EHS Campus Lead

Elusav Recruitment have an excellent opportunity for a EHS Campus Lead with one of Europe's most reputable and largest engineering contractors, based in Paris, France.

The EHS Campus Lead will be responsible for managing a multi-functional project that spans beyond a single build site, encompassing a complex, multi-site construction environment. This includes simultaneous construction zones across a large campus, integrated with live commissioning environments and support facilities such as security infrastructure, campus boundaries, multiple welfare stations, and a traffic system—all coordinated by a multi-disciplinary EHS team.

Responsibilities

• Full Time Presence on the campus at all times.
• Provide 'hands-on' help, support, and assistance to the campus.
• Lead a team of EHS Leads & Advisors on the campus.
• Liaise with the client in a timely and professional manner, including responses to queries, promotion of best practices, closeout of incidents and NCRs, and participation in client-based campaigns and requests.
• Ensure that all incident reports, NCRs, SIPs, and action plans are reviewed, scrutinized, and vetted by the project senior management team prior to issuing.
• Be a timekeeper for all critical reporting, including incidents, KPI reports, audits, action plans & sustainability reporting, maintain a process of “in time in full” for all reporting.
• Ensure early engagement with all new stakeholders to facilitate the success of project setup is of the highest standard, this includes new staff, transfers & the introductory programs of engaging new sub-contractors onto the project.
• Set up weekly meetings and audits with 3rd party stakeholders and engage with them on a continuous basis to ensure they are complaint with site and local EHS requirements.
• Be able to work with a high number of sub-contractors in a fast-paced environment ensuring adherence to compliance obligations.
• Work closely with the PQQ/Procurement teams to ensure that all possible supply chain partners are adequately reviewed within a reasonable timeframe.
• Develop and maintain strong networks throughout the campus, communicating widely and appropriately to build a positive EHS culture.
• Set Audit Targets, review adherence to set targets and the quality of the completed audits on a monthly basis.
• Ensure that SOR program is fully implemented & monitored throughout the lifecycle of the campus.
• Conduct regular reviews/spot checks of all open pending EHS issues in relation to critical open actions.
• Review the campus analytics and trends at least weekly, identifying key risks and opportunities and deep diving the top significant risks to drive key risk reduction strategies.
• Validate the need for Alerts, Bulletins, and other communication on the campus & ensure the information is passed on as intended.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities to eliminate recurrence, potential, or likelihood of risks, focussing on process & Design safety improvement planning.
• Waste management strategies implemented on the campus, waste steams defined, audited and aligned with the company & client requirements.
• Align with client in terms of compliance obligations & implementation on the project.
• Act as a 'torchbearer' for EHS on the campus, ensure the team is constantly educated on EHS best practices & critical learnings by conducting lunch & learns, practical toolbox talks, safety campaigns & more.
• Focus on new staff and ensure that a robust engagement program is followed for all new staff, ensuring that key knowledge is shared within adequate timelines.
• Ensure that weekly & Monthly reports are prepared in time and the quality of such reports are verified prior to distribution.
• Ensure Key Training Is completed with focus on project supervision, topic such as SVSM, MSP, Black Hat Training, ME minimum training requirements & statutory competencies are key.
• Facilitate and assist all external audits conducted on the campus.
• Ensure the sustainability & environmental processes are implemented, reviewed & monitored as required.
• Drive the Small “E” to satisfy the industry & ME expectations.
• Ensure a positive culture of consequence management & discipline is implemented & constantly managed on the project.
• Review any frequent legislative changes with respect to EHS and ensure the campus is aligned.
• Promote Wellbeing and Occupational Health as part of the Bio-Psychosocial model.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years in a similar EHS Campus Lead/EHS Manager or similar role in a €200m+ turnover project, 8+ years EHS occupational experience in EHS in construction/engineering/petrochemical and/or within a multinational manufacturing or Pharma/Advanced Tech environment.
• Minimum Diploma or Degree in Occupational H&S, Construction/trade/engineering background, and ideally some formal level of knowledge in environmental protection, e.g., IEMA or similar.
• Proven experience collaborating with Blue Chip clients.
• Fully authorized to work within the EU.
• Accident Investigation, Negotiation & Influencing skills, Lifting/Crane Awareness, Live Energy Training, Temporary Works Awareness, Work at Height, and Plant Awareness training.
• Experience in Microsoft packages, knowledge of EHS platforms such as Data Scope, Hammertech, BIM 360, etc.
• In-depth procedural knowledge in relation to report writing, RCA, action plans, Risk Analysis, etc.
• Excellent administrative skills including but not limited to MS Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook, PDF, Flow charts, diagrams, basic schedule review, and generally technologically adept.
• Experience in managing an EHS team of at least 5+ advisors in a complex project environment.
• Experienced in working with a team of sub-ordinates, overseeing their progress, managing their conduct & promoting excellence within their team.