Sr. HSE Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Plant Managers to provide expert guidance and technical direction to ensure safe and compliant operations
• Promote a positive safety culture through effective communication, training, and employee engagement initiatives
• Analyze human performance factors (e.g., decision-making, cognitive biases, behaviors) contributing to safety incidents and identify improvement opportunities
• Collaborate cross-functionally to design and implement targeted interventions that enhance safety outcomes
• Assess operational risks related to human error, organizational dynamics, and process gaps; implement mitigation strategies
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, local, and corporate HSE regulations and standards
• Integrate HOP principles into existing HSE systems, processes, and programs
• Develop and deliver training on human performance, error reduction, and safety leadership across all levels of the organization

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrated reduction in high-risk exposure through engineered, administrative, and human-performance controls
• Quality and effectiveness of system-focused investigations and learning outcomes
• Rapid culture shift within 4 years
• Maturity and consistency of leading indicator performance
• Regulatory outcomes, including absence of serious violations and enforcement actions
• Integration of HOP principles into daily management, leadership routines, and operational decision-making
• Development of leaders capable of independent, values-based HSE decision-making
• Effectiveness of emergency preparedness, crisis response, and business continuity coordination

Qualifications

• Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety or Environmental Management/Engineering (or equivalent experience), 6–8 years experience in heavy industrial or high-hazard manufacturing, deep knowledge of regulatory frameworks and compliance strategy, strong leadership, crisis management, and decision-making skills, demonstrated expertise in HOP, system safety, and risk-based decision-making
• Preferred Qualifications: CSP, ASP, or equivalent professional certification, experience leading enterprise or multi-site HSE initiatives, proven ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority