Teamlead EHS Manager Southern Germany, Austria & Switzerland (m/w/d)

Overview

Lead Environment, Health & Safety representative and main EHS contact to the customer for a German HVDC project team, covering planning and execution, with integration of EHS with shipyard and offshore partners.

What you'll do

• Act as primary EHS leader and focal point for the entire project, including the EHS interface to the customer.
• Provide visible EHS leadership and proactive support to project management, consortium partners and subcontractors.
• Build and promote a strong safety culture and ensure EHS is embedded across all project activities.
• Support the implementation of GE Vernova EHS strategy, standards and programs.
• Serve as the key EHS interface for customer, consortium partners and subcontractors.
• Understand regulatory changes and trends and forecast business impacts.
• Perform and coordinate the delivery of EHS trainings, ensuring competency of personnel within scope.
• Support project management to implement, monitor and continuously improve the project's EHS management and performance.
• Conduct and facilitate risk assessments and hazard analyses; define, track and verify corrective and preventive actions.
• Plan and perform EHS audits, inspections and site walks; follow up on findings and support timely closure.
• Support the application of "Design for EHS" (engineering controls, safe work methods, layout and access concepts).
• Promote safety as the first priority for all actors in the project, communicating proactively and leading by exemplary behavior.
• Report to the EHS Functional Leader with a dotted line to the project organization.
• Conduct EHS reporting in line with GE Vernova processes and timelines (KPIs, dashboards, monthly/quarterly reports).
• Ensure accurate and timely registration, classification and escalation of incidents, near misses and unsafe conditions in designated EHS tools.
• Coordinate with the regional EHS leader and project management on incident investigations and reports.
• Track action implementation and effectiveness; share lessons learned and best practices across projects, sites and teams.
• Lead and support project EHS meetings and campaign activities.
• Coordinate and reinforce GE Vernova safety culture programs across the project.
• Ensure EHS expectations are clearly communicated to employees, contractors and visitors.
• Promote workforce engagement and active participation in hazard reporting, observations and continuous improvement.
• Verify EHS competency, qualifications and readiness of subcontractors mobilized to site.
• Monitor subcontractor compliance with approved EHS plans, legal requirements and project rules.
• Support onboarding, performance reviews and interventions where subcontractor EHS performance is below expectations.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Safety Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety or related field, or technical/vocational qualification with substantial relevant professional EHS experience.
• Recognized qualification as Fachkraft für Arbeitssicherheit (Safety Specialist) according to German regulations (DGUV), as well as SiGEKo.
• Proven experience in a lead EHS role, ideally in construction, installation or industrial project environments in HV electrical environments.
• Solid knowledge of German occupational health and safety and environmental regulations, environmental management on construction sites, and permit-to-work and control-of-work systems.
• Experience in multi-national projects and work environments.
• Fluent German (spoken and written).
• Good English (spoken and written), including the ability to prepare documentation, reporting and trainings in both languages.
• Confident user of MS Office.
• Strong communication, influencing and advisory skills at all organizational levels.
• Structured, hands-on and solution-oriented working style, with the ability to prioritize in a multi-project environment.
• High degree of personal accountability, integrity and resilience.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively in a diverse, international team environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with EHS management systems and digital EHS tools.

Details

• Remote position.
• Travel up to 30%, domestic and/or international, depending on project location and business priorities.
• Relocation assistance not provided.