About the Position

Hoganas India is looking for someone to lead the Safety culture of Höganäs India ,based out of Ahmednagar. To lead and manage the organization’s safety, health and environmental ( program by preventing incidents, ensuring legal and standards compliance, and embedding a proactive safety culture. The role provides strategic direction, operational oversight and expert advice to leadership and sites, drives implementation of group standards and continuous improvement, and ensures workforce competence and readiness to deliver safe, sustainable operations

About the position

This position has overall responsibility for Environment, Health & Safety for Höganäs India, reporting to the Market President. The role will drive cultural change in Safety Leadership, implement safe systems of work, and ensure ongoing compliance with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 and Höganäs groups standards

Permit to work is just one of our systems that need to be implemented, and the position will oversee all the standard implementations.

In addition the role will have responsibilities and knowledge in areas like:

• Risk assessment & safety management systems (hazard ID, bow-tie, HAZOP)
• Incident investigation & root cause analysis (e.g., TapRoot, 5 whys, RCA tools)
• Permit-to-work, lockout/tagout and hazardous energy control
• Working at height / fall protection and confined space entry procedures
• Manual handling and ergonomics for workplace design
• Fire safety and emergency response planning (including sprinkler/alarm systems)
• Industrial hygiene basics (air monitoring, noise, chemical exposure)
• COSHH / hazardous materials handling and spill response
• Machine safety & guarding, PPE selection and machine risk reduction
• Contractor management and safe systems for outsourced work
• Behavioural safety and safety leadership / coaching skills
• Mental health awareness and wellbeing at work
• Data analysis & safety performance metrics (TRIFR, leading indicators, MIA use)
• Legal compliance and local regulatory training (country-specific)
• Communication, negotiation and change-management skills
• First aid / advanced first aid and AED training

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Your profile

You should be someone with a Graduation with an advance diploma/qualification/certification in Industrial Safety from a reputed Institution. Someone with NEBOSH Diploma or national equivalent (advanced occupational safety) would be a strong advantage. Should have excellent communication skills, influencing skills, ability to work independently without much supervision. Though the position is based out of the Ahmednagar plant, the person would have to travel to Pune office for atleast 3-4 days a month. You should be having an experience of minimum of 8 years of experience.

Some other requirements are:

• Advise and support leadership teams on all aspects of  Environment ,Health & Safety(EHS), prioritizing implementation of group initiatives and driving site-level actions to deliver continuous EHS improvement aligned with the Höganäs goal of zero accidents and incidents.
• Develop, coordinate and roll out Höganäs group EHS strategies that align with the corporate strategy, ensuring holistic coverage of environmental sustainability, workplace conditions, management systems and safety-critical behaviours.
• Ensure compliance with company EHS principles, policies and ISO requirements, and with applicable local legislation. Act as a visible champion for regulatory and policy adherence.
• Create and implement practical tools and initiatives to raise SHE awareness and capability, monitor and analyse EHS performance, and communicate insights to inform better decision‑making. Share lessons learned and best practices across the Höganäs group and actively contribute to Zone and Global initiatives.

Advise and support Country management to build their ownership and capability to integrate SHE into business planning and to drive measurable improve

Benefits

Höganäs offers a diverse culture with top class benefits. You will be working in an organisation with very high employee engagement scores and culture of Sustainability. Hoganas India has been rewarded as a Great Place to Work by the Great Place to Work Institute consistently.

Working at Höganäs

We aim to offer a great and meaningful place to work where you can fulfil your potential and ambitions. We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity. We have a clear management philosophy, and just like us you believe that through collaboration and openness we develop as individuals and as a company. We see all employees, regardless of position, as leaders when we approach the challenges that the world - and we - face. Höganäs ambition is to lead the transformation to better meet the needs of tomorrow and become the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powder on a global scale – join us in our journey of sustainable change and towards net-zero climate emissions.

More about Höganäs

Höganäs is the world leader in the market for metal powders, with a yearly capacity of 500,000 tons. Höganäs’ vision is to inspire the industry to make more with less, and its ambition is to be the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powders. In close cooperation with customers, Höganäs develops tomorrow's solutions for automotive components, electrical motors, brazing, surface coating, and additive manufacturing. Höganäs operates 16 production centres across the globe and has a workforce of 2,400 employees. Höganäs, which was founded in 1797, is owned by Lindéngruppen and Wallenberg-owned FAM.

Interested?

You would need to apply through the link mentioned.

Working at Höganäs

We aim to offer a great and meaningful place to work where you can fulfill your potential and ambitions. We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity. We have a clear management philosophy, and just like us you believe that through collaboration and openness we develop as individuals and as a company. We see all employees, regardless of position, as leaders when we approach the challenges that the world - and we - face. Höganäs ambition is to lead the transformation to better meet the needs of tomorrow and become the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powder on a global scale – join us in our journey of sustainable change and towards net-zero climate emissions.

More about Höganäs

Höganäs is the world leader in the market for metal powders, with a yearly capacity of 500,000 tons. Höganäs vision is to inspire the industry to make more with less, and its ambition is to be the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powders. In close cooperation with customers, Höganäs develops tomorrow's solutions for automotive components, electrical motors, brazing, surface coating, and additive manufacturing. Höganäs operates 17 production centres across the globe and has a workforce of 2,400 employees. The turnover for 2024 was €1.034 biljons. Höganäs, which was founded in 1797, is owned by Lindéngruppen and Wallenberg owned FAM.

Interested? Apply today!