Environmental Health & Safety Specialist - Benelux

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Vertiv is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist for the Benelux, a full-time onsite role in Breda that coordinates EHS across Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg for Services, Projects and Offices within EMEA, ensuring compliance with legal, corporate and ISO requirements. You will maintain the VCA audit, implement ISO 14001 and 45001, conduct site and client audits, manage CDM during construction, investigate incidents, run internal audits, and oversee EHS documentation and data reporting while training teams. Ideal: 3+ years EHS, construction electrical UPS or generator experience a plus, NEBOSH and VCA VOL, English required, Dutch or French advantageous. To apply, tailor your CV to show audits, risk assessment, incident outcomes, cross-border coordination, and measurable safety improvements; highlight readiness to travel and engage with clients and management.

The EHS Specialist is responsible for coordinating and managing Health, Safety, and Environmental activities for Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg for all Services, Projects and Offices within Vertiv Services EMEA control. The role supports service operations, projects, and office environments while ensuring compliance with legal, corporate, and ISO requirements.

Direct responsibility:

• Support for Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg for all Services, Projects and Offices within Vertiv Services EMEA control 
• Maintenance of the annual VCA audit including documentation preparation 
• Implementation & management of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
• Ability to work regularly with clients, attend site meetings and manage their EHS requirements from Vertiv.
• Completion of audits on engineers to company specific requirements, on various client sites throughout the Benelux region (with ad hoc. Support in Germany/Austria)
• Work with our projects department to audit and advise on EHS requirements during construction works & CDM management on various sites.
• Ensure compliance with legislative requirements and corporate requirements in H&S and Environmental areas.
• Thorough investigation and reporting of accidents/near misses.
• Contribute to external accreditations.
• Develop and maintain internal audit schedule for EHS management system according to ISO 14001 and ISO 45001

Other Responsibilities within EHS:

• Implementation of legal, corporate and other requirements, standards and processes related to H&S and Environment (EHS) in line with VCA, ISO14001 and ISO 45001
• Perform tasks related to Environmental aspect and impacts.
• Collaboration with management, identification and implementation of preventive and corrective actions to ensure compliance with all EHS requirements to eliminate all existing or potential nonconformities from EHS internal and external audits.
• Identifying hazards and threats, evaluate the risks of injuries and health, develop and regularly update risk analysis
• Perform inductions for all Vertiv employees, refresher and specific trainings for employees. Methodologically and continually support managers to deliver safety training to their subordinates.
• Manage accident and incident investigation, including analysis with managers, employees and witnesses. Manage internal communication of measures, monitoring of the implementation of measures and external communication to the authorities and insurance companies.
• Manage the creation and updating of internal EHS documentation.
• Collect, maintain, manage, reports and store the data and prepares the records - in particular on accidents at work, measurements and assessments of the working environment, waste, energy consumption, emissions, sewage quality, hazardous substances.
• Perform regular compliance audits on Vertiv facilities, focusing on compliance with legal, corporate and specific requirements, policies and procedures.
• Support EHS EMEA Directors with communication related to EHS EMEA-wide topics.
• All other activities related to the agreed type of work under the orders of the Senior management.

Preferred Education: 

• Middelbare Veiligheidskunde (or equivalent)
• NEBOSH Certificate (or local equivalent) 
•  VCA VOL (Mandatory 

Experience:

• 3 years’ experience in the field
• Construction, Electrical, UPS, Thermal or Generator experience an advantage.

Languages

• English 
  • Dutch (An advantage)
  • French (An advantage)

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