Vice President of Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE)

Responsibilities & Expectations

• Lead and continuously improve IPS's enterprise HSE strategy in support of operational excellence, growth, and business performance.
• Build a high-performing HSE leadership team.
• Provide leadership and direction to regional and divisional HSE leaders while establishing clear accountability and performance expectations.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Chief Performance Officer, Division Presidents, and Executive Leadership Team.
• Drive a proactive culture focused on critical risk management, learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead enterprise initiatives involving electrical safety, energized work, arc flash protection, lockout/tagout, confined space entry, lifting and rigging, driving safety, contractor safety, and field service operations.
• Ensure strong governance and consistent execution of HSE standards across all divisions, service centers, and field operations.
• Develop executive-level reporting and dashboards that provide meaningful visibility into both leading indicators (observations, near-miss rates, safety conversation frequency, audit closure) and lagging indicators, emerging risks, and organizational capability.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, corrective action programs, and enterprise-wide learning initiatives.
• Partner with Operations, HR, Legal, Risk Management, and CIPS leaders to strengthen safety performance and operational discipline.
• Embed IPS safety culture as a foundational integration priority in acquired businesses - not a post-close afterthought - ensuring standards and accountability are established.
• Set non-negotiable safety performance standards and hold leaders at every level accountable with the same rigor applied to financial and operational results; escalate concerns and stop work when necessary - regardless of organizational level.
• Represent IPS with customers, regulators, industry organizations, and external stakeholders as a senior executive leader.
• Build safety leadership capability in operational leaders - Division Presidents, Service Center GMs, and field supervisors - ensuring every leader is equipped and expected to drive safety performance, not just the HSE team.
• Leverage technology and predictive analytics to drive proactive risk identification, digital safety workflows, and real-time performance visibility across the enterprise.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Engineering, Environmental Science, Industrial Management, or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive HSE leadership experience within industrial, manufacturing, power systems, utility, energy, field service, or related environments.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-site HSE organizations across geographically dispersed operations.
• Experience scaling organizations through growth, acquisitions, integrations, and organizational transformation.
• Strong understanding of industrial risk management involving electrical systems, energized work, rotating equipment, field service operations, heavy lifting, and contractor management.
• Proven ability to build safety leadership capability in both HSE professionals and operational leaders, develop successors, and create sustainable talent pipelines throughout the organization.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through leaders rather than direct ownership of day-to-day operations.
• Excellent communication, strategic thinking, change management, and organizational development skills.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, and other relevant regulatory requirements.
• Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, CUSP, CHMM, or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Ability to travel 40-60% throughout North America and the UK to support service centers, field operations, customer sites, acquisition integrations, leadership development, and safety initiatives.

Who We Are

At Integrated Power Services (IPS), we're committed to empowering you to make a meaningful impact. As the industry's leading and fastest-growing service provider, IPS offers single-source electromechanical and power management solutions to enhance the reliability of critical infrastructure across North America and the United Kingdom. We serve over 40,000 essential customer locations, from renewable energy pioneers to hospitals, manufacturers, and municipalities, helping them avoid costly downtime and ensure mission-critical operations. When you join IPS, you're joining a team that's revolutionizing equipment and process reliability across diverse sectors, from power generation to petrochemicals, and beyond. You'll learn from industry experts, grow alongside a talented workforce, and be part of a company that is built on the Shared Values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Accountability, Customer Focus, and Entrepreneurial Spirit.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401k Employer Match
• Bonus Incentives
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Equal Employment Opportunity

IPS is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. Any offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background and driving record investigation.

Drug-Free Workplace

As a federal contractor, our company is committed to maintaining a safe and drug-free workplace. Candidates for this position are required to complete a pre-employment drug screen successfully. The drug screening process will include testing for substances that may impair one's ability to perform the job safely and effectively.