As HESS Director Europe, you will serve as the strategic HESS partner for Nammo's European operations. Working closely with sites, business units and Corporate functions, you will turn Group ambitions into practical improvements by driving HESS performance, ensuring consistent implementation of Group standards, and supporting compliance and continuous improvement across the region.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure adherence to Nammo’s HESS Policy within the European area of responsibility.

• Follow up, support and develop HESS performance across European sites, legal entities and business units.

• Collaborate with business units to support HESS targets and continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with legal entities to ensure HESS compliance.

• Coordinate HESS data gathering, validation and reporting between the European organization and Corporate.

• Support sites and legal entities in establishing and improving integrated HESS management systems, aligned with recognized standards such as ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 22301.

• Support relevant sites in meeting DCMA and customer-specific HESS requirements.

• Follow up actions from corporate internal audits and risk surveys in collaboration with site HESS personnel.

• Build strong relationships and collaborate closely with Corporate functions, Business Units, site HESS teams and other key stakeholders to drive consistent HESS performance across Europe.

Who you are

You are an influential and collaborative professional who enjoys working across functions, countries and organizational levels. You build trust through clear communication and strong stakeholder management, and you are comfortable driving change and achieving results in a matrix organization. You combine a proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a structured and quality-focused approach, and have the resilience and persistence to drive long-term initiatives in a complex, international organization. You balance strategic priorities with operational support while contributing to a strong HESS culture across the Group.

You share our core values of Dedication, Precision and Care and contribute to strengthening the One Nammo culture through collaboration, integrity and a commitment to excellence.

Location and travel
The role involves extensive travel across Nammo's European operations (approximately 100+ travel days per year), with occasional travel to the US. For practical reasons, we expect you to be based within convenient travelling distance of both an international airport and a Nammo site.

Security Clearance
Please note that this position requires you to be eligible for a Norwegian/NATO security clearance and to provide a valid police certificate.

Why Nammo?
Nammo is a technology-driven company with operations in multiple countries and strong industrial roots. We work on meaningful challenges in defense and aerospace, and we’re growing. This role offers the chance to contribute to important transformation work at Group level, while working in a small, committed team that has real impact. You will learn a lot, get broad exposure, and help define how we work across the company.

Do you want to know more?

To ensure a fair and thorough selection process, we are collaborating with The Assessment Company, a professional partner specializing in recruitment and assessment. Feel free to contact one of our advisors in The Assessment Company if you have any questions regarding this position or the process:

Katrine Prebensen Tindeland: +47 480 26 486 / katrine.tindeland@theac.no

Oskar Øby: +47 908 90 268/oskar@theac.no

We are currently recruiting for two other HESS Director positions at Nammo:

HESS Director – Environmental Management

HESS Director – Security & Business Continuity

The roles have overlapping responsibilities but different focus areas. Please indicate in your application whether you are applying for one or several of the positions.