Professional career

Sixteen years in HSE,
from transition to leadership.

Transition management, multi-site QHSE leadership and project management: assignments on ICPE (French regulated industrial installations) and SEVESO (EU major-accident hazard) sites, working alongside teams, installations and authorities.

  • 16 yearsof QHSE experience on ICPE and SEVESO sites
  • 8 groupsand reference firms
  • 4,500+employees on the largest site (Sanofi)
  • > €5 Mphytopurification project monitored (Yara)
  • 15+members of the IFECARM GROUP executive committee (CODIR)

16 years of industrial experience

Real responsibilities.
Concrete
contexts.

From transition assignments to multi-site QHSE leadership roles, experience built alongside teams, installations and authorities.

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Assignments carried out in parallel with running IFECARM GROUP. Transition-management references: Arthur Hunt Transition and IMT Partners.

Since June 2026IndustrySaunier Duval · Vaillant GroupHSE & Medical Service Manager

Independent transition assignment, planned until December 2026. Nantes site, an ICPE site with over 700 employees.

≈ 10employees under direct line management,
HSE and occupational health teams; coaching of the HSE manager
  • Full audit of the HSE management system, transformation master plan for the department and multi-year roadmap; HSE strategy aligned with the group’s industrial, social and environmental objectives.
  • Transformation of the Quality management system into an integrated QHSE system compliant with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001; management of internal and external audits.
  • Leadership of a multidisciplinary HSE team and management of the medical service (2 nurses): job retention, management of fitness-for-work restrictions, governance through performance indicators and management reviews, coaching and change management.
  • Management of the prevention programme to durably reduce accident rates and strengthen the safety culture across the whole site; behavioural audits, proactive control of risks (ATEX, LOTO, machinery, chemical risk, co-activity).
  • ICPE and environmental-law compliance: hazard studies, lightning protection, soils and remediation, fire-defence plan; representing management before administrative authorities and control bodies (DREAL regional environment authority, CSSCT health, safety and working-conditions committee, emergency services, certification bodies).
  • Overhaul of HSE tools (DUERP risk assessment, environmental analysis, ICPE regulatory compliance, prevention plan, DRPCE explosion-risk document, waste); HSE requirements and technical specifications (CCTP) built into projects; sustainable development and CSR.

How an assignment unfolds

March 2024 — February 2026EnergyYara EuropeHead of Environment & Industrial Risk

Transition management / Arthur Hunt Transition. Montoir-de-Bretagne: upper-tier SEVESO ICPE site, over 350 employees.

> €5 Mphytopurification project monitored
as part of the assignment
  • Transition management of the Environment & Industrial Risk department and IPRP (occupational-risk prevention practitioner) support on process, operational and fire matters.
  • Management of regulatory studies and files: DRPCE, HAZOP, hazard studies (EDD), DUERP, PAC (notifications to the authorities), DDAE (permit applications) and financial guarantees.
  • Support and follow-up of industrial projects; support for the cessation and transformation of ICPE activities, PAC, notifications and liaison with authorities.
  • Monitoring of compliance with prefectoral orders and formal notices, MMR (risk-control measures), emergency plans and DREAL declarations.
  • Environmental monitoring and reporting: PFAS analyses, EU ETS and PMS, with follow-up of related obligations.
  • Follow-up of network and fire control system remediation, and of the phytopurification project exceeding €5 M.

How an assignment unfolds

June 2022 — January 2024PharmaceuticalsSanofiSenior Consultant · QHSE Project Manager

Independent (freelance) assignment in Val-de-Reuil, with team management. ICPE site subject to authorisation (IED), over 4,500 employees.

  • Management of the ICPE 1510 remediation plan, hazard studies, PAC and D9/D9A calculations.
  • ATEX/ICPE lead, Flumilog smoke modelling and fire vulnerability study.
  • IED review and BREF/BAT, follow-up of prefectoral orders and facilitation of QHSE reviews.
  • Creation of life sheets for instrumented risk-control measures (MMRI), consolidation of the on-site emergency plan (POI), business continuity plan and financial guarantees.
  • Crisis-management preparation, evacuation and shelter-in-place strategies, and remediation project for the fire control system.
Since May 2022ConsultingIFECARM GROUP SARLFounder & CEO

International consulting firm in QHSEE risk management (quality, hygiene, safety, security, energy, environment), operating in Africa and Europe; headquartered in France.

