HSE Manager

IMI Bopp & Reuther IMI Bopp & Reuther Valves GmbH is a traditional industrial company from Mannheim, founded in 1872, and part of the international IMI Group. At the Mannheim site, the company employs around 190 people in technical, engineering, commercial, and administrative areas. IMI Bopp & Reuther develops, manufactures, and services safety and control valves for safety-critical industrial and power plant applications worldwide and has a high export quota as well as extensive engineering and service expertise. As a provider of safety-critical technology, we are undergoing an active transformation process and place great value on qualification, skills development, and securing skilled personnel. Targeted investments in training and further education, internal qualification programs, and the advancement of competencies in the course of digitalization and technological change are central future topics. Strongly rooted in the region, IMI Bopp & Reuther sees itself as an important industrial employer and innovation partner.

Role Overview We are looking for an experienced and proactive HSE Manager to lead health, safety and environmental performance at our Mannheim site within Process Automation. In this role, you will translate sector and regional HSE priorities into practical site-level action, ensuring legal compliance, reducing risk and helping to build a strong, sustainable safety culture. You will act as the site’s HSE subject matter expert and trusted advisor to the Managing Director, site leadership team, supervisors and employees, while working closely with the Sector HSE Director to embed sector standards, governance expectations and improvement priorities at site level.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate sector, regional and group HSE priorities into clear site-level improvement plans with defined actions, owners and timescales, ensuring alignment with both sector strategy and local operational needs.
• Advise and support the Managing Director and site leadership team on HSE strategy, legal compliance, risk management and performance improvement, while remaining closely aligned with the direction of the Sector HSE Director.
• Maintain a clear and current view of site HSE performance, proactively escalating significant risks, resource gaps, persistent non-conformance or stalled actions to site leadership and the relevant sector and regional HSE leadership without delay.
• Lead the delivery and follow-through of site HSE improvement actions, with a strong focus on sustainable outcomes rather than process completion alone.
• Implement and maintain site HSE procedures, standards and controls in line with the IMI HSE Framework, sector requirements and applicable German legislation.
• Lead and support robust risk assessments, workplace inspections, audits and assurance activities to identify gaps, verify control effectiveness and drive timely corrective action.
• Lead or support accident, incident and near-miss investigations, identify root causes, challenge superficial conclusions where needed, and ensure corrective and preventative actions are effectively implemented and closed.
• Prepare, monitor and report site HSE performance measures, trends and outcomes on time and to the required standard, providing accurate and decision-ready information for site leadership, the Sector HSE Director and the wider HSE function.
• Support sector governance processes by contributing to regular performance reviews, action tracking, site updates and standard reporting requirements.
• Act as the main point of contact for HSE matters on site, both internally and externally, including with regulatory authorities, customers, contractors and auditors where required.
• Lead contractor and subcontractor HSE management, including qualification, onboarding, monitoring and oversight of compliance with site, sector and customer requirements.
• Ensure all mandatory HSE training, inductions and competence req