Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, quality, or related field.
  
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Engineering, Security Management, or related field.
  
• 12+ years of progressive EHSS experience in industrial manufacturing.
  
• Multi-country management experience required.
  
• Professional certifications preferred (NEBOSH, ISO Lead Auditor, CSP, CPP for security, etc.).
  
• Strong experience in heavy industrial environments.
  
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
  
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
  
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
  
• Regulatory expertise and compliance orientation.
  
• Strong crisis management capability.
  
• Security risk assessment proficiency.
  
• Data-driven, dynamic, and agile mindset.
  
• Cross-cultural leadership.
  
• High integrity and discretion.
  

Global EHSS Strategy & Governance

• Develop and deploy a unified global EHSS strategy aligned with BURN’s objectives.
  
• Establish standardized EHSS policies, SOPs, procedures, and reporting frameworks across all countries.
  
• Ensure compliance with ISO standards, local regulatory standards, and relevant environmental, safety, and security best practices.
  
• Act as the corporate authority on environmental, occupational health, safety, and security matters.
  

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with global and local occupational safety, environmental, and industrial regulations across all sites.
  
• Lead global risk assessments for high-risk operations including.
  
• Oversee environmental permits, waste management, emissions monitoring, and hazardous material compliance.
  
• Develop fleet safety standards, including driver training and accident investigation.
  

Safety Culture & Behavioral Leadership

• Drive a zero-harm culture globally.
  
• Develop behavioral safety programs and accountability frameworks.
  
• Standardize safety training, induction programs, and toolbox talks across all sites.
  
• Promote proactive hazard reporting and near-miss tracking.
  

Incident Management & Investigation

• Establish global standards for incident reporting and escalation.
  
• Lead investigations into serious incidents and high-potential events.
  
• Ensure structured root-cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
  
• Develop and monitor related KPIs.
  

Global Security Management

• The Global Head of EHSS is responsible for establishing and overseeing a comprehensive global security framework to safeguard people, assets, facilities, and supply chains.
  
• Develop and standardize physical security, perimeter protection, CCTV systems, access control systems, visitor management, and guard force management policies across all sites.
  
• Implement controls to prevent theft, and asset loss.
  
• Oversee investigation and lead response of internal and external security incidents.
  
• Develop warehouses dispatch and receiving security protocols.
  
• Implement container sealing, yard control, and logistics risk mitigation processes in collaboration with the respective departments.
  
• Monitor high-risk transport routes, regions, and events, and provide Security Assessment.
  
• Conduct country-specific security risk assessments, and security audits.
  
• Establish site emergency response coordination (fire, unrest, natural disasters, security breaches).
  
• Assess, onboard, audit, and oversee security service providers across all regions.
  
• Standardize guard training requirements and SLAs.
  

Emergency Preparedness & Crisis Management

• Ensure drills are conducted regularly.
  
• Coordinate corporate response to critical incidents.
  

Leadership & Global Team Management

• Lead regional EHSS managers and security leads.
  
• Drive alignment between Operations, HR, Facilities, and Risk teams.
  
• Provide executive-level EHSS reporting to leadership and board.