Job Description Summary

Responsible for leading and managing all environmental, health, and safety (EHS) aspects across the Power Transformers (PTR) sites worldwide. This role focuses on ensuring operational excellence in EHS within the production facilities. The position requires a strong emphasis on maintaining high standards of compliance, risk mitigation, and EHS culture across all manufacturing operations, from process safety to environmental stewardship.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Primary EHS Contact: Serve as the main EHS point of contact for PTR sites.
• Report solid line to the Product Line Leader and dotted line to the EHS Business Leader.
• Organizational Leadership: Ability to hire, train, and lead a multi-country, multicultural EHS organization dedicated to factory safety.
• Regulatory Oversight: Assess and understand regulatory changes, trends, and business impacts specific to manufacturing operations globally.
• Implementation: Drive the implementation of GEV and regulatory EHS expectations within all manufacturing sites and workshops. Support deployment of GE Safety LSRs and procedures as manufacturing-specific technical standards.
• Business Partnership: Actively support the Product Line Leader; build strong working relationships with plant operational teams to drive EHS compliance, performance, and culture.
• Resource Management: Ensure appropriate EHS resources are available at each manufacturing site, in coordination with the Product Line Leader and HR.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other Business Line EHS teams; drive manufacturing-specific global initiatives and contribute to global LEAN approach expected by the product line.
• KPI & Strategy: Operationalize GEV LSRs, deploy LSR Roadmap on all sites and coordinate deployment of EHS part of Electrification Operational Excellence approach. Collect global manufacturing KPIs (Gensuite, SoFi, ComplyWorks etc.); co-build and deploy PSR manufacturing EHS strategy; integrate EHS into Hoshin Kanri and LEAN & GREEN manufacturing initiatives.

• Operating Rhythm: Conduct monthly EHS operating reviews (MOR) with all manufacturing sites; lead weekly touchpoints with local EHS teams; participate to PL MORs with Business.

• Incident Management: Ensure timely event reporting in Gensuite as, Investigate or coordinate investigations of all recordable events using Root Cause Mapping Methodology and define best CAPA to apply and record in ATS, identify Potential Severe event in your scope and build the ReadAcross for external PL fertilization.
• Training & Compliance: Ensure efficient EHS training programs and correct mapping of job categories and training matrices for manufacturing personnel in GE Workday Learning. Maintain rigorous governance, compliance and audit programs (FW/Compliance/ISO) to identify hazards, control evolutions and drive systemic improvements.

• Management Systems: Ensure deep understanding of Segment and business standards, create and deploy any needed additional specific PTR manufacturing standards.
• Audits & Governance: Execute and coordinate: Be auditor for FW audits as part of the cross Product Lines program, coordinate FM Global audits, ISO certification audits, Compliance audits and GEV CAS audits on Environmental data. Ensure timely corrective action (ATS) registration and closure for identified deficiencies.
• Environment: Track environmental performance; support Carbon neutrality and sustainability reports for the manufacturing perimeter; manage Fgas impacts and reporting if any. Build, deploy and track Decarbonation CAPEX, prioritizing fossil fuels eradication first, then Energy Measurements systems installation, then Electricity generation or efficiency and water/waste initiatives.
• Contractor Management (Site-based): Ensure EHS compliance for contractors operating within manufacturing facilities (GEV ComplyWorks compliance, Prevention Plans & pre-job SWAT, site audits as per defined governance).
• Data & Analytics: Report in due time consolidated manufacturing EHS data; set up effective operating rhythms to achieve deadlines (e.g., site EHS reviews, safety calls).
  

Required Qualifications

• Education: Degree in engineering, environmental science, safety management, or related technical discipline. Graduate degree and professional certifications (e.g., NEBOSH) preferred.
• Experience: At least 5 years of EHS leadership experience in manufacturing environments (electric power, industrial production, or similar). Experience leading EHS programs across multiple countries is essential.
• Technical Expertise: Strong knowledge of manufacturing-focused EHS programs (FGas, air/water quality, waste, LOTO, Machine Guarding, Electrical Safety, Process Safety Management, Contractor management, Work at Height...).
• Standards: Experience with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 as a minimum, experience on ISO 50001 will be appreciated
• Leadership/Soft Skills: Proven ability to influence plant managers and floor teams, drive results, and promote a culture of permanent safety behaviors.
• Languages: Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in additional languages relevant to PTR sites is a strong advantage. Spanish will be appreciated.
• Travel: Ability to travel up to 30% of the time to support manufacturing locations.
• For roles outside of the USA- This role requires significant experience in the Environmental Health & Safety & Functional Management. Knowledge level is comparable to a Master's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with relevant experience).
• For roles in USA - Master's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s)).

Desired Characteristics

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  Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
  
  Note:
  To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

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