HSE Manager - Major Projects

Ramboll • Charlotte, NC

2d • Remote

About The Position

The HSE Manager provides senior HSE leadership for Ramboll Energy and other GBA major project portfolios in the Americas. The role focuses on aligning HSE planning, governance, resourcing, and execution across major projects, including EPC and EPCM delivery models. Rather than managing HSE day to day on every project, the role ensures HSE is involved early in business development, tendering, project planning, and delivery preparation. It partners with Project Delivery, procurement, sales and tender management, engineering, commissioning, and other functions to clarify HSE risks, responsibilities, resource needs, and delivery expectations before projects enter execution. When project demand or resource constraints require it, the role may temporarily serve as a Project HSE Manager while continuing to support portfolio-wide alignment and improvement.

The position supports project teams and senior stakeholders through strategic planning, escalation, assurance, regulatory and contractual compliance oversight, performance reporting, and continuous improvement. It also promotes clear HSE accountability and interfaces among Ramboll, clients, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers, particularly in complex EPC and EPCM arrangements. The role is flexible, with remote work possible when not travelling, and requires approximately 40% travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Safety Management, Engineering, Environmental Health, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Professional HSE certification appropriate to the Americas market; Certified Safety Professional (CSP) is preferred, or the ability to obtain CSP within an agreed timeframe.
• At least 10 years of progressive HSE experience, including significant exposure to major projects, EPC, EPCM, or complex construction management delivery models.
• Strong understanding of how HSE requirements are defined during tendering, contracting, procurement, mobilisation, project execution, and commissioning.
• Proven ability to influence internal stakeholders, including project delivery, procurement, sales, tender management, engineering, commissioning, and senior project leadership.
• Experience identifying project HSE resource needs, defining HSE scopes of work, and supporting scalable organisation models for complex projects.
• Ability to provide senior escalation support for project HSE issues, stakeholder alignment, or delivery model challenges.
• Working knowledge of construction-phase HSE controls, contractor management, incident investigation, assurance, regulatory compliance, and management-system implementation.
• Ability to travel to project and stakeholder locations as required.
• Strong communication, facilitation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Degree-level education supported by significant major-project HSE experience may be considered when professional certification is in progress or an equivalent international route applies.
• Experience with energy transition, power, renewables, industrial de-carbonisation, chemicals, manufacturing, mining, or major infrastructure projects.
• Experience supporting owner’s EPCM models across multiple concurrent projects.
• International or remote project experience.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification.

Responsibilities

• Align HSE expectations, planning requirements, and governance arrangements for major projects across the Americas, including EPC and EPCM delivery models.
• Coordinate HSE matters between the GBA, Project Delivery, procurement, sales and tender management, engineering, commissioning, and other internal stakeholders.
• Ensure HSE is engaged early in business development, tendering, project planning, and delivery preparation so risks, scope, budgets, and resource needs are identified before commitments are made.
• Translate Ramboll and client HSE expectations into practical planning requirements for project, commercial, and technical teams.
• Provide strategic HSE input during proposals, contract reviews, and internal delivery planning, establishing roles, responsibilities, interfaces, and escalation routes before execution.
• Build understanding across the Americas business of when and why HSE involvement is needed in major projects.
• Define scalable HSE organisation structures, resource requirements, and competency needs with internal stakeholders.
• Help project teams determine when dedicated Project HSE Manager support, specialist HSE input, or additional HSE resources are required.
• Embed HSE requirements in project delivery plans, procurement strategies, contracting approaches, mobilisation plans, and commissioning readiness activities.
• Temporarily step into a Project HSE Manager role when resource demand requires it, while maintaining a focus on portfolio alignment and improvement.
• Integrate HSE into the major project delivery model in collaboration with internal functions and business leaders.
• Support teams in understanding how contract models, scope, client expectations, and contractor interfaces affect HSE responsibilities, capability, and resourcing.
• Influence early commercial and technical decisions to ensure HSE obligations are realistic, adequately resourced, and deliverable.
• Ensure HSE requirements are reflected in bid documents, contracts, procurement packages, contractor scopes of work, and project execution documentation.
• Promote clear HSE interfaces among Ramboll, clients, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Serve as an escalation point for internal project HSE issues and delivery challenges that assigned Project HSE Managers or project teams cannot resolve.
• Provide senior HSE support and challenge to Project HSE Managers, Project Directors, and project leadership teams.
• Review HSE planning, governance, contractor management, and assurance arrangements across major projects and identify improvements.
• Lead or support assurance reviews, lessons-learned activities, and management reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement in major project HSE delivery across the Americas using project experience, performance trends, and stakeholder feedback.
• Coach stakeholders and project leadership teams on HSE planning, escalation, contractor interface management, and risk-based decision-making.
• Promote a learning-focused culture that uses feedback, assurance findings, and lessons learned to improve future project delivery.
• Oversee compliance with applicable health, safety, and environmental regulations, client requirements, and Ramboll HSE standards across EPCM projects.
• Help project teams translate regulatory and contractual HSE requirements into practical controls and assurance activities.
• Represent Ramboll in client audits, regulatory inspections, and EPCM governance meetings, and ensure actions are tracked, communicated, and closed.
• Establish consistent HSE performance reporting across EPCM projects using leading and lagging indicators.
• Translate performance data into insights, actions, and recommendations for project leadership, clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders.

Benefits

• Professional development and career growth opportunities in a Global HSEQ organisation.
• Comprehensive benefits package supporting well-being, professional development, and work-life balance.
• May be eligible for a bonus, overtime, or other forms of compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior