HSEQ Inspector

MBA Energy & Industrial, LLC•Magnolia, TX

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Traveling HSEQ Inspector independently audits health, safety, environmental, and quality performance across active MBA job sites. The role verifies that personnel follow MBA’s safety commitments, fulfill environmental obligations, and deliver work that meets applicable codes, specifications, and owner requirements. It operates outside the project teams being inspected, with findings reported directly to the VPs of Operations. The inspector conducts scheduled and unannounced audits, verifies site-specific safety plans and subcontractor programs, reviews high-risk work, and supports incident investigations and site training. Environmental duties include checking controls and waste handling, verifying permit compliance, and documenting spills and releases. Quality duties include auditing project inspection plans, witnessing tests and inspections, and tracking nonconformance reports. The role requires travel to active MBA job sites throughout the United States, including remote and industrial locations. Travel is 80% or more, with frequent flights, long drives, overnight stays most of the week, extended weekdays, and occasional weekends. Work includes outdoor conditions, uneven terrain, ladders and scaffolding, permitted entry into excavations and confined spaces, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, and wearing required PPE for extended periods.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in construction safety, QA/QC inspection, or a combined HSEQ role on industrial, oil and gas, or energy projects.
Travel 80% or more nationwide, including frequent flights, long drives, and overnight stays most of the week; extended weekdays and occasional weekends.
Required OSHA 30-Hour Construction training.
Working knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1926 and 1910.
H2S Clear and current First Aid/CPR, or ability to obtain them before the first assignment.
Ability to read multi-discipline project drawings and documents.
Strong written reporting skills and proficiency with tablets, Microsoft 365, and photo documentation.
Ability to deliver unwelcome findings professionally and remain firm under pushback from project teams.
Valid driver's license and clean driving record.
Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check and meet owner site-access requirements, such as TWIC where applicable.
Ability to work outdoors in all types of climates and conditions.
Ability to walk uneven terrain, climb ladders and scaffolding, and enter excavations and confined spaces after proper permitting.
Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
Ability to wear required PPE for long periods, including FRC and respiratory protection; fit test required.

Nice To Haves

Procore Tool Certifications.
Safety credential such as CHST, ASP/CSP, or OHST.
Experience overseeing subcontractors in a design-build or EPC environment.
Bilingual English/Spanish.

Responsibilities

Conduct scheduled and unannounced site safety audits; issue findings with corrective actions and close-out dates.
Verify adherence to the MBA Site-Specific Safety Plan.
Verify subcontractor safety programs, JSAs/JHAs, permits to work, and training records before mobilization and throughout projects.
Audit high-risk activities, including excavation and trenching, confined space, hot work, lifting and rigging, energized work and LOTO, work at heights, and H2S exposure.
Lead or support incident investigations, root cause analysis, and lessons learned; track recordables and near misses.
Deliver and audit site orientations, toolbox talks, and stand-downs; exercise stop-work authority on every site.
Inspect SWPPP controls, spill prevention, secondary containment, and waste handling.
Verify compliance with permit conditions and applicable state agency requirements.
Document and report spills and releases according to owner and regulatory timelines.
Audit project Quality and Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs), and witness hold and witness points.
Witness hydrostatic and pneumatic pressure tests and review test packages.
Inspect concrete placement, rebar, anchor bolts, grout, and structural steel erection.
Verify electrical installation, grounding, and termination; support pre-commissioning checks.
Issue and track NCRs through disposition and close-out.
Complete a written inspection report after every site visit, including photos, findings, and open items, and send it directly to the VPs of Operations.
Maintain HSEQ logs, NCR registers, and leading/lagging indicators; issue a monthly project HSEQ scorecard for the VPs of Operations.
Inform Project Managers and Superintendents of findings and track corrective actions to close-out; escalate critical or unresolved findings to the VPs of Operations the same day.
Identify recurring issues across projects and recommend updates to MBA procedures, ITPs, and subcontractor prequalification.