EHS Leader Central Europe (m/w/d)

This person will work with a team that supports the region. In addition to leadership responsibilities, the individual is as comfortable to hands-on support day-to-day operations in managing safety and processes. Topics contain but are not limited to personal protective equipment, traffic, safety training, electrical, emergency response, fire, equipment safety, ergonomics, energy, chemicals, environmental, health risk management and audits.

The ideal candidate takes pride in their leadership, organizational, and communication skills, as well as their analytical abilities and attention to detail. They value an environment where superior work is encouraged, recognized, and rewarded.

• Develop, implement and execute short, mid and long term plans with EHS objectives in the region.
• Continuously improve and drive health and safety programs within the region by engaging leaders.
• Manage legal compliance in the regions and support and educate leaders, managers and safety reps.
• Develop, implement and maintain EHS policies, plans, trainings, instructions, processes & procedures.
• Interface with local and regional regulatory agencies on permitting, reporting and related issues.
• Perform EHS safety audits and risk assessments in your regions, and address recommendations.
• Assist leadership with the incident reporting and analysis process and the implementation of actions.
• Human organizational performance and operational learning to understand the context drivers.
• Record and maintain workplace incidents and near misses and corrective/preventive analyses.
• Design safe workspaces and create policies for employees that minimize job-related hazards.
• Manage safety programs such as risk reduction, hazard communication, emergency and fire safety.
• Ensure activities related to waste management are executed in compliance with regulations.
• Maintain relationships with all levels of the organization to integrate EHS into operational focus.
• Conduct education and training for health and safety required within the EHS Management System.
• Analyze EHS data and reports trends in order to recommend and supports plans for corrective action.
• SIFA Safety Certification Germany – in order to represent Tesla’s German entities in EHS matters.
• BSB Fire Safety Certification Germany - are preferred in order to represent Tesla’s German enitities.
• Safety-related experience and evidence or reference of exceptional ability in this field.
• Excellent written and verbal language skills in English and German.
• Able to influence and communicate effectively with all levels of management.
• Knowledge of national, and preferably European and global regulatory agencies and requirements.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure while managing demands and deadlines
• Proactive, as well as detail and results oriented with strong desire to succeed through challenges.
• Willingness to travel between sites and markets in your region - ca. 30% of the time.
• Based on Germany – Berlin area. Ability to prioritize and serve multiple sites and countries in-region.
• Mastery of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.