Manager - Health & Safety

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

The Manager Health & Safety will manage and enforce company safety policies and ensure compliance with applicable global, regional and local regulations. As the H&S lead for India, this role supports the Market Lead/General Manager within the Emerging Markets Regional and Global HSEE governance framework and serves as the primary subject matter expert for health and safety matters in India.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement written health and safety programs and ensure safe working conditions and compliance with company policies, laws and regulations.
• Implement health and safety risk strategies covering safety standards, environmental matters, ergonomics, people risk, governance, crisis management, event risk, incident investigation, risk assessment and COVID measures.
• Conduct workplace, employee behaviour and standard operating procedure risk assessments.
• Determine appropriate H&S controls and coordinate harmonised implementation with stakeholders and internal business units.
• Represent global H&S programs and initiatives with health and safety agencies.
• Maintain records and documentation in compliance with local and ISO standards.
• Analyse safety metrics and incident trends to identify areas of highest risk.
• Develop incident investigation and near-miss processes, train staff, support root cause analysis and review corrective actions.
• Record and close incidents in Quentic/Aspen.
• Maintain risk registers and coordinate the identification, assessment, prioritisation and mitigation of market H&S risks.
• Develop and monitor annual H&S priorities and improvement plans.
• Provide HSEE updates to market leadership on compliance performance, risks, incidents, audits, regulatory matters and mitigation actions.
• Escalate significant incidents, material risks, regulatory concerns, audit findings and compliance gaps appropriately.
• Establish HSEE communication and reporting mechanisms across the market.
• Support health and safety training, including new-hire training, annual training and toolbox talks.
• Build stakeholder relationships and embed a positive health and safety culture.
• Ensure vendors, contractors and third-party employees comply with company H&S standards.
• Lead emergency response planning and evacuation drills.
• Lead quarterly H&S committee meetings.
• Perform other duties and tasks supporting organisational health and safety.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong HSEE knowledge and experience in a complex organisation.
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance, risk management and HSEE management systems.
• Experience identifying, assessing and mitigating operational and compliance risks.
• Strong incident investigation, root cause analysis and corrective action capabilities.
• Stakeholder management, influencing, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to advise senior leaders and build a positive safety culture.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret HSEE performance data.
• Experience working within regional and global frameworks while adapting solutions locally.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, very good English and willingness to travel.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, Environmental Management or a related discipline, or NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent professional qualification.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in HSEE, Occupational Health & Safety or a related field.
• Experience implementing H&S management systems and regulatory compliance programmes.
• Experience conducting risk assessments, incident investigations and corrective action management.
• Experience managing audits, inspections and compliance reporting.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• ISO management systems experience preferred, including ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and/or ISO 50001.

Reporting Structure and Location

Reporting to the Sr. Manager HSSE EM, with indirect reporting to the Sr. Director HR India. Base location: Gurgaon.