Freelance HSE Officer (ZZP)

Are you the HSE officer who will support our Veghel Campus in further improvement of the HSE Performance? Are you able to translate the Corporate HSE Strategy FY 2025 & 2026 into tangible targets for local management, in combination with local goals and objectives?

Providing a safe base for our employees is one of the core values withing Vanderlande. But our agenda is broader than just our own employees. Do not forget the safety of our contractors and suppliers. Therefore we have set a clear goal: Vanderlande is on the way to a proactive safety culture, with no room for compromizing safety. This is required to truly become the world leader in safety performance in our industry.

In Veghel, the headquarters of Vanderlande Industries BV is located. Approximately 2500 empoyees are working on our modern Campus. The main activities at the Campus are:

• Design and testing of new modules and equipment in our Technology Department and Test Centers

• Manufacturing equipment in our factory;

• Distribution of equipment to project sites around the world;

• Facility management for the entire campus.

What will you be doing?

In close cooperation and with full commitment of our managing board, we have defined a clear strategy towards a proactive safety culture. Next to that, our stakeholders on the Veghel Campus have their own objectives too, when it comes to HSE. You will be working in a small team of HSE Professionals to support several stakeholders on site with different goals per department.

The key objectives are to support our stakeholders at the Veghel Campus in HSE management, based on available local risk assessments and department HSE objectives, in line with our Corporate HSE Policy & Strategy and compliant to local legal and other requirements.

The most relevant HSE topics on our Campus are:

• Electrical safety;

• Machine safety;

• Mobile transportation & Warehouse safety;

• Environmental management;

• Hazardous substances;

• Contractor Safety.

Responsibilities

• Connect with our local HSE stakeholders within Manufacturing, Physical Distribution, Test Centers and Facility Management

• Translate ambitious long-term goals & objectives into smaller feasible work packages

• Bring balance in local HSE plans and targets set by Corporate HSE

• Track and trace reported incidents, near misses, hazard reports and all improvement actions related to these reports

• Perform root cause analysis on accidents and incidents at Veghel Campus

• Align with your HSE colleagues on site and on other Vanderlande sites

• Support implementation of Corporate HSE Standards

• Support Vanderlande’s growth towards a proactive safety culture on the Veghel Campus

Functie-eisen

• A passion for safety, health and the environment

• Mastering Dutch language is a must

• Middelbaar Veiligheidskunde, Integrale Veiligheidskunde or comparable education in HSE Management

• At least 3 years experience in a comparable role, with proven knowledge on subjects like

o Electrical safety;

o Machine safety;

o Mobile transportation & Warehouse safety;

o Environmental management, ISO 14001 and/or ISO 50001;

o Hazardous substances;

o Contractor Safety.

• Good communication skills, excellent stakeholder management

• Setting of high standards / setting a good example

• Ability to analyze information & produce written reports / Computer literate

• Assertive / willing to challenge status quo

• Flexible and agile

• Result driven