Senior HSE Manager – EPC/EPCM Projects

Ramboll • Charlotte, NC

1d • $136,497 - $197,515 • 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, while establishing consistent HSE governance, aligning contractors and project teams, supporting high-risk work planning, and enabling execution across multiple concurrent projects. It combines strategic leadership with practical, field-based support and requires significant experience in large-scale EPC/EPCM construction environments.

The manager advises Project Directors and EPC/EPCM leadership, develops scalable HSE approaches and execution plans, and helps integrate HSE expectations into proposals, contract negotiations, procurement, contractor mobilisation, and project delivery. The role oversees risk management and assurance, supports incident investigations and regulatory compliance, conducts site visits and audits, and promotes effective safety culture and performance reporting. Regular travel to project locations is required. The position has a remote option and is open to applicants authorized to work full-time in the United States; sponsorship is unavailable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10 or more 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.
• Proven 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.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; 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.
• Serve as the 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 HSE boundaries, responsibilities, and interfaces among Ramboll, clients, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Define scalable HSE organization structures, roles, responsibilities, interfaces, and governance models for multi-project delivery.
• Establish standardized HSE execution plans across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Set construction readiness expectations for contractor mobilisation, competency assurance, risk review, and field execution controls.
• Align HSE expectations, execution standards, and performance requirements across contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and third parties.
• Lead contractor onboarding, alignment sessions, audits, and recurring performance reviews.
• Embed HSE requirements into contracting strategies, procurement packages, bid documents, mobilisation plans, and contractor management processes.
• Support project teams in translating Ramboll and client HSE requirements into practical contractor and subcontractor field requirements.
• 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 establishing 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 embedded.
• 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 accountability, leading indicators, and proactive safety behaviours.
• Promote open communication, psychological safety, learning, and continuous improvement across the project portfolio.
• Oversee compliance with applicable HSE regulations, client requirements, and Ramboll standards.
• Support translation of regulatory and contractual HSE requirements into practical controls and assurance activities.
• Represent Ramboll in client audits, regulatory inspections, and EPC/EPCM governance meetings, and track, communicate, and close resulting actions.
• Establish consistent HSE performance reporting using leading and lagging indicators.
• Translate performance data into insights, actions, and recommendations for project leadership, clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders.

Benefits

• Investment in your development.
• A comprehensive benefits package supporting well-being, professional development, and work-life balance.
• Potential eligibility for bonus, overtime, or other forms of compensation.
• Work flexibility as part of an inclusive approach.

What This Job Offers

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