Primoris Services

Horizontal directional drilling for pipelines

Regional HSE Manager

Environmental Health & SafetyUpdated on Nov 12

Full-timeHouston, TX, USA

About the Job

Requirements

A minimum of 12 years of progressive responsibility for HSE performance within self-perform construction, EPC, power generation, heavy industrial, petrochemical, refining, process, or similarly complex operations.
Demonstrated experience providing HSE leadership for large, complex construction projects or portfolios of projects.
Experience supporting the construction of power generation facilities, heavy industrial facilities, process plants, refineries, and/or petrochemical facilities.
Experience working in both greenfield and brownfield or operating-facility environments.
Demonstrated understanding of HSE requirements and risk management throughout the full EPC project lifecycle, from preconstruction and engineering through construction, commissioning or startup, and turnover.
Experience leading and developing HSE professionals across multiple projects or locations.
Demonstrated ability to partner with Operations and project leadership while maintaining appropriate HSE standards and professional independence.
Experience interacting directly with owners, clients, senior leadership, and regulatory agencies.
Strong knowledge of applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations and recognized construction and industrial HSE practices.
Strong incident investigation, risk assessment, auditing, and corrective-action management capabilities.
Ability to analyze HSE performance information and translate findings into practical operational actions.
Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a geographically dispersed organization.
Must hold at least one current professional certification issued by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals: Construction Health and Safety Technician, Safety Management Specialist, or Certified Safety Professional.
Ability and willingness to travel 30% or more based on business and project needs, including travel to project locations throughout the United States and possible extended or short-notice travel.
Must be capable of working in active construction and industrial environments and performing routine field observations and project assessments.

Responsibilities

Lead HSE performance across assigned divisions and projects throughout the United States, ensuring consistent execution of company HSE standards and expectations.
Partner with Operations and project leadership to integrate HSE into the full project lifecycle, from pursuit and preconstruction through construction, commissioning or startup, and turnover.
Monitor project HSE performance, identify trends and significant risks, and drive appropriate corrective actions and continuous improvement.
Provide HSE leadership and technical guidance for complex and high-risk construction activities, including work within operating industrial facilities.
Maintain regular field presence to assess execution, engage project teams, and ensure effective management of HSE risks.
Support project HSE planning, staffing, risk assessments, subcontractor management, and other project-specific HSE needs.
Lead, coach, and develop HSE Managers, Supervisors, Technicians, and other assigned HSE personnel.
Establish clear expectations and accountability while developing the technical and leadership capabilities of the HSE team.
Assess project HSE staffing and resource needs based on project size, complexity, risk, and performance.
Foster a culture of ownership, operational partnership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Represent Primoris Energy Services with clients, owners, senior leadership, and regulatory agencies on HSE matters.
Participate in executive and client HSE meetings, performance reviews, and significant project discussions.
Lead or provide oversight for significant incident investigations, regulatory interactions, and corrective actions.
Build and maintain strong client relationships and ensure HSE concerns are addressed effectively and in a timely manner.
Build credibility and effective relationships with field employees, HSE personnel, project leadership, Operations executives, and clients.
Influence performance without relying solely on positional authority.
Coach and develop others while establishing clear accountability.
Identify problems early and take ownership of driving them to resolution.
Balance regulatory, company, client, and operational requirements without compromising employee safety.
Communicate clearly and effectively at both the field and executive level.
Challenge existing practices when necessary and contribute practical solutions.
Maintain a strong field presence and firsthand understanding of project execution.
Drive consistency, continuous improvement, and organizational learning across assigned operations.

Desired Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Eight or more years of experience in an HSE leadership or management capacity.
Significant experience within an EPC contractor or self-perform construction organization.
Experience supporting large-scale power generation or industrial construction self-perform projects from preconstruction through commissioning.
Experience working within operating industrial, refining, petrochemical, or process facilities.
Experience managing HSE across geographically dispersed projects or business units.
Experience developing HSE programs, standards, processes, and organizational improvement initiatives.
Experience supporting project pursuits, proposals, client presentations, and preconstruction planning.
Certified Safety Professional or Safety Management Specialist certification is strongly preferred given the leadership and organizational responsibilities of the position.

