Health & Safety Lead

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Goodman Group (GMG:ASX) is a global real estate group, founded in 1999, with a focus on critical infrastructure. Our organization is a real estate company, acting as long-term investor, developer, fund manager, and property manager. We continuously expand our portfolio, which also includes data centre (DC) projects. 

Today, Goodman is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Lead for Continental Europe  to join our team. The ideal candidate will bridge the Environmental, Health, Safety and Social (H&S) demands of our existing and prospective DC clients with our evolving business approach, translating into strategical initiatives and resulting in operational H&S excellence. 

Key Responsibilities will include:

Health and Safety Leadership: 

• Provide leadership and strategic direction for all health and safety aspects of the CE scope. 

• Lead the H&S strategy to ensure the highest standards over our CE portfolio. 

• Promote and lead a safety-first culture across all stakeholder, ensuring adherence to company and our client’s safety standards. 

Stakeholder Management: 

• Engage with customer to understand their H&S expectations and requirements, ensuring these are integrated into project plans and execution. 

• Maintain positive and collaborative relationships with customers, regularly communicating H&S updates, metrics, milestones, key decisions and improvement initiatives. 

• Coordinate contractors. 

Team Collaboration and Communication: 

• Communicate the client’s needs to the operational teams and motivate them to achieve the highest standards. 

• Establish and maintain effective communication channels and a transparent escalation procedure for H&S matters. 

Process improvement and execution oversight: 

• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to integrate H&S considerations in all life-cycle processes, including design development, procurement, pre-construction, construction, commissioning, handover, stabilised asset management, and deconstruction. 

• Oversee the preparation and approval of safety plans, method statements, and risk assessments, in collaboration with local inhouse safety experts, and the correct implementation and effectiveness thereof.  

Reporting: 

• Coordinating and streamlining the reporting process. 

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a Health and Safety management role, preferably including experience in the construction of data centers and other critical infrastructure (e.g. power plants, chemical production plants). 
• Proven track record of implementing and managing H&S strategies on large-scale, technically complex projects.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, communication and commercial skills.
• Fluent in English.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering, or a related field.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety certifications. 

Not sure if you fit the profile? Let’s find out together!

 

But first, let us introduce ourselves a little more:

Goodman owns, develops, and manages modern industrial real estate including logistics facilities, warehouses and business parks in strategic locations around the world. In total, we have a team of around 1.000, located across 5 continents. Our Continental European headquarter is based in Belgium and we are active in 7 European countries, including offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan and Paris.

Contrary to traditional organisations where leadership is based on hierarchy, ours is based on collective leadership, collaborative governance, individual ownership and accountability. Most importantly, we want to make room for growth for everyone to remain agile in responding to the constantly changing world, to increase effectiveness, act with respect and contribute to greatness.

How do we look at the world of tomorrow?

At Goodman we believe we all have a role to play in safeguarding the future for next generations. Therefore sustainability is the driving force behind everything we do. Not only do we foster a sustainable and inclusive working environment for all our employees but also, throughout all our projects, we are continuously engaged in a process to assess its sustainability. Each aspect of the properties’ lifecycle is scrutinized on its future proofness for decades to come, resulting in a low ecological footprint over time. At Goodman, we believe it’s not enough to talk the talk — we also need to walk the walk.