Director of HSE – Fabrication & Manufacturing

Loenbro•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

The Director of Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) – Fabrication & Manufacturing provides strategic and operational HSE leadership across Loenbro's fabrication, manufacturing, and prefabrication network. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Manufacturing, the Director develops, implements, and continuously improves a standardized, fit-for-purpose HSE management system that supports a scalable, high-performing manufacturing organization. The role partners with shop management, operations, quality, engineering, project teams, and Corporate HSE to establish practical standards that protect employees while supporting safe, efficient, disciplined, and repeatable manufacturing operations. It requires a visible presence in the shops and credibility with employees and leaders performing the work. The Director also partners with manufacturing and operational leaders to foster a culture grounded in Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), emphasizing that people make mistakes, error is predictable, systems influence behavior, learning is essential, and leadership response to failure matters. Success requires strong technical HSE knowledge, operational credibility, systems thinking, and the ability to translate regulatory and industry requirements into practical standards that improve safety and operational performance. The role combines office or remote work with frequent facility travel, approximately 40–60%, and hands-on engagement in shop environments.

Requirements

10 or more years of progressive HSE experience in fabrication, manufacturing, industrial construction, energy, heavy industry, or a comparable environment.
Demonstrated experience leading HSE programs across multiple facilities, operating locations, or business units.
Strong working knowledge of OSHA requirements and recognized industry practices applicable to fabrication and manufacturing.
Experience developing and implementing HSE policies, procedures, standards, management systems, and assurance processes.
Strong knowledge of high-risk fabrication activities, including welding, lifting and rigging, cranes, material handling, machine safety, hazardous energy control, powered industrial equipment, and industrial hygiene.
Experience conducting incident investigations, causal analysis, risk assessments, audits, and corrective-action programs.
Ability to influence operational leaders and frontline employees and build strong partnerships without relying solely on positional authority.
Strong written, verbal, facilitation, coaching, and executive communication skills.
Ability and willingness to travel regularly among Loenbro fabrication and manufacturing facilities.
Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Engineering, Industrial Technology, Construction Management, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent significant industry experience may be considered.

Nice To Haves

CSP, CIH, CHST, ASP, or similar professional HSE certification.
Formal training or practical experience implementing Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), Learning Teams, operational learning, or similar contemporary safety approaches.
Experience developing HSE systems within a growing, decentralized, or transforming manufacturing organization.
Experience supporting nuclear, mission-critical, power, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, or other highly regulated industrial markets.
Experience integrating newly acquired facilities or standardizing HSE practices across previously decentralized operations.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the Fabrication & Manufacturing HSE strategy in alignment with business strategy, Loenbro requirements, and applicable regulations.
Serve as the primary HSE advisor to the Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and the Fabrication & Manufacturing leadership team.
Establish an HSE operating model and clear expectations, accountabilities, governance, and performance measures across facilities.
Integrate HSE into operational planning, facility design, equipment selection, production processes, productization, capacity expansion, and acquisition integration.
Maintain alignment with Corporate HSE while tailoring requirements to fabrication and manufacturing operations.
Develop, implement, and continuously improve standardized HSE policies, procedures, standards, and work practices across the network.
Assess facility practices, identify gaps and leading practices, and develop practical standards for fabrication and manufacturing hazards and activities.
Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to incorporate HSE into shop layouts, equipment, tooling, material flow, workstations, production planning, and work methods.
Establish processes for issuing, communicating, training, auditing, and reviewing HSE standards.
Partner with manufacturing and shop leaders to establish HOP principles and shift toward proactive understanding of work and risk.
Develop leadership capability to respond constructively to incidents, near misses, errors, stop-work events, and employee concerns.
Promote learning teams, operational learning reviews, pre-job discussions, shop engagement, and employee participation in risk identification and solutions.
Ensure investigations consider system conditions and contributing factors, and balance accountability with learning.
Build working relationships with managers, supervisors, foremen, and frontline employees; maintain a visible presence in facilities and engage employees where work is performed.
Coach shop leaders in daily HSE practices, meetings, pre-task planning, observations, learning discussions, stand-downs, and corrective-action follow-up.
Develop operational ownership of safety while providing HSE expertise, coaching, assurance, and systems support.
Develop a risk-based approach to critical hazards and high-energy exposures, along with consistent assessments, audits, inspections, risk reviews, and assurance processes.
Develop leading and lagging indicators, identify trends across facilities, lead network-wide corrective actions, and verify corrective-action effectiveness.
Support facility start-ups, expansions, equipment installations, process changes, acquisitions, and integration activities from an HSE perspective.
Establish expectations for incident and near-miss reporting, high-potential event identification, investigation, causal analysis, corrective action, and communication.
Lead or facilitate significant incident and high-potential event reviews, provide appropriate executive visibility, and share lessons across the manufacturing network.
Use organizational learning to inform standards, training, engineering controls, supervision, planning, and work design.
Establish an HSE training framework, identify role- and exposure-based training needs, and develop HOP and operational-learning training for leaders.
Partner with Operations and HR to integrate HSE into onboarding, qualification, supervisor development, craft training, and leadership development.
Develop and coach HSE personnel supporting the Fabrication & Manufacturing organization.
Ensure facility compliance with applicable federal, state, and local HSE requirements and partner on environmental permitting, waste management, hazardous materials, air emissions, spill prevention, and related obligations.
Maintain processes for regulatory inspections, records, reporting, corrective actions, and agency interactions; monitor regulatory and industry changes.
Develop and maintain an HSE scorecard, analyze performance and operational data, benchmark practices, and provide regular updates to senior leadership.
Partner with Quality and Operational Excellence to integrate HSE into continuous-improvement initiatives and management systems.