Health and Safety Specialist/ Byggarbetsmiljösamordnare (BAS)

Health and Safety Specialist / Byggarbetsmiljösamordnare (BAS) - Olofström

At Human Resources, you are part of a global team with the task to make Volvo Car Group the employer of choice. You and your team handle the most precious resource for the success of the company - our employees. Our mission is to attract, recruit, develop, engage and retain the people that build the future for Volvo Car Group.

The Health & Safety team has the global responsibility to secure Volvo Car Group's prerequisites to fulfill legal compliance and corporate strategy ambitions within work environment, including company health services and wellness program. With global standards and local adaptions we define and implement common policies and strategies for work environment and health services to support Volvo Car Group's overall People Strategy. We are responsible for ensuring that the appropriate level of standards, coherence and governance are maintained on a global lever. We also secure medical services to employees in accordance to local needs and prerequisites. This position is within the team supporting Volvo Car Group's business in Sweden and consist of 14 people supporting different units.

In this role as Health & Safety Specialist/BAS you will have Volvo Cars Body Component plant in Olofström as responsibility area, to coordinate health & safety-, environment-, fire protection and security activities for building- and civil engineering work or major machine- and equipment installations, involving contractors, secure that appropriate actions are taken according to laws and Volvo Cars routines. Your main responsibility will be tasks as BAS-U. You will be a part of a smaller team situated at the plant and you will have your own area of responsibility but work close together with the other team members.

Main responsibilities

* Coordinate health & safety-, environment-, fire protection and security activities for building- and civil engineering work or major machine- and equipment installations, involving contractors working at Volvo Cars premises and fulfil legal compliance
* Implement Volvo Cars internal regulations and routines
* Secure that appropriate actions are taken according to laws and Volvo Cars procedures
* Expert support to managers, project leaders, contractors and contact persons in their work to meet legal requirements and continually develop and improve the working environment
* From time to time manage small sized projects within the Health & Safety area
* As project member contribute to development of Health & Safety processes

Required qualifications

* Documented education and experience as BAS-U
* Documented education and experience as BAS-P are meritorious
* Experience of managing construction projects as well as machine and equipment installations
* Expert knowledge of Swedish legislation in the field of work environment
* Fluent in English and Swedish, both written and spoken
* Basic knowledge of occupational health and safety and the environment in General.
* Industry and global experience are meritorious

Personal qualities

* Customer focused and relations oriented
* Engaged and encouraging people
* Strive for change and implementation
* Communicative with high integrity
* Able to work independently as well as in team
* Ability to think and act operationally as well as strategic
* Analytical skills to make appropriate diagnostics
* Business acumen and strong network skills

About Volvo Car Group
The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Car Group, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired luxury car brand" by simplifying people's lives. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.

Contact
In this recruitment process we are collaborating with Randstad Sourceright. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Linda Anstrin by e-mail linda.anstrin@randstadsourceright.se. Note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted.

Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later than December 2nd, 2016.