Senior site EHS Coördinator - Nijkerk

At Arla Foods, you will work in an international, dynamic environment where safety, health, and environment are top priorities. For our location, we are looking for an experienced and proactive Senior Site EHS Coördinator who wants to make a difference in a safe, healthy, and inclusive working environment.

In this role, you are the driver of safety at our site. You are the spark that ensures safety is lived, felt, and applied daily.

You report directly to the Site Director and fulfill a key role in supporting, challenging, and directing the management team to be demonstrably in control regarding safety. You bring focus, structure, and urgency, and ensure that safety leads to concrete decisions and visible behavior. You take the lead in coordinating and leading all EHS activities and ensure that safety always comes before production.

You guarantee compliance with laws and regulations and Arla standards, guide audits with sharpness and ownership, and translate risks into concrete, understandable actions on the shop floor.

By training, coaching, and challenging employees, you stimulate a strong safety culture and continuous improvement. You are visibly present on the shop floor, engage in conversations about safe working, and act as a trusted and critical EHS expert for both management and teams.

At Arla, we attach great value to collaboration and job satisfaction.

The Senior Site EHS Coördinator is responsible for developing, implementing, and guaranteeing the Safety and Health policy of our site. The position ensures a safe working environment, healthy employees, and minimal environmental impact, in accordance with laws and regulations and company objectives. You can expect a very engaging job with challenging tasks and the opportunity to further develop yourself within an international working environment.

Furthermore, you will be involved in

• Coordinating and leading EHS activities on site and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations and Arla standards.
• Coaching colleagues in safety awareness, EHS processes, and training, and directing Safety Ambassadors.
• Drafting, monitoring, and reporting EHS KPIs, and improving the EHS management system.
• Executing, updating, and following up on RI&E (Risk Inventory and Evaluation).
• Collaborating with internal departments, maintaining contacts with local authorities, and guiding and performing internal and external audits.
• Stimulating continuous improvement within EHS and contributing to digital transformation.
• Analyzing and investigating incidents, accidents, and near-misses, and implementing preventive measures (such as machine safety, ergonomics, ATEX, working with chemicals, etc.).
• Supporting the BHV (Emergency Response) organization as the organizational Head of BHV and acting as a prevention officer.

• A completed education in safety science (MVK, IVK, HVK) or similar.
• At least 7 years of relevant work experience in a production environment.
• Up-to-date knowledge of laws and regulations in the field of safety, ARIE, health, and environment.
• Knowledge of process safety, safety studies (such as HaZop / SWIFT), chemistry, ATEX, and machine safety is a requirement.
• Familiar with investigating incidents and implementing mitigating measures.
• Analytical ability, stress-resistant, able to distinguish between main and secondary issues, and result-oriented.
• Strong in stakeholder management, communication skills, and persuasiveness.
• Affinity with sustainability and digital working methods.

A challenging, versatile (full-time) position, where you will work in a very enthusiastic team within an entrepreneurial, open culture with short lines. Additionally, we offer excellent employment conditions. And perhaps even more importantly, Arla attaches great value to personal and professional development. This role offers a beautiful foundation from which you can further shape your career within Arla, both in the Netherlands and abroad.

• A gross monthly salary starting from € 4,500 based on 38 hours per week.
• 8% holiday allowance and 5% year-end bonus.
• A good pension scheme with a low employee contribution.
• A personal work phone and laptop.
• Ample opportunities for education, training, and personal development.

Please respond via our career website. For questions, you can contact Marloes de Koning via markk@arlafoods.com

Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to enabling good food choices that make life better, providing people with nourishment, while taking care at every step to ensure Arla is a choice they can feel good about. If you are looking to shape the future with an ambitious global cooperative that truly cares about your growth, where everyone feels valued and empowered, and collaboration is the core of culture, Arla is a choice you can feel good about.

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