EHS Coordinator & Program Lead – Europe
Location: UK
Department: EHS
Reports to: EHS Director Europe
About the Role
We’re looking for a strategic and detail-oriented EHS Coordinator & Program Lead to drive corporate environmental, health, and safety (EHS) strategy across Europe. This high-impact role will focus on EHS KPI tracking, continuous improvement, compliance, training, and program leadership, ensuring best-in-class environmental and safety practices.
You will play a key leadership role, driving EHS initiatives in the region, and ensuring operational excellence through effective project and program management.
Key Responsibilities
Project Management & Performance Reporting
* Define, track, and monitor success metrics, ensuring clarity on key program objectives.
* Own and facilitate operating rhythms for EHS initiatives, keeping teams on task, target, and timeline.
* Ensure effective cross-functional communication, managing project schedules, budgets, and stakeholder engagement.
* Analyze and report on overall program health, providing detailed insights on KPIs and project effectiveness.
* Keep management informed of key changes, challenges, and areas where additional support is needed.
EHS Strategy & Compliance
* Support with developing, implementing, and drive EHS corporate strategy, ensuring alignment with regulatory and business objectives.
* Facilitate, lead, and measure EHS KPI’s, ensuring continual improvement across global teams.
* Ensure compliance with all relevant legislative requirements, industry best practices, and corporate environmental policies.
* Monitor regulatory compliance through regular audits, inspections, and program tracking.
Program Leadership & Continuous Improvement
* Design and facilitate organizational EHS improvements, helping teams implement change initiatives that drive safety culture.
* Identify EHS best practices, providing lessons learned and recommendations for improvement across departments.
* Develop and maintain policies & procedures on key risk control systems.
* Ensure implementation of corrective and preventive actions from audits and investigations.
Training & Stakeholder Engagement
* Support EHS training programs, ensuring strategic alignment with business needs.
* Support delivery of toolbox talks, engaging employees on key EHS topics and responsibilities.
* Serve as the primary point of contact for coordinating and managing cross-functional EHS programs and projects.
* Support management in engaging employees on health, safety, and environmental matters, fostering a safety-first culture.
Qualifications & Experience
To succeed in this role, you’ll need:
* Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Business Management, Organizational Development, etc.).
* Experience in program or project management, with a focus on EHS compliance and improvement strategies.
* Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
* Strong expertise in defining program requirements and using data and metrics to track performance and improvements.
* Proven ability to engage with regional and global teams, ensuring alignment with corporate safety objectives.
* Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities.
* Familiarity with process safety, asset integrity, audits, and inspections in hazardous industries.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office, project management software, and compliance tracking tools.
Preferred Qualifications:
* PMP certification or project management expertise in a fast-paced operational environment.
* Master’s Degree or MBA, with a focus on business operations or organizational strategy.
* Experience liaising with regulators and steering EHS regulations at a policy level.
* Health & Safety Management experience, with exposure to upper-tier COMAH regulatory standards.