Project HSE Manager
Rotterdam - Netherlands
Job Summary
Drive the Health and Safety Scope within our Projects
Are you keen to join a diverse team running international high-voltage cable projects in large infrastructure settings and contributing to connecting a greener world Working closely with our global customers we develop manufacture and install efficient environmentally friendly and technologically advanced high-voltage cable systems for land offshore nearshore and onshore applications worldwide.
Support the execution of all project Health & Safety related activities
As a Project Health & Safety Manager you are responsible for the Health & Safety agenda within our customer projects. You will develop and ensure the implementation of Project Health & Safety Plans in accordance with NKT standards as well as applicable rules regulations legal frameworks and customer requirements.
This role combines leadership and hands-on work. You will not only manage the Health & Safety effort on projects but also actively contribute to producing reviewing and ensuring timely submission of all Health & Safety deliverables needed for effective project execution
Your scope spans the full Health & Safety landscape: including participating in and coordinating risk assessments supporting project planning conducting Health & Safety inspections and audits monitoring subcontractor performance reporting to the customer and managing interfaces with stakeholders across the entire project organisation.
Regular visits to operations are an essential part of the role whether at installation sites on board vessels or at subcontractor facilities ensuring active engagement compliance and support
Your primary tasks will include:
- Developing reviewingapprovingandsubmittingall project Health & Safety deliverables (plans bridging documents RAMS reviews emergency plans HAZIDs audits and reports)in accordance withdeadlines
- Monitoring reporting and record-keeping of Health & Safety risks non-conformities KPIs and statistics
- Planning and following up onallocatedHealth & Safety resources within the project
- Participating in project planning to ensure proactive integration of Health & Safety measures and risk controls
- Conducting and overseeing project Health & Safety audits both internally and towards subcontractors
- Establishing and monitoring Health & Safety performance and reporting results to the customer
- Coordinating and monitoring subcontractor Health & Safety performance and ensuring alignment with NKT and client requirements
- Leading or supporting Health & Safety incident investigations
- Facilitating workshop sessions to promote organisational learning share lessons learned and help implement continuous improvement
- Acting as the project Health & Safety interface on designated projects towards clients subcontractors vesselownersand internal departments
- Supporting and coaching the project team and subcontractors in creating a strong safety culture
- Adhoc support on tenders relating to operational insights and actual cost or compliance issues.
Reporting lines
To ensure effective governance and execution you will:
- Report directly to HSE Projects & Tenders( ProjectPerformance and deliverables)
- Haveaoperation (functional)reporting line to the Project Installation Managers (day-to-day coordination and integration into project execution)
- Manage Project Health & Safety Advisors guiding and coordinating their activities across all work sites
Be a communicative and motivated Health & Safety project manager
Your daily collaboration with the project team subcontractors and customers requires effective communication and stakeholder management skills. Your motivated positive and focused mindset supports genuine engagement within the teams. You adopt a supportive and coaching approach that helps guide the project safely while maintaining high customer satisfaction.
Your profile
You bring solid experience in Health & Safety and ideally have experience of complex technical or construction projects in the critical infrastructure industry. You understand legal regulatory and contractual requirements and can translate them into clear actionable documentation.
In addition your CV includes:
- University degree within Engineering Health & Safety or Security
- Several years of relevant experience within HSE preferably from international infrastructure offshore wind marine or construction projects.
- Experience interfacing with clientssubcontractorsand multidisciplinary internal teams
- Experience conducting Health & Safety audits and leading workshops for learning
- Project management experience in an international context
- Fluent in English and French both spoken and written
- Authorisation to work in the Netherlands
- (Advantage) Offshore certificates such as GWO BOSIET/FOET or HUET
- (Advantage) NEBOSH Cert. or NEBOSH Dip. or any industry alternative.
Join us connecting a greener world!
NKT is committed to promoting a diverse organization and a culture where people from different backgrounds can thrive and are inspired to perform at their best. We believe that a diverse organization enables sustainable performance and that an inclusive and welcoming culture makes for a better place to work.
Health & Safety is a number one priority regardless of where what and our customer projects the Health & Safety agenda plays a significant role and as the Project Health & Safety Manager you are the one coordinating all project-related activities within this scope.
Please apply via our website before June 30th. Interviews and recruitment take place continuously. Personality- and capacity tests may be included in the recruitment process.
Please note that due to GDPR regulations we cannot accept applications via email.
If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the hiring manager on Linkedin Manager HSE Projects & Tenders. For questions about the recruitment process please contact our HR Manager Pieter van den Eijnden on Linkedin.
Be a Connector of the green tomorrow!
About NKT
At the factory in Karlskrona NKT is designing developing and manufacturing the high-voltage power cable solutions enabling the transition to renewable energy. Here you will join a diverse organization at an internationally recognized engineering centre operating one of the most advanced high-voltage test halls a state-of-the-art cable manufacturing and the NKT Victoria the most sustainable cable-laying vessel in the offshore industry.
At NKT we are all Connectors. We connect to develop leading power cable technologies that enable the worlds transition to renewable energy - and we stay connected to grow as people and professionals. As a company NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology and plays a key role as the world moves towards clean energy. NKT designs manufactures and installs low- medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions enabling reliable energy transmission. Since 1891 NKT has innovated the power cable technology building the infrastructure from the first light bulbs to the megawatts created by renewable energy today.
NKT is headquartered in Denmark operates from more than 30 countries worldwide and employs 6500 people globally. NKT is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and realised a revenue of EUR 3.6 billion in 2025. NKT - We connect a greener world.
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About Company
We are a leading cable and cable accessories supplier to the energy sector. NKT develops and offers high-end cables, cable accessories and cable services.