Health – Safety and Environment Risk Director - Europe Distribution Business

We are seeking an accomplished Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Risk Director to provide strategic HSE leadership across our Distribution Business Unit in Europe. Location: Flexible DBU Europe Location.

You will bring the power to unite and inspire change by leading a diverse regional HSE team with empathy, clarity, and accountability. Your ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments and align the region to global priorities will drive forward performance and strengthen our culture.

This role might require up to 25% of domestic travel and 10% of international travel. 

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Lead the execution of regional Health, Safety, Environmental (HSE) and sustainability strategies, ensuring alignment with global objectives while delivering measurable improvements across sites.

• Drive a strong culture of health, safety, environment, and accountability by improving audit effectiveness, reporting quality, compliance processes, and risk management practices.

• Partner closely with site leaders to implement HSE programs, tools, and initiatives that reduce operational risk and improve overall business performance.

• Influence and educate stakeholders across multiple locations, building trust-based relationships that accelerate the adoption of best practices and sustainable change.

• Coach and develop HSE professionals and site teams, strengthening capability, fostering psychological safety, and creating opportunities for continuous learning and growth.

• Lead investigations and corrective actions for significant incidents, ensuring lessons learned are effectively communicated and embedded across the region.

• Champion standardization by identifying, sharing, and implementing best practices that improve consistency, efficiency, and HSE outcomes across regional operations.

• Represent the region in collaboration with global HSE teams, contributing to policy development, continuous improvement initiatives, and the advancement of sustainability goals.

Education/ Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in health & safety, Engineering, Technical, Scientific, or related field required; master’s degree preferred.

• Professional certification in an HSE related discipline strongly preferred.

• Significant leadership experience in HSE roles, ideally with exposure to power generation, or similarly high-risk sectors.

• Experience leading teams through cultural change, system integration, and performance improvement.

• Strong auditing capability and experience improving audit quality, reporting standards, and compliance behaviours.

• Demonstrated success in coaching diverse teams, building capability, and driving accountability at all levels.

To be successful in this role you will need the following: 

• Strong leadership and relationship-building skills to coach diverse teams, foster psychological safety, and influence stakeholders across multiple sites, functions, and geographies.

• Strategic thinking and business acumen to align regional HSE and sustainability initiatives with global priorities while balancing operational and compliance requirements.

• A proactive and accountable mindset with the ability to drive performance, lead continuous improvement efforts, and deliver measurable HSE outcomes in complex environments.

• Strong problem-solving and change leadership capabilities to navigate risk, implement best practices, standardize processes, and effectively manage HSE challenges across the region.