Director of Safety, Health and Environment

About Us
At HDR, we specialize in engineering, architecture, environmental, and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts, and artists. That's why we believe diversity is our greatest strength.

We believe that the way we work can add meaning and value to the world. That ideas inspire positive change. That coloring outside the lines can illuminate fresh perspectives. And that small details yield important realizations. Above all, we believe that collaboration is the best way forward.

The Corporate Director of Safety, Health and Environment (SH&E) will manage our corporate SH&E team and serve as the overall safety leader for HDR. Successful candidates will possess strong technical and communication skills, be self-motivated and driven toward continuous improvement, will embrace partnerships and provide problem-solving support across our operations and business groups, will drive a positive safety culture, will possess strong organizational and team-building skills, and will achieve high level results by providing safety leadership in support of HDR's strategic goals. An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

In this role we will count on your to:

• Lead SH&E department in effective management and implementation of Corporate Health, Safety and Environmental program.
• Work with senior leadership to advise, support and implement any/all changes or updates regarding Corporate SH&E requirements.
• Ensure that all Corporate SH&E policies and procedures meet and/or exceed all regulatory requirements and "best management" practices in support of HDR's "Zero Incident" philosophy and goals.
• Promote a culture of safety by effectively developing and implementing a Corporate SH&E training program that supports all levels of employees in the course of performing their job functions in a safe and effective manner.
• Develop and implement department Key Performance Indicators annually that provide effective SH&E goals and objectives to support "world class" safety performance.
• Provide overall strategic leadership for HDR's SH&E Program.
• Partner with executives and business leaders at all levels to promote a positive safety culture and provide support for the work we do both in the office and in the field.
• Implement SH&E strategies and initiatives in a way that reflects our values, protects our employees, and encourages compliance.
• Lead a team of corporate direct reports and provide indirect leadership to safety managers across the organization.
• Prepare and monitor Corporate SH&E budget.
• Provide leadership as well as technical and administrative direction on all safety and health policies, procedures, initiatives and programs.
• Oversee compliance with regulations, consensus standards, as well as HDR and client requirements in all of HDR's areas of operation.
• In conjunction with corporate, operations and business group partners, design and execute education, training and awareness programs required to support our business and continuously improve KPIs.
• Regularly review internal SH&E programs, procedures, and policies to ensure they are current and appropriate.
• Provide risk-management reviews, interpretation and internal consultation for client contract/RFP requirements regarding safety-related services.
• Partner with our Director of Security to support that group's management of our travel security program and our emergency, incident and crisis management programs.
• Support Human Resources in the daily management of our Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.
• Support HDR marketing pursuits by tracking and providing required safety information and working with third party reviewers (e.g. ISNetworld, PEC Safety).
• Analyze incident trends/data and recommend corrective actions to appropriate management.
• Work to reduce accidents and workers compensation claims and implement appropriate return to work, work transfer, and fit for duty programs.
• Manage accident investigation and reporting program to help prevent recurrence of incidents and disseminate corrective actions to appropriate staff.
• Conduct SH&E compliance audits/scorecard evaluations for all locations to evaluate if company and regulatory requirements are being met and report findings to executive management and business leaders.
• Direct and/or provide H&S services on client projects as requested.
• Attend relevant industry conferences and professional meetings to maintain professional competencies and benchmark company performance. Identify relevant innovations and best practices and adapt them to HDR.
• Display strong leadership skills and the ability to work in a collaborative matrix organization where interactions are based on professional consultation and partnering in the best interest of the organization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health, safety engineering, safety management, engineering or a related scientific discipline.
• Prior experience in developing, implementing and managing SH&E processes and programs in locations outside the US.
• 5+ years demonstrated field construction safety management experience.

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