Head of Health, Safety, and Environment

ENGIE group is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. Together
with our ‎170,000 employees, our customers, partners and stakeholders, we are
committed to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through
reduced energy consumption and more environmentally friendly solutions.
Inspired by our purpose ("raison d'etre"), we reconcile economic performance
with a positive impact on people and the planet, building on our key
businesses (gas, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to
our customers.
ENGIE's Business Unit for the Asia Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region is
headquartered in Dubai. The region has activities in large scale power
generation, water desalination, district cooling, energy solutions and
renewables including green hydrogen, wind and solar. We act throughout the
value chain: strategy, design, engineering, energy-efficient asset
construction, digital platforms, operations management, financing syndication
and outcome assurance. And, by using globally leading technologies, we create
innovative energy and smart solutions that help to make the world a better
place.
Purpose of the Job:
The management of large centralized power plants and desalinization plants,
including construction projects and business development, is increasingly
demanding, also from a sustainability point of view, bringing new challenges
on the fields of environmental compliance (including the carbon-neutrality
concept), process safety, safety and wellbeing of the workforce, crisis and
stakeholder management. At THERMAL AMEA the organization is established to
address those issues in an integrated manner.
The Head of HSE is experienced in the Operations and/or Maintenance of power
plants with the ability to influence the larger team in the following areas:
* Defining and promoting the highest standard safety culture and safety leadership culture in the THERMAL AMEA, vested on a culture of continuous improvement
* Strengthening governance (policies, guidelines, objectives, management systems, tools), including in clarity and execution readiness
* Promote proactive HSE management through the risk management approach and principles embodied by the PDCA philosophy
* Set governance for HSE controls and audits on sites and Entities
* Performance analysis, monitoring and reporting
* Sharing/exchanging good practices and REXs
* Supporting and challenging the Countries and operational Entities towards enhancing HSE performance
Key Accountabilities:
* Drives/defines and embodies the key HSE programs and initiatives in THERMAL AMEA
* Embeds HSSE elements in key T&S GBU and Group H&S projects and processes
* Develop proactive HSSE programs for THERMAL AMEA and its Entities in Visible Felt Leadership, Employee observations programs, Reward and recognition programs, HSSE Themes and Campaigns, and HSSE training programs
* Makes sure the HSE network provides added value to the business in its decision-making by supplying regular and qualified information in the form of advice, support, and expertise. Drives the maturity of said network towards having impact on the decisions.
* Organize governance through Audits and Controls to ensure compliance to Group/GBU policies/governance in place, including for contractors' activities. Provide expertise and support to address non-compliance gaps and provide solutions to the business
* Ensures a strong T&S GBU leadership of the HSE network, fosters the sharing of information, competencies, expertise, and experience and drives THERMAL AMEA to build improvement on the current HSE culture that will enable to move toward interdependency level in HSE Culture
* Coaches and challenges the Country and Entities Teams, including Construction and Business Development Teams, in taking further ownership and leadership on HSE-related matters
* Develops and maintain the key skills needed to further professionalize the HSE functional line

Internal Interfaces:
* Thermal AMEA Management Team
* Thermal AMEA decision committees (HSE, Procurement, Business Development)
* GBU T&S HSE
* Entity CEO, COO, Maintenance and HSE Managers and teams
* AMEA Legal & Procurement Department
* AMEA HR and Communications Department
* Group Health Safety Division
* Group Social and Environmental Department
* Group Internal Audit Department
External Interfaces:
* Partners
* Stakeholders
* External Consultants
* External Auditors
* Authorities
* Sectoral Associations
Experience & Qualification:
* Master degree, preferably in an Engineering discipline
* ‎10 years+ of significant operational experience in the industrial world
* Degree and/or (certified) relevant experience in HSSE Management, incl. e.g. NEBOSH or other nationally recognized HSE certification scheme.
* Solid management track record is a sine-qua-non condition
* Candidate experience must demonstrate strong operational and HSSE track record and keen interest for safety culture and employee wellbeing.
Skills/ Specific Knowledge:
Technical/Business Skills :
* A qualifying operational experience in an industrial environment (preferably utility/energy, oil and gas/chemical industry, manufacturing)

Behavioral Skills :
* Analytical/conceptual skills
* Communication skills, including listening
* Initiative taking
* Influencing skills
* Cultural adaptability towards geographies and industrial field work

People Management Skills :
* Ability to make an impact in a transversal / not line management way
* Forming a team, including through management of (remote) teams and decentralized networks
* Developing others and delegating
* Inspiring an organization

Language Skills :
* Fluent in English is a must
* Other language (French) is an asset
Specific Business Understanding:
* Good understanding of the energy/power generation business
* Good insight on the energy transition landscape
Reporting Line (Matrixed Function):
* Technical & Operational Support VP Thermal AMEA
* Head of HSE GBU T&S
Business Line: GBU T&S - AMEA
Location:
* Dubai - (UAE)
* Frequent travelling to different GBU T&S AMEA sites is to be foreseen