SHE Specialist
Location:
Reus, ES, 43206
At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Safety, Health and Environment Specialist leads site‑wide SHE programs to ensure legal compliance, reduce risks and environmental impact, and strengthen a proactive safety culture. As part of the Plant Management Team, this role plays a central role in fostering a strong safety culture and supporting sustainable operational performance. The position drives continuous improvement, manages SHE incidents, and provides expert guidance across the organization.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Designs, maintains and leads the implementation of the local safety and environmental management systems
2. Leads SHE incident management and drives management of relevant programs and actions relating to documented risks and or incident follow up
3. Conducts SHE meetings, audits and inspections to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective and preventive actions and implement follow up assessments.
4. Provides site employees, contractors and visitors with guidance on health and safety and confirms site complies with Barry Callebaut, industry, local, state/provincial and national guidelines and regulations.
5. Collaborates with management to develop and maintain an Emergency Response Plan and serves as primary contact for site SHE incident notification, investigation and case management.
6. Integrating occupational health and safety imperatives with business decision-making and risk management
7. Advising on engineering and maintenance practices to drive improvement of safe systems
8. Drive positive SHE culture, through but not limited to: embedding the 10 BC Life Saving Principles, Gemba safety talks and training, and putting Safety first demonstrated by consistent management behaviors
9. Ensure compliance is regularly audited and performance assessed and use the results to drive further improvement.
10. Responsible for monitoring and measurement of SHE KPIs and targets - SHE Scorecard
ABOUT YOU
11. Master’s degree in Science or Engineering or equivalent industrial experience
12. Qualifications required by local regulatory authorities: to add by the location
13. Project Management skills
14. Internal auditor or ISO auditor qualification a plus
15. Experience of Lean/TPM tools and ways of working a plus
16. Good working English required
17. Understand the requirements of relevant standard such as ISO 14001; ISO 45001 or OSHSAS 18001
18. Minimum 5 years’ experience in a factory-based role: Safety, Health or Environment role, Operations, Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement or Quality
19. Experience with SHE management systems and risk management
20. Experience with influencing behavioral change in a team/department