SHE and Security Leader
Basque Country, Spain
- Job ID:
- R-1178844
- Date posted:
- 04/22/2026
- Job Type:
- Full time
- Job Category:
- Supply Chain
Job Details
JOB PURPOSE
The site SSHE Manager has overall responsibility for managing Personal and Process Safety, Construction Safety, Security, Health, & Environment improvement activities to achieve excellence at all levels in the site.
S/he is responsible for all Unilever employees, contractors and third-party suppliers across the sites. The SSHE Manager works across the organization to deliver SSHE technology, tools, and work processes to help site leader and management across the SHE risks and Plan to excel in SSHE performance. S/he also has responsibility for overseeing legal SSHE compliance of the site in geography.
Unilever has robust external and internal commitments for protecting people and the planet and the SSHE community facilitates progress against those targets. Success is determined by a strong SSHE culture in the site.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Sets a SSHE Implementation Plan to deliver against the European and Global SSHE Strategies
- Sets goals and plans to meet cluster and SSHE commitments.
- Manages the site SSHE team responsible to deliver results
- Maintains a strong network across the geography to manage risk of upcoming changes and builds plans into existing priorities particularly in new capital projects, new business acquisitions and divestitures
Governance to drive strong SSHE culture
- Leads the culture change process for SSHE across the site
- Designs and operates a governance process to track site performance against all SSHE targets. Works across the organization to ensure progress meets company expectations
- Leads the auditing program across the site ensuring simplification and full compliance
- Ensures global governance tools like PAR, SPR, Safety Pillar, SHENet, MOC, SIRA, Power BI and others represent the geography accurately. Maintains local governance tools as necessary.
- Oversees sites legal compliance and ensure they meet all local/national regulatory requirements and Unilever standards
- Manages change to balance risk according to proper Management of change procedure.
- Ensure appropriate controls are in place
- Ensure the Security Minimum Mandatory Requirements are in place on site
- Leads the Security Site compliance
Maintains the documented standards, policies, and practices to ensure SSHE compliance with regulatory and Unilever expectations.
- Supports global reporting with data and verbiage for internal and external company reports for SSHE technologies ensuring accuracy and brand protection. Develops local reporting and conduct trend analysis from incidents, near misses and safe behaviour observations
- Translates global standards into local language and ensures compliance
Capability Building programs
- Oversees professional SSHE skills within SSHE and across site team by determining training needs and assisting in delivery of training programs
- Maintains local expertise in specific SSHE technologies like machinery safety, mechanized material handling equipment safety (MMHE), safe driving, office safety, safe travel, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, emergency planning and response, security, process safety, water, air and waste compliance requirements and others.
Participates in Incident Management, Emergency Planning and Response
- Advises line management in all safety, security, and environmental accident/incident investigations
- Assists the Leadership Team in leading and developing the internal Incident Management committees and Central SHE committee.
- Supports site leaders in in serious incident investigation and analysis
- Leads critical root cause investigations for complex incidents
Operates within the boundaries of SSHE business expectations in cost, capital, and headcount
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree in occupational health & safety
- Minimum 5 years of experience in SHE roles and Supply Chain operations
- Strong knowledge of Spanish local regulations and compliance
- Strong expertise in process safety and construction safety
- Leadership seniority to influence senior stakeholders and people management skills
- Influencing skills and international business/cultural sensitivity
- Experience in manufacturing or FMCG environments
- Working knowledge using SSHE IT tools and how those tools integrate into other functional work processes
- Proven track record of analytical thinking and project management
- Technology experience in engineering, modelling, data analysis, manufacturing chemistries, environmental operations, environmental impact on the planet, and how those technologies across Unilever impact risk is beneficial.
- Good observation and auditing skills
- Ability to manage multiple requests and priorities simultaneously
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Background in Security
- Experience in Quality
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Travel within geography limited
- Full on-site presence is required
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
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