Senior HSE Manager – EPC/EPCM Projects

Ramboll • Syracuse, NY

23h • Remote

About The Position

The Senior HSE Manager provides senior health, safety, and environmental leadership across Ramboll Americas’ EPC/EPCM project portfolio. The role supports safe delivery of complex engineering, procurement, construction management, commissioning, and turnover activities. It establishes consistent HSE governance, aligns contractors and project teams, supports high-risk work planning, and enables effective execution across multiple concurrent projects. The position combines strategic portfolio leadership with practical, field-based support.

The role serves as a primary HSE advisor to Project Directors and EPC/EPCM leadership teams, translating Ramboll’s HSE program into practical project-level controls and routines. It provides guidance during proposals and contract negotiations, defines scalable HSE structures and execution plans, and supports construction readiness, contractor mobilization, competency assurance, and risk reviews.

The Senior HSE Manager aligns contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and other stakeholders; provides governance and assurance over risk management; reviews controls for high-risk work; supports incident investigation and learning; and conducts site visits and assurance reviews. The role also oversees regulatory and contractual compliance, represents Ramboll in audits and governance meetings, and establishes consistent performance reporting across projects.

Remote work is available. The position requires regular travel to project locations. Applicants must already be authorized to work full-time in the United States; sponsorship is not available.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive on-site HSE leadership experience, including substantial large-scale EPC/EPCM project exposure.
• Strong background supporting multi-contractor, high-risk industrial construction environments.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience supporting construction management delivery models in which HSE performance is delivered through contractor execution and strong client/contractor interface management.
• Working knowledge of construction-phase HSE controls, contractor management, incident investigation, assurance, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to travel regularly to project locations and engage effectively with field teams, project leadership, clients, and contractors.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Current authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

• Professional certification such as CSP, CMIOSH, NEBOSH, CRSP, or equivalent.
• Experience with energy transition, power, renewables, industrial decarbonisation, chemicals, manufacturing, mining, or major infrastructure projects.
• Experience supporting owner’s EPC/EPCM models across multiple concurrent projects.
• International or remote project experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of a portfolio-wide HSE approach with consistent standards, scalable processes, and project-specific execution across EPC/EPCM projects.
• Serve as primary HSE advisor to Project Directors and EPC/EPCM leadership teams.
• Drive adoption of Ramboll’s HSE program and translate its expectations into practical project-level behaviours, controls, and leadership routines.
• Provide strategic HSE guidance during proposals and contract negotiations.
• Establish clear boundaries, responsibilities, and interfaces among Ramboll, clients, construction contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Define scalable HSE organization structures, roles, responsibilities, interfaces, and governance models for nationwide multi-project delivery.
• Establish standardized HSE execution plans for engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Set construction readiness expectations, including contractor mobilization, competency assurance, risk review, and field execution controls.
• Align HSE expectations, execution standards, and performance requirements across contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and third-party stakeholders.
• Lead contractor onboarding, alignment sessions, audits, and recurring performance reviews.
• Embed HSE requirements into contracting strategies, procurement packages, bid documents, mobilization plans, and contractor management processes.
• Help project teams translate Ramboll and client HSE requirements into practical field requirements for contractors and subcontractors.
• Provide governance and assurance over risk management, including hazard identification, construction risk assessments, high-risk work reviews, and site controls.
• Support project HSE resources and project leadership in setting consistent risk management expectations while maintaining clear accountability.
• Review and challenge controls for high-risk activities, including lifting, electrical work, confined space entry, work at height, ground disturbance, energisation, commissioning, and simultaneous operations.
• Provide oversight, escalation support, and subject matter input for high-potential or higher-severity incidents; ensure investigations are completed and lessons learned are shared.
• Conduct site visits, leadership engagements, and assurance reviews to verify HSE controls are effective, understood, and consistently applied.
• Demonstrate visible HSE leadership and coach project and contractor leaders to strengthen safety behaviours, leading indicators, and accountability.
• Promote open communication, psychological safety, learning, and continuous improvement across the project portfolio.
• Oversee compliance with applicable HSE regulations, client requirements, and Ramboll HSE standards.
• Represent Ramboll in client audits, regulatory inspections, and EPC/EPCM governance meetings, and ensure resulting actions are tracked and closed.
• Establish consistent HSE performance reporting using leading and lagging indicators, and translate performance data into insights and recommendations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package supporting well-being, professional development, and work-life balance.
• Investment in employee development.
• Flexible approach to where, when, and how much employees work.
• Potential eligibility for a bonus, overtime, or other forms of compensation.

What This Job Offers

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