Director of Health & Safety - North America
Turner & Townsend Limited, New York, NY, United States
Director of Health & Safety - North America
Full‑time. Department: Business Support.
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
The Director of Health & Safety for North America will lead HSE leadership within the region, partnering with the regional board, global H&S lead, HR teams, and country H&S coordinators to support a culture of HSE technical excellence and performance. Knowledge of International ISO standards is required. Hybrid in‑office work from the Atlanta T&T/CBRE office is required.
Key Responsibilities
Drive a culture of safety and visible leadership commitment into everything we do by continuously assessing organizational maturity, establishing baselines and creating action plans in partnership with the business.
Act as the key in‑region H&S lead, developing implementation strategies to support global and central initiatives and business operations requirements. This will include developing management information and board reports for H&S.
Implement and integrate the H&S Management System framework, standards and tools into business strategy to ensure legal compliance and operational assurance (including ISO standards).
Continually assess HSE risk through execution of the global central assurance strategy including operational risk strategy, audit & execution of regional programs of work and timely site attendance with offices and client sites and execution of commissions/project delivery.
Provide ad‑hoc timely counsel and information to management on account, market, area and/or region basis on HSE matters including trends, performance or concerns.
Manage the HSE notification, escalation and reporting process for the region to ensure lessons learned & improvement plans are identified; monitor root causes and help to drive a mindset of learning & improvement from incidents.
Work to ensure the wider team and account structures have access to technical guidance that helps teams interpret national and state laws, statutory regs and best practices through hierarchy of controls, risk assessment, procedures and smart actions (our R4 model).
Serve as lead investigator for preliminary fatal
on‑fatal incidents or PSIF (potential serious incident) events; produce preliminary (final) reports through standardized templates.
Conduct lead investigations and sign‑off high level reports of serious incidents.
In partnership with HR, conduct ergonomics assessments, workforce wellness clinics, liaison with internal workplace support including implementing Return‑to‑Work (RTW) plans.
In partnership with HR, support wellbeing initiatives, including mental health guidance.
Support H&S consultants/professional services, when needed.
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
University degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Engineering or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Certification from an Occupational Safety & Health accreditation body.
Auditor training/qualifications ideally to ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and/or ISO 45001.
Outstanding interpersonal skills, communication skills (oral & written) and highly customer‑centric.
Fluent in English; other languages an advantage.
Apply, defend & integrate company values.
Comfortable working with a variety of industry sectors and robust HSE Management Systems.
PowerPoint, MS Word & Excel – intermediate to advanced level.
Prior Experience
Minimum 7+ years construction experience, architecture/engineering environment, or HSE experience in a similar field.
Experience working for contractors as an HSE lead, consultant or professional services.
Experience with HSE elements delivering projects in principal/PMC.
*On‑site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*
Qualified candidates with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with LA County ordinance and CA law.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
The Director of Health & Safety for North America will lead HSE leadership within the region, partnering with the regional board, global H&S lead, HR teams, and country H&S coordinators to support a culture of HSE technical excellence and performance. Knowledge of International ISO standards is required. Hybrid in‑office work from the Atlanta T&T/CBRE office is required.
Key Responsibilities
Drive a culture of safety and visible leadership commitment into everything we do by continuously assessing organizational maturity, establishing baselines and creating action plans in partnership with the business.
Act as the key in‑region H&S lead, developing implementation strategies to support global and central initiatives and business operations requirements. This will include developing management information and board reports for H&S.
Implement and integrate the H&S Management System framework, standards and tools into business strategy to ensure legal compliance and operational assurance (including ISO standards).
Continually assess HSE risk through execution of the global central assurance strategy including operational risk strategy, audit & execution of regional programs of work and timely site attendance with offices and client sites and execution of commissions/project delivery.
Provide ad‑hoc timely counsel and information to management on account, market, area and/or region basis on HSE matters including trends, performance or concerns.
Manage the HSE notification, escalation and reporting process for the region to ensure lessons learned & improvement plans are identified; monitor root causes and help to drive a mindset of learning & improvement from incidents.
Work to ensure the wider team and account structures have access to technical guidance that helps teams interpret national and state laws, statutory regs and best practices through hierarchy of controls, risk assessment, procedures and smart actions (our R4 model).
Serve as lead investigator for preliminary fatal
on‑fatal incidents or PSIF (potential serious incident) events; produce preliminary (final) reports through standardized templates.
Conduct lead investigations and sign‑off high level reports of serious incidents.
In partnership with HR, conduct ergonomics assessments, workforce wellness clinics, liaison with internal workplace support including implementing Return‑to‑Work (RTW) plans.
In partnership with HR, support wellbeing initiatives, including mental health guidance.
Support H&S consultants/professional services, when needed.
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
University degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Engineering or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Certification from an Occupational Safety & Health accreditation body.
Auditor training/qualifications ideally to ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and/or ISO 45001.
Outstanding interpersonal skills, communication skills (oral & written) and highly customer‑centric.
Fluent in English; other languages an advantage.
Apply, defend & integrate company values.
Comfortable working with a variety of industry sectors and robust HSE Management Systems.
PowerPoint, MS Word & Excel – intermediate to advanced level.
Prior Experience
Minimum 7+ years construction experience, architecture/engineering environment, or HSE experience in a similar field.
Experience working for contractors as an HSE lead, consultant or professional services.
Experience with HSE elements delivering projects in principal/PMC.
*On‑site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*
Qualified candidates with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with LA County ordinance and CA law.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
#J-18808-Ljbffr