Local Service Unit HSE Manager

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Local Service Unit HSE Manager to lead health, safety, and environmental performance across its local manufacturing facility and service sites. The role involves developing ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 compliant management systems, driving accident prevention, conducting audits, and ensuring OSHA compliance. Requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, 5+ years of EHS experience, and bilingual proficiency in English and Arabic.

Proactively lead to ensure safe working practices and programs are further developed and maintained throughout the local organization. Ensure accountability and high-level safety and environmental performance throughout the local organization. Coach and support people at all levels of the local organization to realize an exemplary safety culture as part of our total commitment to quality and reliability. Key duties include communicating H&S initiatives, training and coaching staff, monitoring compliance, supporting risk assessments in manufacturing and service sites, maintaining ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 management systems, conducting safety/environmental audits, investigating incidents, and ensuring adherence to OSHA and internal standards.

1. Communicate all health and safety initiatives, processes and procedures throughout the organization to ensure all people have a common and uniform understanding. 2. Train, coach and support the organization in health, safety and environmental issues. 3. Demonstrate a strong commitment towards health, safety and environmental standards and guidelines, management systems and procedures. 4. Monitor compliance of health, safety and environmental requirements and handle nonconformance issues according to relevant procedures. 5. Assist and guide all levels of management, supervisors and employees on site to implement accident prevention activities plus where necessary provide interface to Contractors/Clients. 6. Support the managers in the manufacturing facility and service sites in risk assessments of workspaces, work tasks, tools, and coordination of common spaces. 7. Roll-out where necessary, initiate and maintain quality input of a health and safety management system which meets the ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 specifications. 8. Carry out safety and environmental audits, investigate accidents and root causes, introduce, and supervise corrective actions. 9. Monitor, communicate and apply standards created and/or maintained by external bodies, and integrate within internal health, safety management systems. 10. Provide guidance on competency-based health, safety and environmental training for all persons throughout the organization. 11. Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines. 12. Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

1. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required & preferably in Electrical. 2. Minimum 5 Years of experience in relevant working experience in Safety and Environmental related positions. 3. CSP certification is desirable. 4. Excellent understanding of health, safety and environmental standards in manufacturing environment and the role a safety system plays in managing the overall risk profile of a site. 5. Practical “hands-on” experience in developing and managing safety systems with the ability to dig into site specific details and develop solutions to complex safety issues. 6. Strong knowledge about OSHA legislation for manufacturing sites. 7. Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills. 8. Proficiency in both spoken & written in English & Arabic language is required.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in power and energy systems. Formerly operating as Hitachi-ABB Power Grids, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hitachi Group in late 2022. The company specializes in advancing power grid infrastructure, facilitating the transition toward renewable energy, and delivering critical power grid technologies worldwide. Key Facts & Operations Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland Global Presence: Operating in over 140 countries with approximately 58,000 employees. Primary Target Sectors: Power utilities, heavy industry, data centers, and transportation sectors. Core Business Units & Portfolio Grid Integration: High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems, offshore wind connections, and power grid stability solutions. Transformers: High-voltage power transformers, traction transformers for rail, and specialized industrial units. High-Voltage Products: Circuit breakers, switchgear (GIS/AIS), and instrument transformers. Grid Automation: Digital substations, control centers, enterprise software, and grid management systems. E-Mobility & Clean Tech: Large-scale charging infrastructure for electric fleets (Grid-eMotion) and SF6-free eco-efficient high-voltage switchgear.