Global HSE Manager - Operational Safety

About the role

Kongsberg Maritime is seeking a Global HSE Manager - Operational Safety to help shape the maritime future. This role is responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving the company's global approach to operational safety, with a focus on preventing serious injuries and fatalities, strengthening operational risk management, and ensuring effective implementation of operational control requirements across divisions, business units, and sites.

The position supports the Global Director HSE in strengthening Kongsberg Maritime's operational safety performance, ensuring consistent expectations for high-risk activities, incidents, investigations, learning, and corrective actions. The role also enables the organisation to manage operational safety risks through clear requirements, practical guidance, and effective follow-up.

What you will be doing

• Risk Management: Own the HSE Risk Management process, maintain the Global HSE Risk Register, and facilitate risk reviews and assurance activities.
• Operational Control: Own the operational control process and coordinate the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of global HSE operational controls.
• Learning and Improvement: Own the global lessons learned and HSE Subject Matter Expert frameworks and facilitate HSE forums and meetings to strengthen knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Safety Culture: Drive Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) initiatives to strengthen Kongsberg Maritime's safety culture.
• Systems and Tools: Act as system owner, where assigned, for HSE tools and applications, including governance, development, supplier management, budgets, and improvement roadmaps.
• HSE Assurance and Support: Conduct audits and inspections, lead or support incident investigations, provide subject matter expertise, and deliver HSE training, advice, and professional support.

What we think you should have

• A bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Solid experience with HSE risk management, operational controls, and high-risk work activities.
• Experience with incident reporting, serious incident investigations, corrective actions, and sharing of lessons learned.
• Good knowledge of ISO 45001 and practical application of HSE management system requirements. Knowledge of ISO 14001 is an advantage.
• Good business understanding and ability to translate operational safety requirements into practical and effective ways of working.
• Experience from an operational HSE role is an advantage.

Why join us

• An exciting and important position working for the world-leading supplier of maritime solutions.
• Be part of a diverse team spread across several countries, embracing collaboration and cultural diversity.
• We offer flexible working hours.
• We offer hybrid working arrangements.

Kongsberg Maritime's strength lies in unity. Diverse minds, developing technologies for sustainable oceans, drive innovation worldwide.

Where you will be working: Any KM location in Norway, Sweden, Finland, UK, or Poland. Other global locations may be considered for strong internal candidates, though Europe is preferred due to time zones.

If you are interested in knowing more, contact Magnus Soon Arnhus, Global Director HSE, at +47 408 85 376.