Senior Construction Safety Lead, Novonesis, Avedøre

Interested in a career that matters

Do you want to help shape and strengthen construction safety across CAPEX projects in Europe

As Senior Construction Safety Lead you will play a key role in shaping and driving Novonesis construction safety strategy across CAPEX projects in Europe. You will establish the frameworks standards governance and best practices that ensure a consistent and world-class approach to construction safety across our sites.

You will become part of a small specialized team of 3 people that works closely across production sites with regular weekly virtual touchpoints and monthly face-to-face collaboration. Together the team contributes to the growth of Novonesis by strengthening safety in our projects and helping build compliant high-quality solutions.

The role & your impact

As Senior Construction Safety Lead you will be responsible for shaping and driving Novonesis construction safety agenda across our European CAPEX portfolio. You will establish and continuously improve the standards governance frameworks and strategic initiatives that ensure a consistent compliant and high-performing approach to construction safety across all project sites. The role requires a high degree of independence as you will serve as the primary subject matter expert within your field. Success depends on your ability to build strong stakeholder relationships translate safety performance data into actionable insights and drive strategic improvements across multiple sites countries and project organizations.

Your key responsibilities in this role

• Drive the implementation of project safety standards procedures and Global Minimum Requirements (GMR EHS) across European projects.

• Ensure safety requirements are integrated and clearly communicated throughout all project phases.

• Support safe planning execution and completion of construction activities including high-risk work and permit-to-work processes.

• organizational skills attention to detail and sound analytical/problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional local and global project environments.

Additional skills & interests we value

• Experience developing corporate standards procedures or governance frameworks

• Experience working on construction sites as an HSE assistant safety officer site foreman or in a similar role with a strong safety focus.

• Ability to build alignment across diverse cultures regions and professional disciplines

• A proactive and observant approach to identifying risks and following through on corrective actions.

• The ability to adapt quickly in a dynamic project environment.

• A collaborative mindset and project experience that supports close cooperation across stakeholders.

• A self-motivated way of working with the ability to prioritize tasks and drive initiatives independently.

What we offer you

We offer you the opportunity to join and help shape a newly established specialist team within Engineering this role you will work on CAPEX projects that support Novonesis growth while strengthening safety across project execution. You will be part of a collaborative team environment with regular knowledge sharing through weekly Teams meetings and monthly face-to-face sessions. The position provides broad exposure to project stakeholders sites and safety challenges across Europe combined with the flexibility to work remotely when possible while maintaining strong professional collaboration within the team.

Working conditions

You will work across various project sites on Sjælland with work connected to site-based project activities in locations such as Avedøre and Kalundborg. We prioritize face-to-face meetings and close collaboration within the team while also offering remote work when possible. Some travel in Europe may be required.

Application deadline: 30 September 2026.

Contact Information: For more information please contact Christine Pilsgaard at or Ole Højgaard at .

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanitys biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago this has been our guide. Its how weve gotten so far. And its how well impact the future. Now more than ever the world needs change. And with biosolutions the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds including ethnicity religion gender sexual orientation age disability or veteran status.

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