HSE Manager - Netherlands

At Royal Lactalis Leerdammer we make cheese: Leerdammer and more!

We do this with more than 440 colleagues, spread across three locations in the Netherlands. Behind Royal Lactalis Leerdammer stands the largest dairy company in the world: Lactalis, with more than 90,000 employees and nearly 300 production locations in 52 countries.

At Royal Lactalis Leerdammer, we love being good at something, but we find it even more fun to look at how it can become increasingly efficient, safer, higher quality, or more sustainable. For our customers and consumers, but also for ourselves. If you work at Royal Lactalis Leerdammer, you are also certain that you can and may develop yourself. You do this by showing what you can do and by making your wishes known.

This vacancy has arisen because the current HSE Manager is progressing to a new role within the organization.

As HSE Manager - Netherlands, you will develop and strengthen the HSE culture within Royal Lactalis Leerdammer. You will establish the collective course and ensure a clear framework within which our locations can operate with increasing independence.

The challenge is yours to further develop our HSE maturity. You will help the organization take the step from working primarily focused on compliance toward stronger ownership, proactive risk awareness, and continuous improvement.

You will be regularly present at our locations, engage in dialogue with colleagues, and see what happens in practice. You dare to challenge, but always do so in a constructive manner. In this way, you ensure that safety, health, environment, and Loss Prevention become a natural part of daily operations.

You will support and coach Plant Managers and local management teams in strengthening visible leadership and ownership. You will have regular contact with the various local management teams for the continuous improvement of the culture.

Furthermore, you will be involved in, among other things:

• Developing and maintaining the HSE strategy and roadmap for Royal Lactalis Leerdammer.

• Strengthening visible leadership, ownership, and proactive risk awareness.

• Providing functional direction to the local HSE organization.

• Monitoring laws and regulations, permits, ISO standards, Groupe Lactalis standards, and internal guidelines.

• Translating new legislation, technical developments, and group standards into practical actions for the locations.

• Supporting locations in recognizing, assessing, and controlling operational risks.

• Anchoring HSE requirements in projects, investments, new equipment, and organizational changes.

• Further developing Loss Prevention, including fire prevention, protection of buildings and installations, and emergency preparedness.

• Coordinating and performing audits, self-assessments, management reviews, and compliance evaluations.

• Strengthening incident investigation, CAPA follow-up, and the sharing of lessons between the different locations.

• Monitoring KPIs, trends, action plans, and emerging risks.

• Representing Royal Lactalis Leerdammer within relevant meetings of Lactalis Group, LEN, and external industry organizations.

You will work primarily for our production locations in Schoonrewoerd, Dalfsen, and Wageningen.

You report hierarchically to the Industrial Director and work functionally with the H&S Manager and Environment Manager within the LEN zone.

You feel at home in a production environment and understand that policy only gains value when it works on the shop floor. You are visible, approachable, and persuasive. You dare to ask critical questions, make priorities clear, and help colleagues to take responsibility themselves.

Furthermore, you bring:

• A completed HBO or WO degree, preferably in Engineering, Safety Science, Environmental Science, or a similar field.

• A completed education as a Higher Safety Specialist, MOSHE, or an equivalent qualification or experience.

• At least ten years of relevant experience within a production or industrial environment.

• Experience with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001. Knowledge of ISO 50001 is a plus.

• Experience with risk management, incident investigation, audits, management reviews, and CAPA follow-up.

• Knowledge of Loss Prevention (fire prevention), property risk management, and emergency preparedness.

• Experience in coaching and influencing various stakeholders.

• The ability to connect strategic objectives to daily practice.

• Good communication and presentation skills in Dutch and English.

• Integrity, persuasiveness, and a pragmatic, solution-oriented attitude.

Do you largely recognize yourself in this profile, but not in every single point? Then we cordially invite you to apply anyway.

• A down-to-earth production environment in the Netherlands where an A-brand is processed and which is part of the largest dairy company in the world.

• Various opportunities for training and education.

• A production environment with clear work processes and, at the same time, plenty of room for personal input.

• In addition to your salary, the following secondary employment conditions: laptop, mobile phone, a non-contributory pension, 8% year-end bonus, 8% holiday allowance, 4.35% vitality scheme, Bonus scheme, Lease car, and 32 vacation days for full-time employment.

Unsolicited acquisition of vacancies is not appreciated. In the event of unsolicited candidate submissions, no fee shall be due if the candidate in question is employed by Royal Lactalis Leerdammer B.V. Should unsolicited acquisition still take place, we will not respond, and these emails and contacts will be deleted by us.