SHE Officer

The SHE Officer is responsible for supporting and driving the Safety Health and Environmental management system at site level ensuring compliance with legal corporate and internal standards while actively contributing to a strong safety culture and continuous risk reduction across operations.

The role acts as a partner to Operations Quality Engineering and Logistics ensuring SHE requirements are embedded in daily activities projects and change management.

How youll make an impact:

Safety Health & Environmental Compliance

• Ensure compliance with local SHE legislation permits and corporate standards.

• Support implementation and maintenance of the SHE Management System.

• Monitor compliance with internal rules (PPE LOTO mobile phone policy contractor safety etc.).

• Support audits and inspections (internal customer authority).

Risk Assessment & Incident Management

• Lead or support risk assessments (TRA JSA LMRA ATEX where applicable).

• Ensure hazard identification near-miss reporting and corrective actions are effective and timely.

• Participate in incident investigations root cause analysis and follow-up of actions.

• Track actions in the relevant SHE tracking system and report progress.

Training & Safety Culture

• Coordinate and deliver SHE training (baseline site-specific and job-specific).

• Support onboarding and refresher training for employees and contractors.

• Promote safety leadership stop-work authority and employee engagement.

• Support Gemba walks observations and shop-floor safety dialogues.

Environmental & Chemical Safety

• Ensure proper management of chemicals waste emissions and spills.

• Support compliance with dangerous substances and environmental permits.

• Coordinate emergency preparedness and response (fire chemical spill evacuation).

• Monitor environmental KPIs and improvement actions.

Projects & Change Management

• Support SHE input for new projects insourcing layout changes and equipment installations.

• Participate in Management of Change (MOC) processes.

• Ensure SHE requirements are integrated early in design and execution phases.

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Prepare and present SHE KPIs trends and dashboards.

• Support site SHE meetings and steering reviews.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives aligned with SHE pillars.

• Share best practices and lessons learned across sites when required.

Key Interfaces

• Plant Manager & Site Leadership Team

• Production Maintenance Engineering QA/QC

• Logistics & Warehouse teams

• Contractors and external service providers

• Regional / Corporate SHE teams

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in Safety Health Environment Engineering Chemistry or related field.

• Experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment (chemical preferred).

• Practical experience with risk assessments incident investigations and audits.

• Familiarity with SHE management systems and regulatory requirements.

• Strong field presence and ability to engage shop-floor teams.

• Structured detail-oriented and action-driven.

• Good communication skills (shop-floor to management level).

• Ability to challenge unsafe behaviors in a constructive and professional manner.

• Comfortable working in a cross-functional environment.

• Proficient in Dutch French and English