Director, HSEQ (Health, Safety, Environment and Quality)

About the role

The HSEQ Director is responsible for maintaining, governing, improving, and assuring the effective implementation of Subsea Global Solutions' global Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality, and operational risk management systems. The position serves as the Company's senior subject matter expert and authority for HSEQ matters and is responsible for ensuring that established management systems, standards, policies, procedures, and risk controls are consistently implemented and sustained throughout all regions and business units.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve SGS's global safety management system to ensure it remains current, effective, and aligned with business needs.
• Continually demonstrate and reinforce Subsea Global Culture and core values, servant leadership, extreme ownership, accountability, and continuous learning and improvement.
• Provide oversight of diving operations and shut down a job if necessary due to critical safety risks.
• Maintain and improve corporate HSEQ policies, standards, procedures, manuals, forms, and supporting documentation.
• Advocate for safety as our first and most important core value and stand up for safety at all times.
• Provide independent HSEQ guidance and mentorship to Executive Leadership, regional leadership, operational and field personnel.
• Build and lead a global HSEQ team.
• Define and drive annual HSEQ objectives, priorities, and performance targets.
• Create and manage annual corporate HSEQ budget and spending.
• Ensure regions are budgeting/spending adequately on safety-related costs (PPE, equipment, etc.)
• Ensure HSEQ considerations remain integrated into strategic planning and operational decisions.
• Maintain and improve SGS's operational risk management framework.
• Support operational personnel in assessing elevated-risk activities and non-routine work.
• Review and approve HSE variances and deviations from established procedures where appropriate.
• Identify emerging organizational risks and drive mitigation strategies.
• Ensure risk controls remain practical, effective, and consistently applied.
• Manage the SGS Emergency Readiness Exercise (REx) program.
• Manage the HSE Field Support Hotline to provide 24/7/365 on-call support to dive supervisors.
• Support regional offices and project teams during incidents and emergency situations.
• Ensure emergency response procedures remain current and effective.
• Manage and improve the structured HSE audit program.
• Monitor audit findings and ensure corrective actions are completed and verified.
• Monitor and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements, SGS standards, policies, and Safe Practices Manual (SPM) requirements.
• Report audit results and systemic issues to Executive Leadership.
• Identify opportunities for organizational improvement through audit findings and trend analysis.
• Ensure all incidents, accidents, near misses, non-conformances, quality failures, and significant operational events are appropriately reported and investigated.
• Lead or support all investigations, ensuring they are properly documented and findings shared.
• Ensure investigations utilize recognized root cause analysis methodologies.
• Track corrective and preventive actions through completion.
• Develop and distribute lessons learned, safety alerts, and best practice communications throughout the organization.
• Ensure organizational learning is incorporated into procedures, standards, and management systems.
• Chair the SGS Safety Committee and plan/lead monthly committee meetings.
• Lead regional Safety and Training (SAT) Officers as local HSE liaisons with biweekly meetings.
• Maintain HSEQ performance dashboards and reporting systems to monitor leading and lagging indicators. Identify, report, and mitigate negative trends in HSE data.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for Executive Leadership and the Board of Directors.
• Monitor organizational performance trends and identify emerging concerns.
• Ensure reporting systems provide meaningful and accurate information for decision-making.
• Provide and drive actionable recommendations to improve performance and reduce risk.
• Develop and manage contractor and subcontractor qualification and audit programs.
• Support operational teams in evaluating contractor suitability for critical work activities.
• Partner with Human Resources and Operations to maintain and improve qualification standards for field staff and safety-critical positions.
• Manage dive supervisor vetting, appointment, and qualification programs.
• Assist with employee training and development (create/deliver courses, recommend assignments for monthly training program, help manage Absorb online learning management system, etc.).
• Support and drive utilization of SGS Professional Qualifications Standard (PQS) program, especially for field staff. Maintain integrity of qualification signoffs.
• Establish and maintain management system structures aligned with ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001.
• Establish quality standards, procedures, and controls that promote consistent execution of work across all regions.
• Work with operational leadership to identify opportunities for standardization, process improvement, and reduction of rework.
• Develop quality program auditing and verification processes.
• Monitor quality performance metrics and identify improvement opportunities.
• Investigate quality failures, customer complaints, and recurring process deficiencies.
• Trusted advisor to Executive Leadership, regional leadership, and field personnel.
• Operational compliance with internal policies, management systems, and external regulatory requirements.
• Effective representative of company culture, values, accountability, and servant leadership principles.
• Reduction in organizational risk exposure through proactive identification and mitigation strategies.
• Minimal medium and high-severity incidents, accidents, quality failures, and environmental events.
• Timely completion and effectiveness of incident investigations, corrective actions, and preventive actions.
• High levels of emergency readiness across all operational regions and field personnel.
• Effectiveness of HSEQ audit programs and closure of audit findings within established timelines.
• Accuracy, timeliness, and effectiveness of HSEQ performance reporting and dashboards.
• Continuous improvement of HSEQ management systems, standards, procedures, and controls.
• Compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 management system requirements.
• Quality performance improvements through reduction of rework, customer complaints, and process deficiencies.
• Development and effectiveness of contractor qualification, audit, and oversight programs.
• Workforce competency, qualification, and training compliance for safety-critical personnel.
• Leadership, development, and engagement of the global HSEQ team and regional SAT Officers.
• Integration of HSEQ considerations into strategic planning and operational decision-making.
• Organizational adoption of lessons learned, safety alerts, and best practices.
• Achievement of annual HSEQ objectives, priorities, and performance targets.
• Effective management of HSEQ budgets and safety-related expenditures.
• Continuous improvement of organizational safety culture and employee engagement in HSEQ initiatives.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and influencing abilities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to make sound decisions in high-pressure environments.
• Strong understanding of management systems and organizational governance.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Power BI, Salesforce, and related business software.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 50% of working time.
• Valid driver's license, passport, and ability to obtain required security credentials and port access authorizations.

Qualifications

• Minimum ten (10) years of progressively responsible commercial diving leadership experience and/or equivalent HSE leadership experience in high-risk industries.
• Minimum five (5) years managing multi-site or multinational operations.
• Experience supporting high-risk industrial, marine, offshore, construction, energy, defense, ship repair, or commercial diving operations.

Preferred

• Commercial diving certifications and experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in health & safety, Human Factors, Risk Management, or related disciplines.
• Professional certifications such as: CSP, CRSP, CHST, NEBOSH, ISO Lead Auditor, or equivalent.
• Experience implementing or maintaining ISO-based management systems.