To support our ambition of building the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture, Syngenta Seeds is looking for a Europe Seeds Field Crops HSE Operational Lead – SD & P&S.
Reporting to the Head of Seeds Field Crops HSE – SD & P&S, you will drive HSE Excellence and Performance across the Europe Seeds Field Crops organisation, supporting both Seeds Development and Production & Supply.
You will lead and develop a regional team of up to eight HSE Coordinators. Your objective will be to establish harmonised and practical HSE processes and standards, strengthen the HSE culture, and enable risk-based decision-making through reliable performance intelligence and digital solutions.
Working closely with Site HSE Leads, regional HSE, Seeds Development and Production & Supply leadership, you will ensure that HSE priorities are aligned and that the regional HSE strategy is effectively implemented.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead, coach and develop the regional HSE Coordinator team, including objective setting, capability development, mentoring, performance management and succession planning.
- Establish and maintain a practical regional HSE management-system framework, including common procedures, minimum standards, templates, visual management and assurance routines.
- Coordinate audits of HSE management systems across sites and satellite locations.
- Lead the regional HSE culture-improvement roadmap, using audit findings, incident learning, workforce feedback and maturity assessments to prioritise interventions.
- Own the HSE performance-management system, including KPI definitions, data quality, dashboard governance, insight generation and regular performance reviews.
- Identify and implement digital solutions that improve reporting quality, visibility, compliance, risk control and frontline usability.
- Facilitate cross-site learning and replication of good practices, ensuring incidents, audit findings and improvement actions lead to sustainable change.
- Partner with relevant stakeholders to align priorities, remove barriers and implement the HSE strategy.
- Support initiatives that reduce the environmental footprint of sites and embed sustainable practices.
- Lead regional change and continuous-improvement projects, monitoring adoption, effectiveness and benefits after implementation.
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