Job Overview:
The Regional HSE Manager provides strategic and operational HSE leadership for assigned PrimorisEnergyServices(PES)divisionsandprojectsacrosstheUnitedStates.Reporting totheRegionalHSEDirector,thispositionisresponsibleformanagingHSEperformance across multiple projects and leading a team of HSE Managers, Supervisors, Technicians, and other HSE professionals.
This role requires a highly experienced HSE leader with a strong background in Heavy Industrial Construction, Power Generation, and EPC projects, including both greeneld and browneld environments. The Regional HSE Manager serves as a key partner to Operations and project leadership and is expected to inuence performance, develop HSE personnel, manage signicant risk, and drive consistent execution of PES HSE expectations throughout the full project lifecycle.
The successful candidate must be equally capable of operating in the eld, working with project and operational leadership, and representing PES with clients, owners, and regulatory agencies.
Key Responsibilities
HSE Leadership & Project Performance
- Lead HSE performance across assigned divisions and projects throughout the United States, ensuring consistent execution of company HSE standards and expectations.
- Partner with Operations and project leadership to integrate HSE into the full project lifecycle, from pursuit and preconstruction through construction, commissioning/startup, and turnover.
- Monitor project HSE performance, identify trends and signicant risks, and drive appropriate corrective actions and continuous improvement.
- Provide HSE leadership and technical guidance for complex and high-risk construction activities, including work within operating industrial facilities.
- Maintain regular eld presence to assess execution, engage project teams, and ensure effective management of HSE risks.
- Support project HSE planning, staffing, risk assessments, subcontractor management, and other project-specic HSE needs.
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, coach, and develop HSE Managers, Supervisors, Technicians, and other assigned HSE personnel.
- Establish clear expectations and accountability while developing the technical and leadership capabilities of the HSE team.
- Assess project HSE staffing and resource needs based on project size, complexity, risk, and performance.
- Foster a culture of ownership, operational partnership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Client, Owner & Regulatory Interface
- Represent PES with clients, owners, senior leadership, and regulatory agencies on HSE matters.
- Participate in executive and client HSE meetings, performance reviews, and signicant project discussions.
- Lead or provide oversight for signicant incident investigations, regulatory interactions, and corrective actions.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships and ensure HSE concerns are addressed effectively and in a timely manner.
Required Qualications
- Minimum 12 years of progressive responsibility of HSE performance within self-perform construction, EPC, power generation, heavy industrial, petrochemical, rening, process, or similarly complex operations.
- Demonstrated experience providing HSE leadership for large, complex construction projects or portfolios of projects.
- Experience supporting the construction of power generation facilities, heavy industrial facilities, process plants, reneries, and/or petrochemical facilities.
- Experience workingin bothgreeneldand browneld/operating-facility environments.
- Demonstrated understanding of HSE requirements and risk management throughout the full EPC project lifecycle, from preconstruction and engineering through construction, commissioning/startup, and turnover.
- Experience leading and developing HSE professionals across multiple projects or locations.
- Demonstrated abilitytopartnerwith Operationsand projectleadership while maintaining appropriate HSE standards and professional independence.
- Experience interacting directly with owners, clients, senior leadership, and regulatory agencies.
- Strong knowledge of applicable OSHA regulations and recognized construction and industrialHSEpractices.
- Strong incident investigation, risk assessment, auditing, and corrective-action management capabilities.
- Ability to analyze HSE performance information and translate ndings into practical operationalactions.
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a geographically dispersed organization.
Professional Certication
Candidate must hold at least one current professional certication issued by the Board of Certied Safety Professionals (BCSP):
- Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST)
- Safety Management Specialist (SMS)
- CertiedSafetyProfessional(CSP) CSP or SMS certication is strongly preferred given the leadership and organizational responsibilities of the position.
Preferred Qualications
- Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline. (or equivalent experience)
- Eight or more years of experience in an HSE leadership or management capacity.
- Signicant experience within an EPC contractor or self-perform constructionorganization.
- Experience supporting large-scale power generation or industrial construction self-perform projects from preconstruction through commissioning.
- Experienceworkingwithinoperatingindustrial,rening,petrochemical,orprocess facilities.
- Experience managing HSE across geographically dispersed projects or business units.
- Experience developing HSE programs, standards, processes, and organizational improvement initiatives.
- Experience supporting project pursuits, proposals, client presentations, and preconstruction planning.
Travel&WorkEnvironment
- Ability and willingness to travel 30% or more, based on business and project needs.
- Travel will include project locations throughout the United States and may require extended or short-notice travel based on project conditions.
- Must be capable of working in active construction and industrial environments and performingroutine eldobservations andprojectassessments.
Leadership Expectations
TheRegionalHSEManagerisexpectedtooperateasabusinessandoperationalleader with deep HSE expertise, not solely as a compliance resource. Success in this role requires the ability to:
- Build credibility and effective relationships with eld employees, HSE personnel, project leadership, Operations executives, and clients.
- Inuence performance without relying solely on positional authority.
- Coach and develop others while establishing clear accountability.
- Identifyproblemsearlyandtakeownershipofdrivingthemtoresolution.
- Balance regulatory, company, client, and operational requirements without compromising employee safety.
- Communicate clearly and effectively at both the eld and executive level.
- Challengeexistingpracticeswhennecessaryandcontributepracticalsolutions.
- Maintain a strong eld presence and rsthand understanding of project execution.
- Drive consistency, continuous improvement, and organizational learning across assigned operations.
Location
The Regional HSE Manager is located in PES’ office in Houston, TX.
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Company Overview:
Primoris Energy Services is a major direct-hire contractor in the U.S. delivering self-performed turnkey industrial construction and EPC services. We offer these services to our clients within the refining, gas processing, chemical/petrochemical, hydrogen, power generation, mining, pulp and paper industries from the first groundbreaking activity all the way through commissioning and start-up of the project. Primoris forms a partnership with our customers and major stakeholders from early-stage engineering through construction completion and commercial operation, safely, on-time, and within budget.
Benefits:
Competitive compensation, paid weekly.
Best-in-class medical, dental, vision, and LTD/STD coverage.
401(k) with company match, vested on day one.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [ESPP].
Pet coverage for your furry friends.
Legal assistance coverage.
Award-winning safety programs.
EEO Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Agency Statement
We are not accepting resumes from Third Party Recruiting Firms for this position. If you are an Agency or Search firm representative, contact the Primoris Talent Acquisition Manager directly for consideration. Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes and online response forms through this source. In addition, Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees on unsolicited resumes that are submitted to any member of the Staffing or Operations team. Primoris has established an approved vendor program for this service and will only consider accepting submissions from those approved firms. For consideration in becoming an approved vendor, contact HR.
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