At Yokogawa, we believe a sustainable future starts with smarter, safer operations. From industrial automation to AI and cybersecurity, we're building technologies that make a difference — and we're looking for people who want to make one too.
Lead the European QHSE function across 18 countries, with a team of more than 20 professionals. You own the regional integrated management system covering ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO/IEC 27001, and connect quality, health and safety, environment and information security to how the business actually runs.
Develop and lead the European QHSE strategy. Translate Group requirements and business priorities into objectives, annual plans and measurable improvements, agree them with European and country leadership and secure the resources to deliver.
Directly manage more than 20 QHSE professionals across Europe. Set responsibilities and performance expectations, coach, build specialist capability and plan succession. Manage the regional budget and resources, balancing consistent standards with local needs.
Lead the development and continual improvement of the integrated management system across all four standards. Maintain certification within the agreed scope, with common processes, clear ownership and effective management reviews across the region.
Work with sales, engineering, procurement, project delivery and service to improve process performance and the quality of products and services. Lead the response to significant customer complaints and recurring nonconformities, reduce the cost of poor quality and verify that corrective actions prevent recurrence.
Lead regional programmes to prevent injury and ill health, control operational risk and improve environmental performance across offices, customer sites and projects. Make employee participation and accountable leadership the norm.
Own the integration of information security into the management system, working with IT, information security specialists and process owners. Risks, responsibilities, supplier controls, awareness and corrective actions are managed consistently; technical controls stay with the specialists.
Set the regional audit strategy and run a risk-based internal audit programme across all four disciplines. Maintain oversight of applicable obligations with local management and subject-matter experts. Escalate significant gaps, verify corrective-action effectiveness and prepare the region for certification and customer audits. Lead or oversee investigations into serious safety and environmental incidents, significant quality failures and management-system nonconformities, and coordinate information security investigations with the responsible specialists. Establish a consistent root-cause approach that turns lessons into changes across the region.
Act as the senior regional adviser on QHSE. Challenge decisions where risks are unacceptable, recommend practical solutions and escalate what needs executive action. Represent Yokogawa with customers, regulators and certification bodies.
Own regional objectives, KPIs and reporting across the integrated management system. Give European leadership a clear view of performance, emerging risks and overdue commitments. Lead management reviews that result in decisions, accountable owners and follow-through.
Embed QHSE and information security requirements into bids, contracts, supplier selection, projects and organisational change. Support sustainability reporting with reliable environmental and safety data, and prepare the region for changes in legislation and standards.
Why Yokogawa?
We're not just engineering smarter systems — we're enabling a better planet. With over 18,000 employees across 60+ countries, we bring deep expertise and a shared purpose to everything we do. Whether it's supporting the energy transition, advancing biotech or protecting critical infrastructure, your work here will matter.
We're also proud to be recognized for Best Asset Monitoring and Best Digital Twin Technology, and even prouder of the diverse, inclusive culture behind that success.
Yokogawa, award winner for ‘Best Asset Monitoring Technology’ and ‘Best Digital Twin Technology’ at the HP Awards, is a leading provider of industrial automation, test and measurement, information systems and industrial services in several industries.
Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition, (bio)technology, artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.
Our 18,000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission, to "co-innovate tomorrow". We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our planet. In return, we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect, value creation, collaboration, integrity, and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.
Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. We will actively recruit, develop, and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience, knowledge, thinking styles, perspective, cultural background, and socioeconomic status. We will not discriminate based on race, skin color, age, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, belief, political opinion, nationality, ethnicity, place of origin, disability, family relations or any other circumstances. Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong, contribute, succeed, and demonstrate their full potential.
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Yokogawa provides advanced solutions in the areas of measurement, control, and information to customers across a broad range of industries, including energy, chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, and food. Yokogawa addresses customer issues regarding the optimization of production, assets, and the supply chain with the effective application of digital technologies, enabling the transition to autonomous operations.
Founded in Tokyo in 1915, Yokogawa continues to work toward a sustainable society through its 17,000+ employees in a global network of 126 companies spanning 60 countries.
