Construction Health & Safety Manager (m/w/d)

• Applications are considered on a rolling basis
• On-site

Job Description

Are you an inspirational leader of leaders who can bring our organization to a world-class safety culture where everyone gets home safely every day?

About the job

The Construction Health & Safety Manager is responsible to establish and maintain a world class safety performance on the construction site. They work closely with the project team and the EPCM contractors to ensure we meet our ambitious Health & Safety targets.

About the team

You will be part of the Northvolt project team of about 80 employees that will have the overall responsibility of this mega project based in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Please don’t apply if you are not willing to move to site.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Drive a worldclass safety on the construction site ensuring everyone comes home safely.
• Ensure effective contractor management towards Health and Safety.
• Foster an appropriate level of awareness, knowledge, and preparedness.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external policies and statutory requirements.
• Ensure that all HSE-related incidents and accidents are investigated, and the defined corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
• Report on status and key performance indicators to different management levels.
• Work with external parties and authorities.

In addition to these requirements, we expect a strong commitment to ethical conduct and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. You should be able to work effectively under pressure and prioritize tasks effectively. You should be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, from front-line employees to senior management. You should be able to adapt to changing situations and provide effective solutions to HSE-related challenges.

Northvolt is an equal-opportunity employer. We're a diverse group of individuals, united by a common mission, who recognise that while our actions as individuals have a role to play in driving Northvolt toward its goals, we always seek to move forward as a team. We offer you an open and welcoming atmosphere where we win as a team – and fail as a team. Northvolt is growing at the speed of light and we are a strong believer in internal career development. For us it’s important to look at your skills and potential, please refrain from including your picture and age with your application to help us with this.

Please apply with your CV in English

Full time employment, fixed salary.

Please note that candidates considered for employment with NV may be subject to a mandatory background check process.

Planned starting date: as soon as possible.

Please note that any applications submitted via email or direct messaging will not be considered.

Skills & Requirements

We believe that you have:

• A university (or advanced) degree in a relevant field and relevant qualification
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in HSE management in the construction industry
• Proven track record in large-scale projects
• Strong knowledge of best-in-class approach to health and safety.
• Strong knowledge of German and international HSE regulations and requirements applicable to the construction industry
• Experience with incident investigation and root cause analysis
• German, English; any other European language is a plus
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with the construction team to ensure project success

About the company

Northvolt makes green batteries for a blue planet. Affordable cells and high-quality battery systems. All manufactured with a record-low carbon footprint. Purposely built to provide Europe with the opportunity to switch to renewable energy – efficiently and entirely.

To accomplish this, we do things differently. We design, manufacture, and recycle everything under one roof. We even build our own factories. All this is incredibly challenging and requires us to think in unconventional ways. We’re constantly experimenting, learning and adapting to make batteries so great – they will one day make oil history.

Northvolt is growing fast. We’re staffing our international office in Stockholm, our R&D facility, Northvolt Labs, in Västerås, as well as our Gdansk facility for production of battery systems. We're also hiring for our gigafactory Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå, Sweden. We want to work with smart individuals from all disciplines. Strong individuals that truly want to make a positive impact on the future. Those of us already on board share a passion for our mission. We’re prepared to work hard in pursuit of excellence. We enjoy the ride and our main drive is to make a difference for real. As a team, we’re dedicated to thinking new, working hard and having fun.