[Hiring] HSE Operational Lead @Syngenta Group

Role Description

To support our ambition of building the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture, Syngenta Seeds is looking for a Europe Seeds Field Crops HSE Operational Lead – SD & P&S. Reporting to the Head of Seeds Field Crops HSE – SD & P&S, you will drive HSE Excellence and Performance across the Europe Seeds Field Crops organisation, supporting both Seeds Development and Production & Supply.

You will lead and develop a regional team of up to eight HSE Coordinators. Your objective will be to establish harmonised and practical HSE processes and standards, strengthen the HSE culture, and enable risk-based decision-making through reliable performance intelligence and digital solutions.

Working closely with Site HSE Leads, regional HSE, Seeds Development and Production & Supply leadership, you will ensure that HSE priorities are aligned and that the regional HSE strategy is effectively implemented.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead, coach and develop the regional HSE Coordinator team, including objective setting, capability development, mentoring, performance management and succession planning.
• Establish and maintain a practical regional HSE management-system framework, including common procedures, minimum standards, templates, visual management and assurance routines.
• Coordinate audits of HSE management systems across sites and satellite locations.
• Lead the regional HSE culture-improvement roadmap, using audit findings, incident learning, workforce feedback and maturity assessments to prioritise interventions.
• Own the HSE performance-management system, including KPI definitions, data quality, dashboard governance, insight generation and regular performance reviews.
• Identify and implement digital solutions that improve reporting quality, visibility, compliance, risk control and frontline usability.
• Facilitate cross-site learning and replication of good practices, ensuring incidents, audit findings and improvement actions lead to sustainable change.
• Partner with relevant stakeholders to align priorities, remove barriers and implement the HSE strategy.
• Support initiatives that reduce the environmental footprint of sites and embed sustainable practices.
• Lead regional change and continuous-improvement projects, monitoring adoption, effectiveness and benefits after implementation.

Qualifications

• Recognised HSE qualification, such as a NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent.
• More than five years of practical HSE experience, ideally in Seeds, agriculture, manufacturing or another operational environment.
• Demonstrated experience in leading teams and working independently within a complex matrix organisation.
• Sound knowledge of relevant statutory provisions, legislative requirements and corporate HSE standards.
• Strong leadership, influencing and stakeholder-management skills across functions, cultures and geographies.
• Structured, analytical and continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to turn performance data into risk-based actions.
• Experience partnering with site teams to deliver projects and embed change.
• Ability to identify operational needs and translate them into practical, user-centred digital solutions.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.

Requirements

• Experience within the Seeds industry or a comparable agricultural environment.
• Fluency in French.
• Experience in environmental sustainability initiatives at site or regional level.

Benefits

• The role can be performed remotely within Europe; proximity to a Syngenta site is preferred.
• Occasional travel across Europe Seeds sites is expected, approximately four to five trips per year.