Job Overview:

The Regional HSE Manager provides strategic and operational HSE leadership for assigned Primoris Energy Services (PES) divisions and projects across the United States. Reporting to the Regional HSE Director, this position is responsible for managing HSE performance across multiple projects and leading a team of HSE Managers, Supervisors, Technicians, and other HSE professionals.

This role requires a highly experienced HSE leader with a strong background in Heavy Industrial Construction, Power Generation, and EPC projects, including both greenﬁeld and brownﬁeld environments. The Regional HSE Manager serves as a key partner to Operations and project leadership and is expected to inﬂuence performance, develop HSE personnel, manage signiﬁcant risk, and drive consistent execution of PES HSE expectations throughout the full project lifecycle.

The successful candidate must be equally capable of operating in the ﬁeld, working with project and operational leadership, and representing PES with clients, owners, and regulatory agencies.

Key Responsibilities

HSE Leadership & Project Performance

Lead HSE performance across assigned divisions and projects throughout the United States, ensuring consistent execution of company HSE standards and expectations.
Partner with Operations and project leadership to integrate HSE into the full project lifecycle, from pursuit and preconstruction through construction, commissioning/startup, and turnover.
Monitor project HSE performance, identify trends and signiﬁcant risks, and drive appropriate corrective actions and continuous improvement.
Provide HSE leadership and technical guidance for complex and high-risk construction activities, including work within operating industrial facilities.
Maintain regular ﬁeld presence to assess execution, engage project teams, and ensure effective management of HSE risks.
Support project HSE planning, staffing, risk assessments, subcontractor management, and other project-speciﬁc HSE needs.

Team Leadership & Development

Lead, coach, and develop HSE Managers, Supervisors, Technicians, and other assigned HSE personnel.
Establish clear expectations and accountability while developing the technical and leadership capabilities of the HSE team.
Assess project HSE staffing and resource needs based on project size, complexity, risk, and performance.
Foster a culture of ownership, operational partnership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Client, Owner & Regulatory Interface
Represent PES with clients, owners, senior leadership, and regulatory agencies on HSE matters.
Participate in executive and client HSE meetings, performance reviews, and signiﬁcant project discussions.
Lead or provide oversight for signiﬁcant incident investigations, regulatory interactions, and corrective actions.
Build and maintain strong client relationships and ensure HSE concerns are addressed effectively and in a timely manner.

Required Qualiﬁcations

Minimum 12 years of progressive responsibility of HSE performance within self-perform construction, EPC, power generation, heavy industrial, petrochemical, reﬁning, process, or similarly complex operations.
Demonstrated experience providing HSE leadership for large, complex construction projects or portfolios of projects.
Experience supporting the construction of power generation facilities, heavy industrial facilities, process plants, reﬁneries, and/or petrochemical facilities.
Experience working in both greenﬁeld and brownﬁeld/operating-facility environments.
Demonstrated understanding of HSE requirements and risk management throughout the full EPC project lifecycle, from preconstruction and engineering through construction, commissioning/startup, and turnover.
Experience leading and developing HSE professionals across multiple projects or locations.

Demonstrated ability to partner with Operations and project leadership while maintaining appropriate HSE standards and professional independence.
Experience interacting directly with owners, clients, senior leadership, and regulatory agencies.
Strong knowledge of applicable OSHA regulations and recognized construction and industrial HSE practices.
Strong incident investigation, risk assessment, auditing, and corrective-action management capabilities.
Ability to analyze HSE performance information and translate ﬁndings into practical operational actions.
Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a geographically dispersed organization.

Professional Certiﬁcation

Candidate must hold at least one current professional certiﬁcation issued by the Board of Certiﬁed Safety Professionals (BCSP):

Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST)
Safety Management Specialist (SMS)
Certiﬁed Safety Professional (CSP) CSP or SMS certiﬁcation is strongly preferred given the leadership and organizational responsibilities of the position.

