Opportunity

Do you want to strengthen Svitzer’s safety culture and help raising the safety standards of the towage industry even further? As the Global Head of HSSEQ and Marine operations I am looking to further strengthen my team with an exciting opportunity as Global Marine Health and Safety Culture Lead. You will be responsible for our global safety environment and one of the main drivers of our continuous work to make every day a safe day for our colleagues and operations globally.

The focus for our new Global Marine Health and Safety Culture Lead is to take the lead in creating an environment where we learn from our operation, describe what good looks like from a Health and Safety perspective and help our people to thrive and deliver to our customers every time.

Svitzer is a global market leader providing towage and sustainable marine solutions to customers in 30+ countries across 4 regions. To deliver on our mission of making ports and terminals safer and more efficient, Svitzer employs 4,000 skilled people and operates a fleet of 440 vessels. Svitzer is part of Maersk and Maersk’s values are our values which drive the way we do business.

Our values are Constant Care, Humbleness, Uprightness, Our Employees and Our Name.

What We Offer

You will become part of a highly motivating and fun team, where expertise and drive are anchored by people having a passion and background in the maritime industry. The team is highly engaged and values sparring, teamwork and open and honest feedback.

We offer a permanent position in a role with great development opportunities as part of a dynamic company with an informal and lean structure, where you will have significant independence to shape your role and contribute to the successful establishment of your own job.

Your focus will be to help your colleagues learn from incidents, create, and implement a safety strategy and be the focal point for Svitzer ESG HSE initiatives and goals. You will be Occupational Health Lead and you will be coaching leaders on safety matters and create a Marine Community framework which supports learning.

What You Will Do

As Global Marine Health and Safety Culture Lead you will be working closely with stakeholders with the aim to;

• Elevate the Safety agenda across Svitzer

• Drive learning from incidents through learning teams, data insights and engagement with front line employees at all levels

• Lead developing and take part in implementing Svitzer Safety strategy

• Own Svitzer ESG HSE initiatives and ensure it links up to Maersk ESG goals

• Be an active sparring partner towards front line leaders on health and safety

Who we are looking for

In Svitzer it is all about people, so it comes natural to you to create followership through your actions and the way you communicate complex matters for the benefit of your stakeholders, representing diversity of thought and mind. You possess empathetic listening skills and a high ability for learning.

You take ownership, are purposeful and your strong collaboration and coaching skills give you the ability to influence without authority and experience navigating through a matrix organisation. You are comfortable in a dynamic, international environment, as your stakeholders are located all over the world so travelling up to 40 days a year must be expected.

Preferably, you have knowledge and significant experience in driving cultural change in corporate organisations at all levels in relation to safety, and you are familiar with the Maritime environment and the risks associated.

You have strong facilitation skills, can develop strategic plans, and have a structured approach to day-to-day execution as well as problem solving.

Our ideal candidate has a formal Qualification in HSE with focus on learning and risk management, is fluent in spoken and written English and possesses IT administrative & analytical capabilities to use IT tools, reports, and metrics.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Building a Diverse Workplace

In Svitzer we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

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