Health, Safety & Environmental Manager

About the role

Hitachi Rail Denmark is looking for a Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Manager, level L4 specialist, based in Copenhagen. The role provides assurance evidence and process discipline across safety, RAM, quality, cybersecurity, HSE or human factors, supporting design maturity, approvals, test readiness, acceptance and operational readiness. It manages HSE plans, environmental controls, site risk assessments and incident-prevention actions, and has functional authority on HSE and environmental compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Define HSE plans, risk assessment and method-statement expectations, induction requirements, site rules, inspection schedules and incident reporting.
• Review RAMS, permits, work-at-height, electrical safety, manual handling, environmental controls and emergency arrangements for site and lab activities.
• Lead inspections, audits, toolbox talks, behavioural safety interventions and subcontractor HSE monitoring.
• Investigate incidents, near misses and unsafe conditions and drive corrective and preventive actions to closure.
• Coordinate HSE readiness for installation, energisation, testing, commissioning and logistics operations.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct, including ethical escalation, anti-bribery discipline, confidentiality and data protection.
• Stop or escalate unsafe site activity or environmental non-compliance, and escalate significant risks through project and corporate channels.

Required profile

• More than 5 years in HSE or environmental management on live infrastructure works.
• HSE management experience in construction, rail, electrical, telecoms or industrial environments.
• Danish language is mandatory.
• Ability to influence site behaviour and challenge unsafe production pressure, with resilience during incidents, audits and high-risk works.

Required skills

• Permitting, incident investigation and contractor management.
• Environmental controls.
• Practical leadership and stop-work authority.

What we offer

• Flexible hybrid work (40% home, 60% office).
• Pension and 6 weeks of holiday.
• A career path with regular manager interaction.