HSSE Excellence Manager

Role Responsibilities

• Oversees and maintains the RWEA HSSE Management System, ensuring it remains aligned with HSSE objectives, legal/HSSE requirements, and corporate standards
• Owns and directs the Management System Cycle reviews, including: establish/validate objectives, conduct assessment, develop plan, execute & review for HSSE, ensuring it is applied rigorously and consistently across the organization
• Oversees, coordinates, and leads the HSSE Plan in AirTable, ensuring clear milestones, accountabilities, and status tracking
• Oversees and maintains RWEA’s HSSE Homepage (SharePoint)
• Develops the RWEA HSSE Management System program, including annual review timing, schedule, and integration into the business planning cycle
• Ensures HSSE objectives, metrics, and targets are set, validated, and cascaded to the organization in line with enterprise objectives
• Coordinates and leads annual risk evaluations for HSSE focus areas (e.g., workforce safety and health, process safety/reliability, environment, security, & stakeholders) to develop and help to maintain an HSSE risk profile
• Ensures systematic identification, assessment, prioritization, and documentation of HSSE risks across the organization
• Covers assurance, risk management, and safeguard assurance activities so that safeguards are in place, functioning, and aligned with internal and external requirements
• Uses assurance results and incident/performance data to identify gaps, prioritize improvement actions, and feed them into the MSC planning cycle
• Maintains the effectiveness of HSSE plans, adjusts as needed, and supports the closure and verification of corrective actions
• Promotes understanding of high-consequence HSSE risks and the critical safeguards that manage them; promotes workforce participation in risk identification and improvement
• Develops, schedules, coordinates, and facilitates Leadership Team (LT) meetings for HSSE topics
• Provides leadership team with clear risk profiles, assurance outcomes, HSSE performance trends, and prioritized HSSE plans for decision making

Job Requirements and Experiences

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental, or a closely related field of study
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) preferred
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the field of Occupational Safety and Health or a closely related field
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in North American energy, manufacturing, military, or similar field
• Significant experience in HSSE, Operational Excellence, and/or risk management in energy or related industries
• Demonstrated experience with HSSE/management systems, assurance programs, and leadership team engagement
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, and change management skills
• Ability to analyze HSSE performance and risk data and translate into clear priorities and plans
• Demonstrated experience with providing cross-functional coaching on proper use of tools, version control practices, and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Knowledge and integration of Human and Organizational Performance
• Design, implementation, and continual improvement of HSSE Management Systems (e.g., ANSI Z10, ISO 45001)
• Skills in preparing and presenting concise and accurate information to executive leadership, internal and external customers, stakeholders, etc., across the organization
• Project Management experience
• Design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Management Systems (e.g., ISO, ANSI)
• Design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Learning Management Systems (LMS)
• Microsoft 365, Visio, Excel, Tableau, and Power BI
• Extensive experience with Microsoft 365 (i.e., Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience with Tableau, Power BI, and Azure
• Demonstrated competency in the HSSE management discipline, particularly with administrative law, ‘IBR’ standards, and consensus standards related to HSSE
• Implementation and management of Learning Management Systems (LMS)
• Demonstrated competency in Project Management
• Skills in preparing and presenting concise and accurate information to executive leadership, internal and external customers, stakeholders, etc., across the organization
• Mathematical/statistical knowledge and affinity to work with numbers/statistics regularly
• Proven ability to empathize, build relationships, and effectively communicate with people from a diverse set of backgrounds
• Independent problem-solving skills and ability to influence stakeholders in order to gain a desired result
• Strong initiative and self-confidence to find solutions and solve problems independently
• Reliable and systematic manner of working, customer orientation, resilience, and being able to work centrally. manage multiple stakeholder expectations
• Detail-oriented and consistently striving for high-quality results
• Ability to work independently, collaboratively via technology, as well as in-person at various locations across the North American regions
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Work Environment

• This position is an office-based role that involves some travel and visits to other RWE Americas offices and field locations.
• The employee must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time.