Job Description Summary

The Steam Power Services (SPS) EMEAA EHS Leader is responsible for creating, implementing, and maintaining the organization's EHS strategy across Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific (EMEAA). This role will also serve as the SPS EMENAT (Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Turkey) EHS leader aligning closely with the EMEAA/EMEANT General manager and SPS EHS Leader to ensure consistent EHS performance and compliance across the organization.The SPS EMEAA EHS Leader will ensure compliance with EHS policies, programs, procedures, and applicable local and international regulatory standards. The role includes conducting audits, onsite inspections, and data analysis to drive process and program improvements. The EHS Leader will engage with customers, government agencies, and cross-functional teams to support customer pre-qualification and project/outage planning requirements across the full EHS Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, taking an active role in Outage Readiness Reviews (ORR) and post-outage learning.
Additionally, this role will play a key part in the Value Stream Transformation agenda, owning specific actions from the Lean Action Plan, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

Regional EHS Leadership

• Lead the SPS EMEAA EHS organization, providing strategic direction and operational oversight
• Serve as the EMENAT EHS Leader, ensuring alignment EHS Delivery in the region.
• Drive EHS transformation by owning and executing assigned actions from the SPS EHS Lean Action Plan
• Ensure outages are staffed with the right level of EHS support across all EMEAA geographies
• Ensure Site EHS Specialists, or acting EHS representatives, receive the required onboarding and ongoing support
• Ensure site-level EHS support maintains a consistent rhythm with the regional EHS team

Operational EHS Management

• Provide daily management and EHS oversight for assigned outages and scopes across the EMEAA region
• Collaborate with SPS partners, GE Vernova affiliates, clients, contractor workers, and regulatory agencies on all EHS matters
• Support ITO (Inquiry-to-Order) EHS needs, including customer pre-qualification requirements
• Provide subject matter expertise across EHS planning, execution, and learning phases
• Ensure operationalization of the EHS framework at the regional and site level

Performance, Analytics & Continuous Improvement

• Establish in-depth analysis of EHS metrics and define actions, initiatives, and risk reduction projects to improve safety performance
• Collect, consolidate, and analyze data from multiple sources to determine site entry statuses for field employees
• Recommend innovative solutions and process improvements to achieve the overall EHS blueprint
• Contribute to the development and rollout of Steam Power Services Safety Global Programs and initiatives

Compliance & Regulatory Affairs

• Ensure all employees are informed of, understand, and comply with EHS policies, procedures, and applicable local regulations across EMEAA jurisdictions
• Prepare for and assist with audits and inspections by government entities at the federal, national, state, or local level
• Conduct internal audits and provide corrective actions to reduce operational EHS risk
• Ensure GE Vernova systems of record are accurate and timely updated in accordance with compliance assurance expectations

Incident Management & Reporting

• Manage incident and injury reporting in accordance with GE Vernova guidelines and applicable local and international regulations
• Ensure timely and accurate event reporting, investigations, action closure, and read-across
• Communicate timely awareness of injuries, illnesses, and associated mitigating measures across the region

Training & Capability Development

• Ensure EHS training is accurately assigned, up to date, and completed on time as defined by the SPS training matrix, client requirements, and local regulations across EMEAA

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in EHS or a related field from an accredited university or college
• Extensive experience leading EHS projects and performance initiatives
• Experience in the energy sector is required; field experience in power plants will be a strong advantage.
• English proficiency required; proficiency in additional EMEAA regional languages is a plus
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% of the time across the EMEAA region
• Eligible to work across multiple EMEAA jurisdictions as required

Desired Qualifications

• Seasoned people leader with extensive experience in projects and field services environments
• Demonstrated experience operating across multi-country, multi-regulatory environments within EMEAA
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization, influencing and motivating diverse, cross-cultural teams toward unified goals
• Proven ability to interface with all levels of the organization, as well as external stakeholders including customers and regulatory agencies
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects and priorities, making timely decisions based on available information
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to prepare clear, accurate reports with findings and recommendations
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills
• Professional certification in the EHS field (e.g., CSP, CIH, NEBOSH, or regional equivalent)
• Working knowledge of Gensuite EHS Management System
• Working knowledge of Support Central, Yammer, and web-based communication tools
• Knowledge of GE Vernova's EHS programs, policies, and the SPS EHS Lean framework
• Familiarity with EHS transformation methodologies and lean continuous improvement principle

Additional Information Relocation Assistance Provided: No

- This is a remote position