Head of Health & Safety - AMTP

The position can be based in any of the following countries: France, Spain, Germany, or the Czech Republic.

Key Responsibilities

Health & Safety Leadership

• Develop and implement the AMTP Europe H&S strategy aligned with Group and Division objectives.
• Foster a proactive safety culture through visible leadership, engagement, and accountability at all organizational levels.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable H&S legislation, corporate standards, Fatality Prevention Standards (FPS), and Life-Saving Golden Rules.
• Establish and monitor leading and lagging H&S KPIs and drive corrective actions where required.
• Lead investigations of serious incidents, identify root causes, and ensure effective implementation of corrective and preventive measures.
• Coordinate H&S audits, risk assessments, and management reviews across all sites.
• Promote the sharing of best practices and lessons learned across the AMTP Europe network.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure full compliance with Group H&S policies, standards, and procedures.
• Provide expert guidance to plant leadership teams on regulatory and compliance matters.
• Maintain effective relationships with regulatory authorities, auditors, customers, and external stakeholders where required.
• Support due diligence activities, acquisitions, and integration projects from an H&S perspective.

Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead, coach, and develop the H&S community across AMTP Europe.
• Build organizational capability through training, coaching, and leadership development initiatives.
• Support managers in embedding H&S leadership expectations and safe behaviors throughout the organization.
• Drive employee engagement initiatives related to safety, wellbeing, and operational excellence.

Operational Excellence

• Support operational improvement projects by incorporating H&S considerations into business decisions.
• Participate in major investment, engineering, and growth projects to ensure appropriate risk management and quality planning.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, HR, and Procurement to strengthen H&S performance.

Key Performance Indicators

• Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR)
• Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)
• Serious Incident and Near-Miss Reporting Rates
• Fatality Prevention Standards compliance
• Audit completion and closure rates
• Quality claims and customer complaint reduction
• Quality cost reduction
• Compliance and certification status
• Employee H&S engagement indicators

Required Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Management, or a related field.
• Professional Health & Safety qualification preferred.
• Quality Management certification (e.g., ISO 9001 lead auditor) is an advantage.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Health & Safety, or Operations leadership within an industrial environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-site H&S programs.
• Experience managing incident investigations, audits, risk management processes, and compliance programs.
• Experience working in an international and matrix organization.

Competencies

• Strong safety leadership and visible felt leadership.
• Strategic thinking and change management capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to drive results through collaboration and leadership without direct authority.
• High level of integrity, accountability, and commitment to continuous improvement.

The Tubular Products Europe Division of ArcelorMittal is one of the most diversified producers of pipe and tube products, servicing markets around the world from different operating locations in 6 countries. We produce and offer to the market the largest specification of pipes and tubes in different sizes, grade of material and applications. 

With its Seamless, Hot finished and Longitudinal Welded products, the company is active in the Energy, Construction, Engineering and Automotive markets. 

It employs around 2,500 employees in Europe.

ArcelorMittal Tubular products is committed to building an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and is welcoming of people of all backgrounds. We are convinced that a workforce that feels respected and empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work will lead the way on innovation and bring agility, perspectives and experiences to contribute to our success.

For us, diversity means a workforce reflective of different cultures, generations, genders, ethnic groups, sexual orientation, nationalities, abilities, social backgrounds and all the other unique differences that make each of us individuals. Inclusion is about creating a work environment where everyone has the opportunity to fully participate in creating business success and where all employees are valued and respected for their distinctive skills, experiences and perspectives.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion will guide our hiring, our workplace culture and customer service.