Sr Director, HSSE Project Execution

RWE Americas, LLC

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Health, Safety & Environment

Remuneration: Exempt

The Sr Director, HSSE Project Execution serves as the primary interface for RWE Americas (RWEA) HSSE Project Execution (Construction), integrating technical best practices, regulatory expectations, emerging industry trends, team development, and relationship management with contractors. The role provides strategic direction, technical leadership, and governance for HSSE across projects throughout North America to ensure safe working conditions, achieve departmental and organizational KPI targets, implement the HSSE management system, maintain full regulatory compliance, protect the environment, and drive a proactive, zero-harm safety culture throughout the project execution lifecycle.

Key activities:

Supports a team of contract HSSE professionals focused on safe project execution

Ensures safe and healthy working conditions and procedures for all colleagues and contractors

Achieves departmental KPIs and targets

Implements HSSE management system, processes, and programs within Project Execution and on construction projects

Ensures HSSE compliance with legislation, regulations, and environmental aspects at PE projects

Role Responsibilities:

Leads and supports a team of contract HSSE professionals to achieve departmental and Company KPIs and targets

Leads national campaigns around behavior-based safety, workforce empowerment, and leadership accountability

Oversees strategy implementation, KPIs, metrics, and targets for HSSE Project Execution, aligned with operations

Fosters the company's HSSE culture through interactions, communications, and leading by example

Shares progress through daily, weekly, and monthly reporting to team members and HSSE leadership to ensure collaboration across departments and drive safe work

Implements HSSE management system, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with company directives

Regularly reviews Operations HSSE metrics and focuses the team on high-risk activities, trends, and mitigations

Advises and guides operational leadership on the implementation of the HSSE management system, risk identification, and mitigation

Responsible for targeted campaigns, programs, and initiatives for continuous improvement

Ensures governance and compliance with the HSSE management system and policies

Provides feedback to HSSE Excellence regarding procedure improvement opportunities/needs

Coordinates RCAs, works with HSSE team members to conduct root cause analyses and identify learnings

Ensures HSSE training compliance across the business

Owns the communication strategy for field HSSE engagements, storytelling, and lessons-learned dissemination

Develops and manages HSSE operations/PE team OKRs, team performance, and rankings

Job Requirements and Experience:

A Bachelor's of Science in Safety Management, Environmental, Engineering, Construction, or a relevant area of study is required

A minimum of 11 years of construction safety management experience

Renewables industry experience a plus

Team Leadership: Ability to lead, inspire, manage, and delegate effectively across regions

People Development: Ability to develop themselves and their people to their full potential

Performance Orientation: Self-motivated to drive the business, increase performance, and deliver results

Strategic thinking: Push boundaries to achieve goals, utilizing resources in a matrix organization

Continuous Improvement: Constantly optimizing the business

Integration Management: Ability to lead teams through change management

Working Together: Ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams

Communication skills: Ability to effectively communicate internally & externally within the chain of command and within his/her level of authority

Open mindset: Self-reflective personality, able to learn and act on feedback

Hands-on mentality: Actively involving him-/herself, pragmatic and fact-focused attitude

Deep expertise in HSSE and asset-intensive business (Construction)

Understanding of the regulatory framework in different jurisdictions/markets

Understanding of regulatory decision-making procedures

Understanding of business model, regulatory, and technical developments, as well as potential implications

Onshore Wind, PV, BESS Construction & Operations understanding

Flexibility and willingness to travel extensively domestically as needed to effectively perform the job

Languages: English mandatory, additional languages an advantage

Work Environment:

This position is an office-based role with significant travel and visits to field construction locations. The employee must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

RWE Americas, a subsidiary of RWE, is a US-based energy company that is helping to meet the growing demand for energy across the United States. Backed by RWE’s 125-year global legacy of managing diverse power assets, RWE Americas operates approximately 13 GW of power projects across 27 states. With a talented workforce of 2,000 employees, RWE Americas develops, constructs and operates wind, solar and battery storage projects, along with natural gas-powered generation, that safely deliver affordable, reliable electricity to our customers. Committed to responsible development, RWE Americas invests in local and rural communities, creating jobs and partnering with stakeholders to support and strengthen the places where we live and work. This is complemented by RWE’s energy trading business. RWE is also a major offtaker of American liquified natural gas (LNG). Learn more about how RWE Americas is generating impact at americas.rwe.com.

At RWE Americas, we foster a culture defined by our Essential Behaviors - Have Courage, Create Impact and Actively Collaborate. We encourage bold thinking and continuous learning, and we value ownership, resilience and inclusion in everything we do. When you join us, you become part of a team that supports your development, respects your contributions and celebrates shared success. This is a place where you can grow your career and make a meaningful difference.