Preferred Qualiﬁcations

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline. (or equivalent experience)
Eight or more years of experience in an HSE leadership or management capacity.
Signiﬁcant experience within an EPC contractor or self-perform constructionorganization.
Experience supporting large-scale power generation or industrial construction self-perform projects from preconstruction through commissioning.
Experience working within operating industrial, reﬁning, petrochemical, or process facilities.

Experience managing HSE across geographically dispersed projects or business units.
Experience developing HSE programs, standards, processes, and organizational improvement initiatives.
Experience supporting project pursuits, proposals, client presentations, and preconstruction planning.

Travel & Work Environment

Ability and willingness to travel 30% or more, based on business and project needs.
Travel will include project locations throughout the United States and may require extended or short-notice travel based on project conditions.
Must be capable of working in active construction and industrial environments and performing routine ﬁeld observations and project assessments.

Leadership Expectations

The Regional HSE Manager is expected to operate as a business and operational leader with deep HSE expertise, not solely as a compliance resource. Success in this role requires the ability to:

Build credibility and effective relationships with ﬁeld employees, HSE personnel, project leadership, Operations executives, and clients.
Inﬂuence performance without relying solely on positional authority.
Coach and develop others while establishing clear accountability.
Identify problems early and take ownership of driving them to resolution.
Balance regulatory, company, client, and operational requirements without compromising employee safety.
Communicate clearly and effectively at both the ﬁeld and executive level.
Challenge existing practices when necessary and contribute practical solutions.
Maintain a strong ﬁeld presence and ﬁrsthand understanding of project execution.
Drive consistency, continuous improvement, and organizational learning across assigned operations.

Location

The Regional HSE Manager is located in PES’ office in Houston, TX.

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Company Overview:

Primoris Energy Services is a major direct-hire contractor in the U.S. delivering self-performed turnkey industrial construction and EPC services. We offer these services to our clients within the refining, gas processing, chemical/petrochemical, hydrogen, power generation, mining, pulp and paper industries from the first groundbreaking activity all the way through commissioning and start-up of the project. Primoris forms a partnership with our customers and major stakeholders from early-stage engineering through construction completion and commercial operation, safely, on-time, and within budget.

Benefits:

Competitive compensation, paid weekly.
Best-in-class medical, dental, vision, and LTD/STD coverage.
401(k) with company match, vested on day one.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [ESPP].
Pet coverage for your furry friends.
Legal assistance coverage.
Award-winning safety programs.

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Agency Statement

We are not accepting resumes from Third Party Recruiting Firms for this position. If you are an Agency or Search firm representative, contact the Primoris Talent Acquisition Manager directly for consideration. Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes and online response forms through this source. In addition, Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees on unsolicited resumes that are submitted to any member of the Staffing or Operations team. Primoris has established an approved vendor program for this service and will only consider accepting submissions from those approved firms. For consideration in becoming an approved vendor, contact HR.

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

About the Company

Primoris Services

Horizontal directional drilling for pipelines

SEDD provides horizontal directional drilling (HDD) services for trenchless pipeline installations across oil and gas, telecommunications, electric, water, sewer, and irrigation. It uses a drill head and guidance system to bore beneath obstacles like roads, wetlands, or rivers and install pipes without open-cut digging, handling pipe types such as PE, HDPE, PVC, and steel; it can complete crossings up to 56 inches in diameter and 10,000 feet long with large-bore rigs. The company differentiates itself by handling technically demanding, large‑bore drilling projects for major energy and utility clients and by its history of strategic acquisitions and backing from private equity, now as part of PLH Group. Its goal is to be a leading contractor for energy pipeline and utility projects by expanding its HDD fleet, capabilities, and service footprint while minimizing surface disruption and environmental impact.

Company size: Not listed
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Casa Grande, AZ
Founded: 2007

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