Project Ehs Manager (Site Based)

You will be assigned to and located at a new unit project site, where construction activities occur to build power plants, which will require EPC partner and contractor collaboration as well as customer and industry engagement. You are expected to create, implement and maintain the site strategy on EHS, by implementing and maintaining the site environmental, health, safety management system, ensuring compliance with all GE, relevant statutory, regulatory, contractual and company requirements, defining and monitoring actions to improve EHS performance, and leading the EHS team members. You have autonomy within the site and requires evaluative judgment and operational acumen to achieve outcomes.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Be the EHS point of contact for project and site team, providing day-to-day EHS management for the construction project.
• Establish the project site’s overall EHS Plan(s) to meet GE standards, contractual obligations, regulatory requirements and other requirements, including but not limited to the Occupational Safety & Health plan, Environmental Protection Plan, Emergency Response Plan, etc.
• Ensure effective implementation of EHS management system including Policy, Plan, training, effective risk assessment, inspection, auditing, event management and analysis, in line with GE standards and procedures, including the effectiveness of safety related processes owned by others.
• Intervene whenever site activities do not meet the established EHS requirements of the risk assessment / method statement.
• Ensure applicable legal requirements have been properly identified and are complied with.
• Provide timely information to the site management in relation to any trends that become evident through analysis, and potential legal exposure and EHS concerns including the effective Management of Change.
• Chair the project site EHS kick-off meeting(s).
• Monitor the effectiveness of the site related rules defined in the Site EHS plan and revise as necessary to keep up to date, in consultation with the site manager.
• Identification, hiring, training and mobilization of site EHS staff.
• Communicate on the GE Framework and ensure the site manager monitors and maintains site compliance.
• Set up and maintain the EHS training needs and training plan.
• Review (and validate or reject) the assignment to site of sub-contractors’ EHS professionals.
• Participate in the continuous improvement processes, by providing EHS-related feedback to the site team.
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices. Utilize understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process.
• Global mobilization is required.

Required Qualifications

• Engineer Degree or equivalent education in EHS (EHS Management and/or sciences, construction safety, etc.), or other faculty (for instance Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Construction);
• NEBOSH/IOSH Qualification or equivalent according to local legislation;
• EHS regulatory knowledge/qualification as required;
• At least 10 years of experience in EHS at a construction site, as Site EHS Manager in the power plants and/or oil & gas industry;
• Good level of English and Chinese language (both written and spoken);
• Computer skills (ability to learn and master online reporting tools).

Desired Characteristics

• Level A Occupational safety management specialist (職業安全管理師) or Occupational health management specialist (職業衛生管理師) issued by Occupational safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Ministry of Labor (勞動部職業安全衛生署).
• Engineering or related educational background.
• Strong electrical safety knowledge.
• Involvement in Permit To Work and Log Out and Tag Out management.
• Able to fit in to the various Asian culture.
• Sets a very high EHS standards with ability to meet the corporate and international standards
• Able to influence and engage customers, Project Directors, Site Managers, Project team, Consortium Partners and subcontractors.

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