Regional Head of Health, Safety & Environmental – (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)

Job description

Key responsibilities: The role provides governance, assurance and expert support on occupational safety, process safety, environmental protection and critical risk management, while driving collaboration, best-practice sharing and continuous improvement to enhance HSE performance, compliance and organisational resilience. You’ll provide technical advice, work on systems & process development, run second party audits/inspections, complete training, and coach & mentor in order to ensure successful rollouts & the adoption of these. Strategic Business Partnering & Leadership : Lead the Global HSE strategy implementation in the EMEA region by partnering with regional leaders to provide risk-based guidance, strengthen accountability for HSE performance, manage critical risks, and embed HSE excellence into business planning, operational improvement, change initiatives, and growth activities. Critical Risk Management : Provide regional oversight of critical risks and controls, ensuring safety and environmental risks are effectively managed, controls remain effective, and best-practice, risk-based decision-making is embedded across the region. Technical Expertise & Operational Support: Provide expert HSE support, investigation guidance, regulatory advice, stakeholder engagement, and drive collaboration and continuous improvement through effective systems, tools, and best-practice sharing. Governance & Standards: Support regional HSE governance by implementing global standards, providing support to local teams on compliance with regulatory and ISO 45001/14001/ 50001 requirements, and coordinating effective reporting and regulatory communication. Assurance, Reporting & Continuous Improvement: Conduct regional HSE audits, assurance and performance monitoring, analyse trends and emerging risks, and provide insights to strengthen compliance, governance effectiveness and continuous improvement. Collaboration & Best Practice: Facilitate regional HSE collaboration, share best practices and lessons learned, strengthen stakeholder partnerships, and align improvement initiatives with global HSE strategy and standards. Must Haves: Reside within a commutable distance of Bath, Leeds, or Manchester Experience within operational/ field-service operation leadership within high hazard and critical risk industries, (such as engineering, manufacturing, energy, oil & gas, power generation, chemicals, construction or other high-hazard industries). This will include a strong knowledge of occupational safety, process safety and critical risk management, including critical control implementation and assurance. Experience having worked in HSE from the ground up, and relevant courses or diplomas within HSE or engineering or a relevant degree Ability to travel up to 30% of working time across the EMEA region, in order to build relationships, audit and understand risks, (you would manage your time independently) Experience partnering with business leaders and HSE professionals to drive HSE performance, manage risk and implement governance frameworks Experience leading incident investigations and applying root cause analysis techniques for significant and high-potential events. Experience developing, implementing and improving ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 management systems, supported by audit and assurance experience as well as a recognised health and safety qualification (NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent) Experience using HSE reporting systems, performance data and digital tools to support risk based decision-making and continuous improvement Rotork is the market-leading global flow control and instrumentation company, helping our customers manage the flow or liquids, gases and powders across many industries worldwide. Our purpose is Keeping the World Flowing for Future Generations. For over sixty years, the world has relied on us to create the things that keep everything moving. From oil and gas to water and shipping, pharmaceuticals and food- these are the flows on which our modern world depends. Today we're respected and admired for our people, performance and products. Our success flows from our commitment to engineering excellence, and that's what we will always pursue, safely and sustainably. Rotork is going through an exciting period of change and growth, building on our existing market leadership. It's a great time to join us and make an impact in shaping the future of our business. #LI-Hybrid