Position Overview:
Power your future with Qualus in our Safety Department as a Regional HSSE Manager. As a Regional HSSE Manager will lead Occupational Health, Safety, and Human Performance initiatives across field services, repair shops, warehouses, and office environments. This role partners strategically with area leadership to implement safety programs, identify improvement opportunities, and drive initiatives aligned with business goals. The manager fosters a strong team culture and ensures compliance with OSHA and industry standards. Reporting to the Director of HSSE, this role also collaborates with peer managers to shape and execute company-wide safety and risk management programs that promote safe, healthy, and resilient workplaces.
Travel for this position is primarily within the Midwest and East regions and is expected to be 50–75% of the time. This is subject to project needs.
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership, guidance, and recommendations on health and safety issues to ensure accomplishment of goals and establishing/maintaining of a strong safety and human performance culture.
- Partner to standardize, implement, and monitor written health and safety policies, procedures and practices.
- Provide professional health and safety technical assistance, performing hands-on health and safety hazard analysis, compliance assessments, and critical behavior observations.
- Provide recommendations and strategic support to mitigate or eliminate workplace hazards.
- Perform Safety and Human Performance assessments of QUALUS employees and work sites.
- Present Safety and Human Performance awareness and training topics to QUALUS employees.
- Provide tracking of QUALUS employee safety training and compliance status; develop and provide Health &Safety training to employees via on site presentation, development of CBA, and other means.
- Coordinate safety training scheduling and budget plans for regional management.
- Track and provide required safety statistics to customers as required.
- Serve as the central point of contact for regional leadership, management, and field employees on all Health and Safety issues providing interpretation, guidance, on site field direction and recommended solutions to regions/business units.
- Develop/maintain/provide procedures and guidance to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Responsible for assessing the operational impact of existing and proposed regulations and will be able to independently identify, develop and present recommendations to QUALUS management.
- Perform research and present findings to the QUALUS management team on safety related issues, such as tools and equipment, training, state and federal regulations.
- Collaborate with other entities such as client safety departments to accomplish tasks.
- Maintain professional knowledge of Human and Organizational Performance (HOP).
- Ensures accomplishment of client goals through effective planning, organization, and scheduling of individual work activities.
- Maintain a standard to conduct investigations and corrective and preventive actions of workplace accidents, injuries and job site safety and makes recommendations to correct any issues. Partner with operations to ensure that corrective and/or preventive measures are completed.
- Remains current on federal, state, county and local safety regulations, keeping management advised of new or revised regulations and their projected impact. Ensuring compliance with applicable OSHA, NFPA, and NESC safety standards and regulations. Acts as regional contact for any federal, state or municipal safety or risk management authority.
- Represents the organization in client, community, and/or industry safety groups and programs.
- Advises the HSSE Team in matters associated with regulatory compliance, safety improvement initiatives, and incident investigation.
- Serves as a change agent to achieve a significant and sustainable safety cultural within the region.
- Participates in safety and health-related audits, inspections, and observations for various departments and locations. Tracks and expedites the completion of corrective measures and action-items associated with the aforementioned activities.
- Integrate concepts of Human and Organizational Performance in day-to-day workforce safety.
- Partner with HR and OPS to actively manage employee injuries.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health (Certified Safety Professional with a Bachelor’s degree in any field and 5-7 years of like-work experience may be substituted in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health)
- 5-7 years of direct experience in electrical safety
- Electrical utility, commercial, Data centers, battery storage, and/or industrial facilities preferred
- Knowledge of TapRooT and/or other structured root cause analysis methodologies
- Strong working knowledge of fall protection systems, requirements, and field application
- Proven record of fostering a Human Performance culture through Experience in Human Performance Improvement (HPI) and Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) programs
- Proficiency in the Microsoft suite of programs including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Cloud docs
- Ability to effectively communicate with internal, client and regulatory counterparts
- Proven experience maintaining safety records and a proven track record of regulatory compliance
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and in written communication; solid presentation skills
- Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form; deal with problems involving several concrete variables
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities effectively, distinguishing between urgent and non-urgent issues
- Skilled in developing comprehensive project plans, coordinating resources and materials, and leading project kickoff meetings
- Proficient in identifying and adapting to changes in work scope throughout the project lifecycle
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to examine data, facts, and information to draw logical conclusions
- Capable of making sound decisions under pressure, with a strong focus on safety and risk mitigation
- OSHA 30 certificate
- NFPA 70E certified trainer preferred or willing to acquire
- First Aid, AED, CPR certified trainer preferred
- CSP or SMP preferred
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Benefits & Compensation:
Qualus benefits offered include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays, for those who qualify.
The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The salary range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.
Company Overview:
Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 1,900 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.
EEO:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation across Canada and the US.
