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.

• 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.