Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The HSW specialist will be responsible for delivering elements of our Global HSW strategic objectives to achieve our HSW Vision of Protecting pour People. 

Act as a central point of contact for coordinating global Operations and Projects HSW initiatives, ensuring consistency with global Business services

Role accountabilities:

Implementation and Compliance Across Regions: 

Guide Operations and Project Services in implementing HSW policies and procedures, ensuring global standards are upheld and adapted to local requirements.  Oversee Operations and Project Services risk assessments and compliance checks ensuring adherence to GHSMSS.

Global Standardization of Policies and Procedures: 

Coordinate and Enforce Standards: Oversee the maintenance and enforcement of standardized global HSW policies and procedures to ensure consistency across all regions while allowing for necessary local adaptations.  Development and Implementation: Manage the development, distribution, and implementation of HSW standards and procedures globally, ensuring alignment with best practices and regulatory requirements.  Regularly review and update HSW policies and procedures to reflect changes in regulations, emerging risks, and advancements in health and safety practices.

Project Management of Global Ways of Working with Operations and Project Services:

Implementing global priorities effectively through standardized project management practices across operations and project services  Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between GBA’s/EF’s and regions, promoting a unified approach to health, safety, and wellbeing.

Incident and Accident Investigations: 

Lead and support thorough investigations of accidents and incidents in collaboration with in-country teams.  Analyse investigation outcomes to identify root causes, develop corrective and preventive measures, and ensure lessons learned are communicated globally.

Monitoring international HSW Developments: 

Identify and assess emerging international trends, regulations, or developments in the HSW space that may impact the organization.  Advise leadership and regional teams on necessary actions or strategic adjustments to remain compliant and proactive.

Facilitating Cross-Business Coordination: 

Promote collaboration among global and regional business units, facilitating the sharing of best practices, lessons learnt and resources.  Support cross-business HSW initiatives, ensuring effective coordination and alignment with organizational goals.

Quality Control and Assurance:

Maintain high standards of quality across all HSW initiatives  Execution of HSW audits (internal and external) by coordinating with internal teams and external auditors, preparing documentation, and facilitating audit processes and self-assessments  Address audit findings by collaborating with teams to implement corrective actions and maintain a state of readiness for future audits.  Improve the quality of HSW programs and services globally aligned to Global Quality Management System.

Cultural and Regional Engagement:

Foster a positive HSW culture worldwide, emphasizing cultural awareness and engagement in health, safety, and wellbeing practices. Work with regional leaders to understand employee needs and promote participation in feedback mechanisms. 

Systems and reporting: 

Proficiently navigate the Sphera, Cority and Oracle platforms to identify trends and prepare reporting

This role may be expected to take on additional duties as requested by the H&S and H&W Director, which may encompass various aspects of other HSW specialist roles to support the delivery of our global HSW strategy, including automation and reporting, culture, capability and communications. As such proficiency with H&S reporting systems and Smartsheet is essential.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.