Head of Competence and Operational & Safety Excellence
Reference ID:
9040
Function
As Head of Competence and Operational & Safety Excellence, you have a crucial transversal role within Elia Group's Assets Department. You are responsible for building operational excellence and ensuring that initiatives are effectively embedded and improved within the organization. You will do this through continuous interaction with competencies, safety and quality.
Responsibilities:
- Transversal role: you will function as a coordinating and connecting link between various Assets O&SE managers to promote harmonization across the country.
- Pursuit of Operational Excellence: You will be responsible for the development and implementation of continuous Improvement, operational dialogue, ... within the Assets Department.
- Objectives - KPIs: You will manage the system of KPIs, targets and objectives within Assets and align the different teams with the direction given by the Assets Team.
- Support transformation and anchor initiatives: You will support transformation processes, analyse the impact of ongoing transformation projects and provide feedback to the portfolio manager. You will ensure integration of initiatives with a focus on competencies, safety and quality.
- Harmonization, audit and coaching: You will set up audit and coaching plans to guide technicians through change processes and identify work points while striving for uniformity and collaboration across teams within the organization.
- Managing the OCE roadmap: You will manage the Operational Center of Excellence (OCE) roadmap and ensure effective execution, reporting and implementation.
- Safety: You will concretize operational safety within “OCE” and form the interface between Health & Safety and the business (Assets).
- Quality: You will develop a strategy and apply it to the implementation and monitoring of a Quality Management System (document management, processes, etc.) within Assets.
- Competences: You will be skilled in identifying and determining short- and long-term development and competence priorities for the Assets department based on current activities and future evolutions, in collaboration with Elia Academy and other stakeholders.
- Team management: You will manage a diverse team of 8 people, including a quality manager, safety manager, competence manager, a program manager and the matrix organisation of the operational and safety excellence team.
Your Profile
- You have a degree in civil or industrial engineering or equivalent through experience.
- You have at least 5 years of experience in a similar position.
- You have experience in and a keen interest in human resources management: you know how to manage, motivate and evolve a team to achieve common and individual objectives.
- You are a Safety Leader and convey this to others.
- You are a team player, easily establish contacts, build a network and are able to convince.
- You have proven experience in project and change management.
- You have proven experience and theoretical baggage in Continuous Improvement.
- You are bilingual and have a very good knowledge of English.
- You have excellent stakeholder management skills.
Offer
- Salary: a competitive salary package, allowance for representation expenses, year-end bonus, double vacation pay, meal vouchers (€8 per working day), eco-vouchers, sport & culture vouchers, bonuses based on individual and group results.
- Insurance: group insurance, hospitalisation insurance, ambulant care insurance for the whole family and also personal accident insurance.
- Vacation: You will be entitled to 20 vacation days and 5 additional vacation days, 6 local days, 4 exempt days (after 1 year of employment) and up to 5 long-service days (1 day for every 3 years in employment).
- Social fund: Sinterklaas and year-end vouchers, birth and marriage allowance. We will also cover part of the cost of glasses, a dental prosthesis or similar needs.
- Communication: you will be given an iPhone, a phone subscription (for work and private use) and a laptop with internet reimbursement.
- Private PC plan: once every 3 years, a budget will be made available to you for a PC/tablet with software & peripherals for personal use.
- Discounts: you will enjoy a 30% discount on your gas and electricity bill.
- Mobility: we will offer you a company car and public transport or a mobility budget.
- Elia shares: Elia will give you the opportunity to subscribe to shares with a discount of 16.66% on the average share price.
Location
Avenue de Vilvorde 126 - 1000 Brussels
