QHSE Director

Overall Purpose of the Role

The BESIX Group QHSE Director is responsible for defining, driving, and supporting the overarching Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) strategy, governance, and processes across all Business Lines of BESIX Group.

The role is primarily focused on Health & Safety, reflecting the Group’s risk profile, with a specific emphasis on Business Line Construction and Affiliates.

The role ensures that QHSE is positioned as a core business enabler, supporting operational excellence, risk management, and sustainable growth across all Business Lines, with a primary operational focus on Business Units and other Group entities.

The position reports to the COO of BESIX Construction.

 

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Governance

• Define and drive the Group-wide QHSE vision, strategy, and priorities aligned with the business objectives and ensure clear delineation between Group level & Operational level (execution, ownership within Business Units).
• Foster strong internal stakeholder alignment across Business Lines, Business Units and operational teams to drive alignment.
• Act as a dynamic and inspiring leader and promote a high-performance QHSE culture.
• Represent BESIX externally towards clients, partners, subcontractors, public authorities, regulatory and certification bodies on QHSE matters.

Organisation & Team Management

• Lead and manage the Group HQ QHSE team and provide functional guidance and coaching (dotted line) to QHSE managers in Business Line Construction and Business Line Affiliates.
• Define and manage the Group QHSE budget.
• Strengthen competencies through structured training, leadership development and knowledge sharing. 

Scope of Responsibilities

1. Health & Safety (≈50%) – BL Construction & BL Regional and Specialised Contractors

Strategy

• Define, maintain and promote Group-wide H&S programmes, key H&S processes, standards and governance.
• Establish and oversee KPI frameworks and data management and ensure compliance with international standards and regulatory changes.
• Act as Business Owner for H&S digital tools and platforms (e.g. OASIS).

Training

• Define and develop Group-level H&S training programmes in collaboration with Business and People Department.
• Ensure effective rollout via internal and/or external providers and maintain competency developments with People Department.

Operations

• Ensure robust Root Cause Analyses for all incidents requiring crisis notification and support pro-active risk identification and mitigation across projects and tenders.
• Coordination with Regional and Specialised Contractors QHSE & Management Teams.
• Ensure monthly reporting.

2. Quality (≈20%) – BL Construction & BL Regional and Specialised Contractors

Strategy

• Define and promote Group-wide Quality programmes, framework and continuous improvement. culture and support Business Units in defining core Quality processes.
• Act as Business Owner for Quality-related digital and data tools.

Operations

• Ensure Root Cause Analyses for major quality incidents and report Quality performance and crisis notifications to OPCO.
• Develop and deploy with the BU corporate Quality training programmes.

3. Environment (≈15%) – BL Construction & BL Regional and Specialised Contractors

Strategy

• Support Business Lines in defining core environmental processes.
• Act as Business Owner for environmental data and reporting tools.

Operations

• Support mitigation of serious environmental incidents or breaches.
• Coordination with Regional and Specialised Contractors QHSE & Management Teams.
• Ensure Root Cause Analyses for environmental incidents and report on environmental performance.

4. Integrated Management System (≈15%) – BL Construction

Strategy

• Define and drive the strategy for the Integrated Management System (IMS – Blue Sky / Terra) in collaboration with OPCO and project leadership.

Operations

• Support implementation of IMS across the organisation.
• Support audit processes to maintain certifications and licence to operate.
• Support trainings in coordination with the People Department

Experience & Skills

• Proven leadership experience in a QHSE or operational leadership role within construction or a related industry.
• Strong understanding of complex project environments and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to:
  • Translate strategy into pragmatic programmes.
  • Drive behavioural change and culture transformation.
  • Manage data-driven performance systems.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, safety, quality and environmental responsibility.

Personal Attributes

• Dynamic team player with a strong ability to collaborate across organisational boundaries.
• Strong focus on internal stakeholder alignment and influencing without direct authority.
• Mobility, regular travel planned and unplanned are expected.
• Agile, pragmatic, and results-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communication and representation skills (internal & external).

Languages

• Fluent in English (mandatory) + Fluent in French and Dutch

Why this role matters

This role is critical in ensuring BESIX continues to strengthen its safety culture, operational excellence, and licence to operate, while positioning QHSE as a value driver for the business and its stakeholders.

A career at BESIX is a lot more than just a job, it's about being part of our changing and innovative world. Your skills, ambition and passion will contribute to the development of our different businesses and allow us to succeed in the challenges of the coming years.

Working for the BESIX group allows you to be a part of a dynamic, creative and entrepreneurial company. It gives you a safe and collaborative working environment with ambitious and innovative goals for the world of tomorrow, but also for your career and personal development.

We are looking for different kinds of personalities, mindsets, backgrounds and genders to build the iconic and sustainable projects of tomorrow.

In line with its behavior of “Be Inclusive”, BESIX intends to accommodate for any reasonable accommodation (non-disproportionate burden), tangible or intangible, that would neutralize the limiting influence of an inappropriate environment on the participation of a person with a disability. Talk to your recruiter when applying.

Are you ready to make an impact and leave a positive legacy for years to come? If you are passionate about our purpose: “We take on today’s boldest challenges to build a lasting legacy”, come and join our caring BESIX family. Together we will co-create our future.

Working at BESIX brings a lot of great benefits including:  

• An attractive remuneration package including a salary in line with the market and a range of employee benefits such as flexible mobility advantages, extra-legal pension, medical care insurance, work-life balance program (such as teleworking, flexible work schedule, mobile working), Health Management (sport, health check-up program, …);
• Career development programs that serve not only to ensure that you are constantly learning and improving but also that give you the possibility to expand your career horizon;
• A dynamic, creative and safe working environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavors (ideas, projects, goals, ambitions);
• Possibility to work on complex projects within both a local and international environment;
• The choice to remain locally anchored for the coming years or to seek an exciting international career opportunity within the group.