ES&HS Manager
About this position
Responsibilities
• Manage the ES&HS policy and guidelines, ensuring this conforms to the customer’s requirements and industry best practice.
• Clear capacity to identify and manage risks and hazards for solar PV installation, construction and operation sites (rooftop, ground mounted and floating).
• Develop and maintain site-specific documentation and templates that include the Safety Program File (ES&HS Procedure, SOP and WI), Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (HIRA), Emergency Response Plans, Job Safety Analysis (JSA), and Site Induction.
• Managing the effective implementation of appropriate Health & Safety, Environmental & Social (H&S, E&S) management system procedures and provide for their updating in line with changes in legislation and the customer’s directive for multisite of Solar PV projects.
• Participates in ES&HS related discussions at and Site toolbox talk, Contractor meeting, Client Weekly/Monthly Meetings, Safety Committee Meetings and Staff Meetings.
• Assist, deliver, and organize ES&HS training to employee and contractor.
• Coordinate with construction teams and EPC contractor to assist and enhance their ES&HS competency and delivery.
• Perform ES&HS audit both internal & external and inspect on project construction site and operation site to verify consistency with ES&HS procedural, client requirements, regulatory requirements and, contractor ES&HS plan.
• Coordinates and assists Site Manager with Incident Investigations to determine Root Cause and recommend appropriate Corrective Actions and Preventive Action.
• Prepare and follow up the HSSE reports and records on weekly/monthly contractor ES&HS report, Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions from incident, Grievance mechanism, Environmental compliances and monitoring, Waste management and system performance.
• Manage Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and coordinate these with local teams.
• Trains and carries out drills and exercises on how to manage emergency situations.
• Perform ES&HS tasks or other duties as required.
Requirements
• A Bachelor’s degree in an environmental science/engineering, Health & Safety Environment Engineer, Occupational Health & Safety, or equivalent qualifications.
• Safety Expert certified by Ministry of Manpower.
• Knowledgeable in ES&HS regulations, IFC principles, ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and SA 8000 requirements.
• Expert in construction safety management system especially for working at height activity & rescue and electrical safety management.
• Minimum has 5 (five) year experiences working in power generation or project construction as HSE Supervisor / Manager with a preference of solar projects experience.
• Passion for renewable energy and an entrepreneurial mindset are greatly appreciated, preference of solar projects experience.
• Frequent travel will be required for managing multiple projects.
• Good capacity to train and evaluate competency of staff and subcontractors.
• Candidates must be adept at using MS Office (Word, Excel and PPT).
• Native speaker of Vietnam. Advanced level of English, both written and spoken.