Sr Director, HSSE Project Execution

Key activities

Serves as the primary interface for RWE Americas (RWEA) HSSE Project Execution (Construction).

Integrates technical best practices, regulatory expectations, emerging industry trends, team development, and relationship management with contractors.

Provides strategic direction, technical leadership, and governance for HSSE across projects throughout North America to ensure safe working conditions, achieve departmental and organizational KPI targets, implement the HSSE management system, maintain full regulatory compliance, protect the environment, and drive a proactive, zero-harm safety culture throughout the project execution lifecycle.

Role Responsibilities

• Supports a team of contract HSSE professionals focused on safe project execution
• Ensures safe and healthy working conditions and procedures for all colleagues and contractors
• Achieves departmental KPIs and targets
• Implements HSSE management system, processes, and programs within Project Execution and on construction projects
• Protects compliance with environmental requirements at construction projects
• Ensures HSSE compliance with legislation & regulation at construction projects
• Leads and supports a team of contract HSSE professionals to achieve departmental and Company KPIs and targets
• Drives HSSE Project Execution continuous improvement
• Oversees strategy implementation, KPIs, metrics, and targets for HSSE Project Execution
• Fosters company's HSSE culture through interactions, communications, and leading by example
• Shares progress through daily, weekly, and monthly reporting to team members and HSSE leadership to ensure collaboration across departments and drive safe work
• Implements HSSE management system, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with company directives
• Regularly reviews Operations HSSE metrics and focuses the team on high-risk activities and trends
• Advises and guides operational leadership on the implementation of the HSSE management system, risk identification, and mitigation
• Responsible for targeted campaigns, programs, and initiatives for Project Execution
• Ensures governance and compliance with the HSSE management system and policies
• Provides feedback to HSSE Excellence regarding procedure improvement opportunities/needs
• Captures and analyzes lessons learned from Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Ensures HSSE training compliance across the business
• Develops and manages HSSE Project Execution Team OKRs, team performance, and rankings

Job Requirements and Experiences

• A Bachelor's of Science in Safety Management, Environmental, Engineering, Construction, or relevant area of study is required
• A minimum of 11 years of construction safety management experience
• Renewables industry experience a plus

Team Leadership

• Ability to lead, inspire, manage, and delegate effectively across regions

People Development

• Ability to develop themselves and their people to their full potential

Performance Orientation

• Self-motivated to drive the business, increase performance, and deliver results

Strategic Thinking

• Push boundaries to achieve goals, utilizing resources in a matrix organization

Continuous Improvement

• Constantly optimizing the business

Integration Management

• Ability to lead teams through change management

Working Together

• Ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams

Communication Skills

• Ability to effectively communicate internally & externally within the chain of command and within his/her level of authority

Open Mindset

• Self-reflective personality, able to learn and act on feedback

Hands-on Mentality

• Actively involving him-/herself, pragmatic and fact-focused attitude

Deep Expertise

• Deep expertise in HSSE and asset-intensive business (Construction)
• Understanding of regulatory framework in different jurisdictions/markets
• Understanding of regulatory decision-making procedures
• Understanding of business model, regulatory, and technical developments as well as potential implications
• Onshore Wind, PV, BESS Construction & Operations understanding

Flexibility and Willingness to Travel

• Flexibility and willingness to travel extensively domestically as needed to effectively perform the job

Work Environment

• This position is an office-based role with significant travel and visits to field construction locations.
• The employee must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Education Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays

Short-Term Incentives

• Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.