HSE Manager (M/F) – Data Centers / Critical Infrastructure – Permanent Contract

The company
Our client is a leading player in digital infrastructure and data hosting. It operates several strategic sites in France, at the heart of the digital economy. As part of its development, it is recruiting its HSE Manager France.

The context
You will work in a demanding technical environment, operating 24/7, where service continuity is a major issue: high-power electrical installations, generators, fuel storage, fire safety and a strong presence of external companies on the sites.

Your mission
Reporting to the Operations Department, you define, deploy and lead the Health, Safety, Security and Environment policy across all French sites.

You ensure regulatory compliance, control of occupational and environmental risks, and continuous improvement of HSE performance.

You are a true partner to management and operational teams in building and sustaining a demanding and shared safety culture.

Your responsibilities

HSE strategy and management

• Define the HSE policy and its short-, medium- and long-term objectives, in line with the strategy, regulations and ISO frameworks.

• Break it down into standards, procedures and action plans applicable across all sites.

• Advise management and line managers on any decision with an HSE impact.

• Manage performance indicators and ensure reporting to governance bodies.

Safety culture and management system

• Promote a prevention culture based on exemplary behavior, reporting of hazardous situations and continuous improvement.

• Manage the HSE management system and the ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certifications.

• Establish the internal audit program and ensure the handling of non-conformities.

• Define training needs with managers and HR, and lead safety welcome sessions, toolbox talks, prevention campaigns and lessons-learned sessions.

Regulatory compliance

• Ensure regulatory monitoring in occupational health and safety and in environmental matters.

• Assess site compliance and manage compliance plans (Labour Code, ICPE, ISO, internal standards).

• Prepare and support inspections and audits, and act as the contact for inspection bodies and authorities (DREAL, labour inspectorate, SDIS…).

Risk prevention

• Assess occupational risks and manage the update of the single risk assessment document (DUERP).

• Supervise prevention plans, safety protocols, work permits and risk analyses.

• Ensure control of high-risk activities: electrical work, work at height, confined spaces, hot work, manual handling, chemical products.

HSE event management

• Organize the reporting and analysis of accidents, near misses and hazardous situations.

• Lead root cause analyses and monitor the effectiveness of corrective actions.

• Contribute to emergency plans, crisis management and safety drills.

Environment

• Identify and assess the environmental aspects and impacts of activities.

• Manage waste and chemical products, water and energy, as well as pollution prevention.

• Define environmental footprint reduction objectives with technical teams and CSR.

HSE control of external companies

• Define the HSE requirements applicable to service providers and subcontractors.

• Verify authorizations and documents before intervention, and carry out field inspections and audits.

• Monitor the closure of deviations and contribute to the assessment of suppliers' HSE performance.

Your profile

Essential

• At least 10 years of experience in HSE, including a minimum of 5 years as HSE Manager within a company (operational role, excluding exclusively consulting)

• Experience managing a multi-site scope and defining an HSE policy, not only deploying it

• Mastery of ICPE regulations and concrete experience of the environmental component

• Management of ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certifications

• Solid experience in managing external companies and high-risk work

• Bac+5 training in HSE, QHSE, risk prevention or environment

Appreciated assets

• Experience in data centers, energy, telecoms, nuclear or other critical infrastructure

• Team management experience

• Professional English

• Measurable results in reducing accident rates

Your qualities
Leadership, teaching ability and field sense: you know how to convince both management and operational teams as well as service providers.

You want to make safety and the environment a lever for performance in a strategic sector? Apply now.

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