15+executive committee members (CODIR)
9 sectors supported
  • Leadership of the group and of a multidisciplinary team of over 15 members: Africa general management, strategy, engineering and training, human capital, communication, QHSE projects, CSR and energy.
  • Support for 9 sectors: construction and infrastructure, food industry, oil & gas, healthcare, mining and quarrying, tourism and services, environment and waste, energy, chemicals and industry.
  • Engineering in safety management and training; industrial performance strategy.
  • Technical studies: preliminary, feasibility or industrial pre-project studies; technical design, drawings, diagrams and digital models; project management.
  • Assessment of costs, risks and environmental and energy performance; regulatory compliance: standards, frameworks and guidelines.
  • Innovation consulting (AI and QHSE software), safety, quality and maintenance; operational safety and outsourcing of a QHSE department or service.
May 2019 — June 2022EnergyBolloré Energy · SFDMChief Regional QHSE Engineer · Industrial Risk

Société Française Donges-Metz. Upper-tier SEVESO ICPE sites; coordination and management of multi-site QHSE teams, across a scope of over 250 employees.

  • Creation and management of the environmental analysis tool, the SMSSEE management system and group QHSE indicators.
  • Hazard studies, noise and lightning; DRPCE, ATEX zoning, remediation and control of industrial risks.
  • Drafting of on-site emergency plans (POI), organisation of exercises with the fire service (SDIS) and role of DOI lead for crisis management.
  • ISO 14001/50001 audits, HSE regulatory watch, group HSE procedures, analysis of lessons learned (PDCA), compliance reviews (récolements), management reviews and monitoring of the asbestos technical file (DTA).
  • HSE/CATEC training and control of co-activity: prevention plans, permits, audits, site handovers and commissioning checks (VAMES).
  • Liaison with stakeholders: CSE, CSS, DREAL, DIRECCTE (labour inspectorate), Police, SDIS, town halls, prefecture and local residents.
June 2017 — December 2018AerospaceSafran NacellesHSE Engineer & Site Fire Expert

Le Havre. ICPE site with over 1,600 employees.

  • Deployment of group HSE standards, ISO 14001/50001, regulatory watch and performance indicators.
  • Setting up of financial guarantees, fire vulnerability study, D9/D9A calculations and Flumilog modelling.
  • Creation of the environmental analysis tool and follow-up of GEREP (pollutant emissions register) and TENNAXIA flow declarations.
  • Operational HSE management of autonomous production units (UAP) and IPRP role: accident handling, ergonomic analysis of workstations, chemical and environmental risks, permits, VAMES and performance reviews.
  • Design of emergency procedures, evacuation and shelter-in-place, crisis exercises and update of the DUERP.
May 2013 — June 2017AerospaceHowmet Castings · Arconic / ex-AlcoaEngineer / Deputy QHSE Director, France

Arconic Power & Propulsion. ICPE site with over 1,400 employees; deputy management role and coordination of multi-site QHSE teams.

  • Deployment of group HSE standards, regulatory watch, procedures and QHSE indicators across the France scope.
  • External liaison with the fire service (SDIS), design of POI emergency plans and organisation of crisis exercises.
  • DUERP and control of co-activity: prevention plans, permits, audits and monitoring of the asbestos technical file.
  • EHS compliance of projects and bringing machinery into conformity with Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
  • Implementation of ISO 14001/50001 programmes, environmental analysis, HSE training and CATEC lead for confined spaces.
  • Hazard studies (EDD), Flumilog modelling, drafting of the DRPCE, D9/D9A calculations and fire vulnerability study.

A technical & academic foundation

Learn.
Practise. Pass on.

Triple degree path: risk engineering (Bac+5, master’s level), ergonomics and occupational health (Bac+6, postgraduate), audit and management control (Bac+5, master’s level). Graduate of Polytech Angers, trained in ergonomics and risk prevention, with integrated QSE internal-audit practice (AFNOR).

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2021

Explosion Protection ManagerCFPA Europe · ATEX risk referent, CNPP

2015

Postgraduate diploma (DU, 3rd cycle) · Ergonomics, Occupational Health & SafetyUniversity of Angers · Faculty of Medical Sciences · Bac+6

2015

Master 2 GRESPII · Risks & safety of real-estate and industrial assetsQHSE engineer (Bac+5) · Polytech Angers · ISTIA

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2012

Bachelor’s (L3) MSGR & OHS first-aid instructor diploma (SST)Avignon University · SOCOTEC

2011

Fire safety department head · SSIAP 3SOCOTEC

2006

Master’s in Accounting, Control & AuditIAE Caen · Bac+5

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