Health and Safety Manager

Globeleq
Globeleq

People & HR

South Africa

Posted on Aug 18, 2026
Globeleq is a leading developer, owner, and operator of electricity generation in Africa, delivering tailored energy solutions and supporting the region’s energy transition. Since 2002, Globeleq has built a diverse portfolio of independent power plants, currently generating 1,660 MW across 18 power plants, in seven countries, with 665 MW under construction and more than 2,000 MW in development. Globeleq is owned by British International Investment and Norfund, the UK and Norwegian development finance institutions. More details: www.globeleq.com

To support the Health & Safety function in the company’s growth across Africa, Globeleq is now seeking to recruit a Health & Safety Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing and supportive team and is now implementing transformational projects across the African continent.

The corporate role provides practical, site-focused H&S support to strengthen processes relating to legal compliance, risk management and operational health and safety performance across the business.

Working closely with internal stakeholders and site-based teams, the role will help embed and strengthen group Health & Safety (H&S) requirements and standards, improve effectiveness of risk mitigation and management processes, incident learning and drive timely close-out of corrective and preventative actions.

The position acts as a key link between corporate HSESS strategy and the country/ site-level delivery, contributing to a proactive H&S culture and improved H&S outcomes across Globeleq.

This role is open to qualified applicants with the right to live and work in Cape Town, Lusaka, Maputo or Nairobi (with regular travel to operational assets and construction sites across Southern Africa).