Safety & Sustainability Coordinator

Are you passionate about safety, health, and the environment? Ready to kickstart your career or make you experience even more visible with a role that makes a real impact? Join us at the Storio plant in The Hague as a Safety & Sustainability Coordinator and be at the forefront of fostering a safer, healthier, and more sustainable workplace through 5S, lean principles, and innovative safety practices!

What You’ll Do:

● Champion 5S and Lean Safety: Develop and implement cutting edge 5S and lean safety policies, conduct evacuation drills, and ensure everyone goes home safe.
● Lead Safety Initiatives: Take the lead in creating and promoting a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and continuously improving our safety standards.
● Promote Health: Train employees, and manage health risks to create a thriving work environment.
● Protect the Environment: Lead our environmental initiatives, ensure compliance with regulations, and drive sustainable practices.
Purpose of the Role:
● Establish and promote the Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) policy at the Storio plant in The
Hague.
● Foster a robust safety culture within the organization.
● Inform and train employees on safety, health, and environmental issues.
● Ensure all processes comply with legal regulations.
● Raise employee awareness of unsafe situations and/or hazards.
● Guarantee a safe and healthy working environment at the plant.
● Work together with the group Quality and lean team, and the SHE coordinators in the 3 plants

Key Responsibilities:

Safety

• Develop, Implement, and Maintain Safety Policies (including 5S + 1):
• Gather and translate safety expertise into organizational policy, tailored for the Storio plant, in consultation with the SHEQ Manager.
• Prepare and periodically evaluate the Risk Inventory and Evaluation (RI&E) specific to the Storio plant, and adjust/improve as necessary.
• Conduct and evaluate evacuation drills at the Storio plant.
• Ensure safety related responsibilities and obligations, as described in laws, agreements, permits, policies, and implementation plans, are assigned to and adhered to by the correct person/department at the Storio plant.
• Develop and prepare safety policy proposals and organize, monitor, and administer all safety processes at the Storio plant.
• Plan, initiate, and execute relevant actions to adhere to, maintain, and improve the safety policy at the Storio plant where possible.

Health

• Promote and Maintain Employee Health:
• Develop Occupational Health policies and implementation plans for the Storio plant.
• Coordinate activities aimed at safeguarding the health and wellbeing of employees at the Storio plant.
• Ensure process safety and working conditions in collaboration with the Prevention Officer.
• Conduct health related training and awareness programs for employees.
• Monitor and manage health risks associated with plant operations, ensuring compliance with health regulations and standards.
• Establish short term and long term health related priorities, objectives, and planning in collaboration with the SHEQ Manager specific to the Storio plant.

Environment

Environmental Management and Compliance:

• Develop and implement environmental policies and plans for the Storio plant.
• Ensure compliance with environmental regulations and standards.

Safety & Sustainability Coordinator

• Submit environmental permit applications/revisions related to the Storio plant’s operations to the relevant authorities.
• Anticipate and integrate evolving government regulations and societal insights into environmental plans for the Storio plant.
• Draft procedures, work instructions, and guidelines for environmental management at the Storio plant.
• Monitor and manage environmental risks associated with plant operations.
• Plan, initiate, and execute relevant actions to adhere to, maintain, and improve the environmental policy at the Storio plant where possible.
• Discuss and align environmental plans with involved managers, departments, and third parties, and coordinate strategy with the SHEQ Manager.

Complexity (Heterogeneity & Knowledge)

The role involves advising and executing to develop an efficient and safe SHE organization, benefiting the safety and well being of employees. The SHE Coordinator frequently shifts focus due to employee inquiries and meetings, requiring normal accuracy for detecting SHE deviations and creating documentation/reports. The position demands bachelor level education with SHE expertise and staying updated on relevant regulations.

Organizational Capacity (Autonomy & Internal Contacts)

The Safety & Sustainability Coordinator’s time management adheres to procedures, meeting schedules, incident responses, and project deadlines, with autonomy outside these constraints. Bound by international OSHA standards and Storio SHE policies, the coordinator must creatively translate ideas into SHE procedures. The role includes advisory responsibilities for the management and all departments, requiring indirect supervision through reports and external audits, and the ability to make independent operational decisions within legal and policy frameworks.

Risk & External Contacts

The Safety & Sustainability Coordinator engages with global SHE colleagues, external organizations, emergency services, suppliers, NEN bodies, and government agencies to ensure compliance with regulations and alignment with the global SHE policies. Communication tact is essential, particularly with international colleagues. Mistakes can lead to incorrect policy execution, potentially resulting in accidents, unsafe conditions, and sanctions, though the risk of timely error detection is high due to self checks and supervisory oversight.