Global Health, Safety and Environment Director

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CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting a Global Health and Safety Director to join the team in London. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a global account within our Financial and Professional Services Sector, working alongside a prestigious client.

The purpose of the role is:

• Implement and drive the development and oversight of all Quality, Health, Safety & Environment (QHSE) and Risk & Compliance activities across a Global Account to ensure alignment and compliance to the local and relevant CBRE policies and management systems.
• Ensure that all initiatives, policies, and procedures within each Account Team are implemented in order to eliminate and / or minimise potential operational risk to drive operation performance, whilst maintaining the Health and Safety of all client facilities, employee's, suppliers/ vendors and visitors.
• Ensure that the client's Global property portfolio complies with all Health & Safety, legal / regulatory / statutory, contractual requirements, and risk management via a programme of audits and inspections. Develop and implement relevant processes and procedures to ensure and maintain compliance across all Regions.
• Establish and maintain a culture of compliance and adherence to legal and statutory, contractual and client requirements by Region (Americas, EMEA, APAC & India).
• Region.

Key Outputs / Deliverables:

• Development and oversight of CBRE and Client Management Systems, policies, procedures, and standards.
• Provide advice, assistance, and guidance to the account management team on all matters relating to compliance across each Region, maintaining a firm approach to ensure that policies and procedures are understood and followed.
• Consolidate and / or provide compliance (including Health & Safety) support for CBRE functional teams including reporting through the relevant monthly governance meetings.
• The Subject Matter Expert for the Global Account for all compliance and Health & Safety requirements.
• Maintain effective communication on significant compliance matters with the Global Management team. Manages client's business changes that impact service delivery
• Directs the Compliance team through matrix management across the Client Regions.
• Develop and deliver initiatives to promote continuous improvement and best practice. Compliance Management: • Monitor all assets to ensure that statutory compliance (including inspection and certification) is achieved and always maintained
• Understand customers' business activities and needs, provide sound information and advice on GWS services and develop solutions with the client.
• Ensure compliance to the Health & Safety Regulations and CBRE QHSE policies and procedures across the Global Account.
• Ensure CBRE policies and procedures are fully implemented for contractor / vendor management, ensuring compliance across all Regions.
• Carryout formal investigations for all Accidents & Incidents providing a report on all events related to the incident and Actions to help prevent similar accidents or incidents re-occurring.
• Provide Health & Safety guidance and support to all functional teams across the Global account.
• Drive Risk Management across the Regions ensuring that all Risks are formerly recorded on the Global Risk Register, whilst maintaining oversight of the Risk Register.
• Ensuring that all risks and potential business impacts are fully understood, and all actions are tracked through to a formal closure.
• Ensure compliance to ISO 14001 for the Global Account.
• Ensure that all Stakeholders fully understand their role and deliver to the ISO 14001 requirements whilst ensuring that Objectives & Targets Schedule is kept up to date.
• Liaise with the ISO 14001 Internal & External Auditors throughout the Audit process.
• Ensure that the Environment Regulations are fully understood and implemented across the account,

Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree preferred with 8+ years relevant experience or in lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Knowledge of Environmental Management ISO 14001
• Previous experience in a Global Role
• Leadership skills of remote working Teams with the ability to motivate team impact on quality,
• efficiency, and effectiveness.

About CBRE Global Workplace Solutions:

As one of CBRE's core global businesses, Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) provides end-to-end services to occupier clients across the entire lifecycle of a building. Our teams help companies improve their operations and reduce costs, through expert facilities management, project management, real estate and energy and sustainability services. Our dedicated teams work across all industries, and support clients ranging from global Fortune 500 companies to single, iconic buildings.

CBRE Group, Inc. is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with 2019 revenues of $23.9 billion and more than 100,000 employees (excluding affiliate offices). CBRE has been included on the Fortune 500 since 2008, ranking #128 in 2020. It also has been voted the industry's top brand by the Lipsey Company for 19 consecutive years, and has been named one of Fortune's "Most Admired Companies" for eight years in a row, including being ranked number one in the real estate sector in 2020, for the second consecutive year. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CBRE."

Application Process:

Your application will be reviewed by our Talent Resourcing Team and you will be contacted if you have been successful in being short listed for the role.

No agencies please.

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