Environmental Health & Safety Specialist - Benelux

The EHS Specialist is responsible for coordinating and managing Health, Safety, and Environmental activities for Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg for all Services, Projects and Offices within Vertiv Services EMEA control. The role supports service operations, projects, and office environments while ensuring compliance with legal, corporate, and ISO requirements.

• Support for Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg for all Services, Projects and Offices within Vertiv Services EMEA control 
• Maintenance of the annual VCA audit including documentation preparation 
• Implementation & management of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
• Ability to work regularly with clients, attend site meetings and manage their EHS requirements from Vertiv.
• Completion of audits on engineers to company specific requirements, on various client sites throughout the Benelux region (with ad hoc. Support in Germany/Austria)
• Work with our projects department to audit and advise on EHS requirements during construction works & CDM management on various sites.
• Ensure compliance with legislative requirements and corporate requirements in H&S and Environmental areas.
• Thorough investigation and reporting of accidents/near misses.
• Contribute to external accreditations.
• Develop and maintain internal audit schedule for EHS management system according to ISO 14001 and ISO 45001

• Implementation of legal, corporate and other requirements, standards and processes related to H&S and Environment (EHS) in line with VCA, ISO14001 and ISO 45001
• Perform tasks related to Environmental aspect and impacts.
• Collaboration with management, identification and implementation of preventive and corrective actions to ensure compliance with all EHS requirements to eliminate all existing or potential nonconformities from EHS internal and external audits.
• Identifying hazards and threats, evaluate the risks of injuries and health, develop and regularly update risk analysis
• Perform inductions for all Vertiv employees, refresher and specific trainings for employees. Methodologically and continually support managers to deliver safety training to their subordinates.
• Manage accident and incident investigation, including analysis with managers, employees and witnesses. Manage internal communication of measures, monitoring of the implementation of measures and external communication to the authorities and insurance companies.
• Manage the creation and updating of internal EHS documentation.
• Collect, maintain, manage, reports and store the data and prepares the records - in particular on accidents at work, measurements and assessments of the working environment, waste, energy consumption, emissions, sewage quality, hazardous substances.
• Perform regular compliance audits on Vertiv facilities, focusing on compliance with legal, corporate and specific requirements, policies and procedures.
• Support EHS EMEA Directors with communication related to EHS EMEA-wide topics.
• All other activities related to the agreed type of work under the orders of the Senior management.

Preferred Education: 

• Middelbare Veiligheidskunde (or equivalent)
• NEBOSH Certificate (or local equivalent) 
• VCA VOL (Mandatory)

Experience:

• 3 years’ experience in the field within the Benelux region.
• Experience in EHS management and compliance, with knowledge of VCA, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards.
• Construction, Electrical, UPS, Thermal or Generator experience an advantage.

Languages

• English 
  • Dutch (An advantage)
  • French (An advantage)

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