US Head of Corporate Health & Safety

The US Head of Corporate Health & Safety will work closely with the regional board Global Health & Safety Lead regional HR teams and country lead H&S coordinators provide Health Safety & Environmental (HSE) leadership within the region around our people & offices and commercial delivery of programs & projects (guardrails compliance and the mitigation/control of risk). This role is the key position within the US supporting the business to drive a culture of HSE technical excellence and performance to protect people assets and brand. Knowledge of International ISO standards is required. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Drive a culture of safety and visible leadership commitment into everything we do by continuously assessing organizational maturity establishing baselines and creating action plans in partnership with the business.
• Act as the key in-region H&S lead developing implementation strategies to support global and central initiatives and business operations requirements. This will include developing management information and board reports for H&S.
• Implement and integrate the H&S Management System framework standards and tools into business strategy to ensure legal compliance and operational assurance (including ISO standards).
• Continually assess HSE risk through execution of the global central assurance strategy including operational risk strategy audit & execution of regional programs of work and timely site attendance with offices and client sites and execution of commissions/project delivery.
• Provide ad-hoc timely counsel and information to management on account market area and/or region basis on HSE matters including trends performance or concerns.
• Manage the HSE notification escalation and reporting process for the region to ensure lessons learned & improvement plans are identified; monitor root causes and help to drive a mindset of learning & improvement from incidents.
• Work to ensure the wider team and account structures have access to technical guidance that helps teams interpret national and state laws statutory regs and best practices through hierarchy of controls risk assessment procedures and smart actions (our R4 model).
• Serve as lead investigator for preliminary fatal/non-fatal incidents or PSIF (potential serious incident) events; Produce preliminary (final) reports through standardized templates.
• Conduct lead investigations and sign-off high level reports of serious incidents.
• In partnership with HR conduct ergonomics assessments workforce wellness clinics liaison with internal workplace support including implementing Return-to-Work (RTW) plans.
• In partnership with HR support wellbeing initiatives including mental health guidance.
• Support H&S consultants/professional services when needed.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications :

• University degree in Occupational Safety Industrial Engineering or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Certification from an Occupational Safety & Health accreditation body.
• Auditor training/qualifications ideally to ISO 9000 ISO 14000 and/or ISO 45001.

Skills & attitudes:

• Outstanding interpersonal skills communication skills (oral & written) and highly customer-centric.
• Fluent in English; other languages an advantage.
• Apply defend & integrate company values.
• Comfortable working with a variety of industry sectors and robust HSE Management Systems.
• PowerPoint MS Word & Excel intermediate to advanced level.

Prior experience:

• Minimum 7 years construction experience architecture/engineering environment or HSE experience in a similar field.
• Experience working for contractors as an HSE lead consultant or professional services.
• Demonstrated experience developing principles & frameworks.
• Experience with HSE elements delivering projects in principal/PMC.

Additional Information :

Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters  If youd like to view a copy of the companys affirmative action plan please email .  If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process please contact the Human Resources Department at or .  This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues will not receive a response.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time