EMEA Life Science HSSE Manager

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About JLL

We’re JLL. We’re a professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We help organizations around the world achieve their ambitions by owning, occupying and investing in real estate.

As a business of around 108,000 people in more than 80 countries, with many more contractors and vendors working under our direction, JLL’s Workplace Management business has substantial and diverse HSSE (Health, Safety, Security & Environment) responsibilities and obligations. These apply in our own workplaces and in the portfolio of client space we manage. 

JLL takes these responsibilities seriously. In 2018, we launched our global sustainability leadership ambition, Building a Better Tomorrow, a core part of our corporate strategy. HSSE is an intrinsic part of Building a Better Tomorrow, with explicit safety goals built into the global sustainability targets.

We employ more than 1000 HSSE specialists across our Workplace Management business. Our primary areas of safety focus are on Facilities Management and Project & Development Services. We are seeking to centralize our HSSE teams and create a strong HSSE platform, to provide strategic and operational direction for our HSSE performance and drive the global consistency and excellence our clients and shareholders demand and our people deserve.

If you’re looking to step up your career, JLL is the perfect professional home. At JLL, you’ll have a chance to innovate with the world’s leading businesses, put that expertise into action on landmark projects, and work on game-changing real estate initiatives. You’ll also make long-lasting professional connections through sharing different perspectives, and you’ll be inspired by the best. We’re focused on opportunity and want to help you make the most of yours. Achieve your ambitions – join us at JLL!

Role Purpose

The EMEA HSSE Manager will manage the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the JLL HSSE management systems at Client facilities, in close collaboration with the EMEA HSSE Account Director. In this capacity, the EMEA HSSE Manager is accountable to provide guidance, identify the resources and equipment necessary to implement HSSE management systems and compliance programs related to JLL scope of work at the Client locations. The EMEA HSSE Manager will advise the JLL management team on HSSE issues, assist with the evaluation of potential hazardous situations and environmental impacts, participate in accident investigations, and ensure JLL is compliant with all HSSE regulatory and Client requirements. 

The EMEA HSSE Manager must be able to foster a strong culture of health and safety and deliver world class HSSE results. As a member of the Workplace Management HSSE function they will support the implementation of the JLL HSSE strategy. The role reports directly to the JLL HSSE Global Account Director.

What this job involves

Performance

• Provide leadership and support the development and implementation of HSSE management systems and compliance programs at Client sites.
• Work with JLL Account Team and the Life Sciences HSSE team to establish HSSE performance goals and review performance against those goals.
• Ensure the tracking and reporting of HSSE metrics and measure performance against key performance indicators. Establish necessary plans to meet or exceed key performance indicators.
• Evaluate hazards with respect to JLL scope on client sites for safety, health, and environmental risks.
• Implement HSSE qualification program to manage JLL service partners working at Client locations and under the JLL scope of work.
• Ensure activities related to the management of Hazardous Waste and Dangerous Good shipments are compliant, where applicable.
• Identify training requirements and coordinate training sessions for HSSE regulatory and Client training requirements.
• Ensure required records are available for audit according to regulatory, client and JLL requirements.
• Ensure HSSE policies and procedures are developed, updated, implemented, and followed.
• Assist the JLL Site Teams in the accident investigation and communication process including the identification of root causes. Implement training and tools necessary to ensure that reports on HSSE incidents and performance are submitted on a timely basis, and that corrective actions are taken.
• Maintain a collaborative partnership with Client HSSE organization.
• Drive the implementation of programs and initiatives necessary to foster a strong HSSE culture.
• Expertise in the management of high-risk work is required.
• Key Interactions:
  • Internal: JLL Site Facility Management, JLL Site Team, Technical Compliance Manager, JLL Risk Management
  • Client: Client HSSE Team and Facilities Management at the Site
  • External: JLL Service Partners

To apply you need to be / have:

Experience

• Degree in occupational safety and health, environmental science, or related subject and/or appropriate recognized professional HSSE qualifications or experience.
• Broad based knowledge of Environmental, Occupational Health, and Safety regulations across EMEA.
• A minimum of five years of experience working with HSSE compliance and management systems preferably within facility operations.
• HSSE experience in GxP regulated environments, particularly in Medical Devices is highly desirable.
• HSSE experience in Life Sciences manufacturing, laboratories and warehouse / logistics environments is also desirable.
• Success working with subcontractors/vendors supporting mutual safety objectives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the appropriate ability to coach and educate at site level of the account.
• Able to speak English fluently; additional Nordic and European languages preferred.
• Basic computer skills with both word processing and database applications.
• Must be able to travel 20-30% of the time, within EMEA.
• Practical working knowledge of up-to-date tools and techniques.

Other Personal Characteristics

• Positive, proactive, energetic approach to health and safety management.
• Evidence of strong interpersonal skills to establish credibility with colleagues and senior management and to foster effective working relations with a wide range of senior internal, client and external contacts.
• Knowledge and understanding of ISO 45001 and 14001 management systems.
• Identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Strong cultural awareness: unwavering ethical standards; drives excellence and innately collaborative. Understands how to be effective operating across geographies and cultures.

What you can expect from us

You’ll join an entrepreneurial, inclusive culture. One where we succeed together – across the desk and around the globe. Where like-minded people work naturally together to achieve great things. Our Total Rewards program reflects our commitment to helping you achieve your ambitions in career, recognition, wellbeing, benefits and pay. Join us to develop your strengths and enjoy a fulfilling career full of varied experiences. Keep those ambitions in sights and imagine where JLL can take you...

JLL is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Applicants are considered regardless of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, pregnancy, family responsibility, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran’s status, genetic information, or status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable law.

JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. Our vision is to reimagine the world of real estate, creating rewarding opportunities and amazing spaces where people can achieve their ambitions. In doing so, we will build a better tomorrow for our clients, our people and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $23.4 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of over 108,000. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated.

Our unique culture has been recognized by industry experts and our peers. We are: 

• World’s Most Ethical Companies from Ethisphere Institute for 18 consecutive years 
• America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies from Forbes magazine 
• #1 Top Corporate Real Estate Firm from Watkins Research Group, Inc. for six consecutive years 
• A LinkedIn "Top Company: Where the World Wants to Work Now"
• A Working Mother “Top 100” company
• A “best company to work for” in multiple locations around the globe, including Chicago, San Francisco, London, Ireland, Shanghai and Hong Kong 

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