Director QHSE Rotterdam • &deBlauw

As the QHSE Director, you lead the QHSE department with responsibility for ensuring quality and safety across the organisation. The focus in this role is on quality (assurance) and optimising activities, while managing the increasing complexity of projects now and in the future. Safety is a core value, deeply embedded in the organisation. By leading the 'Say YES to Safety' and 'High 5 for Quality' programmes you will create a culture where safety and quality are fundamental values that shape every decision and action within Van Oord. 

The QHSE Department is dedicated to ensuring compliance with industry standards and fostering a culture of safety and quality. Van Oord desires to be best in class when it comes to QHSE. You lead and enhance the QHSE processes at Van Oord, ensuring alignment with our business goals and project objectives. Your primary focus is to maintain and improve the Van Oord, HSE Quality and Document management processes, securing the company's license to operate. This role reports directly to the CEO and involves managing a global team of approximately 180 professionals, with six direct reports. Key challenges include developing and deploying QHSE policies, in particular process quality, managing budgets, supporting business and project teams, and ensuring continual improvement in all QHSE activities. 

Van Oord is a Dutch family-owned company with over 150 years of experience as an international marine contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects (oil, gas and wind). They are an innovative partner for their clients and, for over one hundred years, have been helping to create the infrastructure for the world of tomorrow. They value open communication with clients and stakeholders. The company culture is one of entrepreneurship and engaged employees. The company thinks and acts with responsibility and focus on the long term.

The growing world population needs more space and the demand for energy is rising constantly. Increasing world trade requires more and better port facilities and climate change is threatening coastal areas. Van Oord provides innovative solutions for these worldwide maritime challenges, both now and in the future. The Van Oord team achieves their business goals by having defined four values; we create, we care, we work together, we succeed.