing
• Support the Safety engineers/technician
• Develop a critical analysis process on new investments in relation to safety aspects
• Interact with Spirit for continuous improvement process implementation

Local responsibilities for PB Leiner Nienburg site

• Manage and coordinate all safety activities in order to provide optimal operating conditions for the site and to make sure the site stays operational. 
• Support all areas of the business regarding environmental regulations and ensuring a safety-first culture, where safety behavior is key.
• Provide training where necessary.
• Develop and maintain data records and statistics, and using the information to provide analysis and solutions.
• Advice and assist the line management and the employees applying all legal safety regulations with the welfare of the employees, as well all the internal processes and procedures.
• Assist them also in applying all necessary precaution measures in line with company´s policies and procedures.
• Create, control and follow up every aspect related to internal action plans to achieve targets on Health and Safety of the site and its supervised locations.

Profile

• Masters’ degree in Safety Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Bio-Engineering or equivalent through experience.
• Certified Occupational Safety Specialist is considered a plus.
• Minimum of 10 years’ health and safety management experience in an industrial environment, preferably food industry. Experience in this domain with an international multisite scope in different countries.
• You possess specialized knowledge around:
  • Quality Systems ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 9001, HACCP, ISO 22000, GMP standards
  • Safety procedures and behavioral based safety systems
  • Machine & chemicals safety
  • Safety and Environmental regulations
  • Knowledge of waste water treatment is a plus
• You’re known as a change agent, with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• With your strong organizational skills, you take initiative to start up and manage projects to obtain challenging objectives. You are a pragmatic problem solver, hands-on and drive continuous improvement
• As an expert lead in health and safety, you like motivating and influencing stakeholders in different levels and cultural environments to collaborate toward a healthier and safer PB Leiner.
• You are a team player
• Good communication skills in English, verbally as well as written. Native German speaker.
• Willing to travel frequently, up to 20% of the time, globally.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.