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Health & Safety Manager

Health & Safety Manager

Belgium Oudegem Prevention, Safety & Environment
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VPK Group produces paper, cardboard and carton packaging and paper based on recycled fibers. This sustainable packaging is developed to the customer's specifications. In this way, we strive for optimal logistics for our customers.

VPK Group is a Belgian, growing group with more than 70 branches in more than 20 countries worldwide. The head office is in Aalst. Internationally, the group has about 6400 employees.

Function

As Health & Safety Manager you are responsible for the development, coordination and follow-up of the policy for prevention and protection at work. In doing so, you take into account the QESH policy and the general objective of optimizing safety and well-being at VPK. In this function you report to the COO.

  • You advise the Executive Board and the management on H&S issues.
  • You take on the role of secretary within the CPBW.
  • You are responsible for the development and monitoring of clear and uniform H&S procedures and guidelines
  • You draw up action plans to realize the department-specific objectives
  • You analyze and evaluate the hazards and risks on the work floor in order to develop a structural and adequate policy
  • You coordinate the projects that are related to well-being at work
  • You map out the work accidents in order to align the main lines of the welfare policy and to work out a dynamic risk management system.
  • You integrate all current systems to arrive at a uniform and efficient welfare policy.
  • You follow up the legislation and evolutions within the prevention and safety policy in order to be able to provide up-to-date information and act in accordance with the applicable legal standards and guidelines
  • You are responsible for coaching and supporting the line management in the field of safety and welfare, and providing them with the necessary tools
  • As manager of the prevention team, you are a strong coach and inspirer who encourages the employees to develop further

Profile

  • You have at least 5 years of experience in industrial environment within HS Management
  • You have a Master Industrial Sciences and a diploma Preventive advisor level 1.
  • You speak Dutch and English fluently
  • You are a born people manager
  • You are enterprising, results-oriented and passionate about your profession
  • You like to consult, you are a strong communicator who strives for solutions

Offer

VPK Group offers you a job with independence, exciting and varied responsibilities in a rapidly growing multinational. You will be working in a company on a human scale where the employee and a positive group atmosphere are central.

Your salary package is in line with the market and based on your experience, supplemented by a broad package of extra-legal benefits.

Annelies
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Contact Annelies Van Woensel
annelies.vanwoensel@vpkgroup.com 0479 56 88 49
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