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BRL-HSE-01 · HSE, Quality & Security
Chief HSE & Quality Officer
Corporate Pune + project travel · Hybrid 18–25 years · Leadership Board track
Lead health, safety, environment and quality across every BARREL project, plant and office. You set the standard that everyone goes home safe and every asset is built right, and you report directly to the CEO and the Board on whether we meet it.
Scope of work
- Set the HSE and quality policy, management system and annual improvement plan for the company.
- Build and lead the corporate, regional and site HSE and quality teams.
- Establish life-saving rules, permit-to-work, incident reporting and investigation standards.
- Lead investigations of serious incidents and make sure corrective actions are closed.
- Run HSE and quality audits of projects, plants and contractors.
- Set contractor HSE prequalification and performance requirements.
- Oversee environmental and social compliance, including lender requirements.
- Lead certification and surveillance audits for the integrated management system.
- Run HSE and quality reporting through BARREL OS with leading and lagging indicators.
- Report HSE and quality performance to the CEO, the Board and investors.
Technical description
- Integrated management system to ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001.
- Indian law: Factories Act 1948, BOCW Act 1996, the OSH Code 2020 and the rules notified under it.
- Electrical safety under the CEA Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply Regulations 2023 and the Electricity Act 2003.
- Environmental compliance: consent from state pollution control boards, Hazardous and Other Wastes Rules 2016, E-Waste Rules 2022 and Battery Waste Management Rules 2022.
- Lender requirements under the IFC Performance Standards and the Equator Principles.
- Incident investigation methods such as ICAM, root cause analysis and bow-tie risk analysis.
- Hazard studies for BESS and hydrogen projects including HAZID, HAZOP and fire risk assessment.
Commercial description
- Own the corporate HSE and quality budget.
- Reduce the cost of incidents, rework and quality failures across the portfolio.
- Protect BARREL from stop-work orders, penalties and lender covenant breaches.
- Set HSE KPIs such as LTIFR, TRIR and near-miss reporting rates and link them to incentives.
- Work with insurers and lenders on risk surveys and audits.
Skills required
- Leading HSE and quality at corporate level in power or heavy infrastructure.
- Management system design and certification.
- Indian HSE and environmental law.
- Serious incident investigation.
- Contractor HSE management.
- Environmental and social due diligence for lenders.
- Safety culture and behaviour change programmes.
- Board-level reporting.
- Coaching line leaders on safety leadership.
Talent we look for
- You have the courage to stop work at any level of the company.
- You win people over rather than police them.
- You lead with care for workers, including contract workers.
- You make safety simple and practical for site crews.
- You stay independent and honest in reporting to the Board.
Qualifications
- B.E./B.Tech in any engineering discipline, with a recognised Diploma in Industrial Safety or equivalent.
- Eighteen or more years in HSE, with at least seven leading HSE for a large power, oil and gas or infrastructure company.
- NEBOSH International Diploma or an equivalent advanced qualification.
- ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 lead auditor certification.
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