HSE Implementation Manager

HSE Implementation Manager

Department: Health, Safety and Environment

Reports To: Senior Director, Occupational Health, Safety and Environment

Location: Multi-site / Corporate Support Role

The payrange for the role is $95,300 to $145,300 plus bonus, comprehensive benefits, retirement savings plan, paid vacation, and other perks and opportunities.

Position Summary

The HSE Implementation Manager is responsible for leading effective rollout, integration, and continuous improvement of Health, Safety and Environment programs, standards, procedures, and management system requirements across the organization. This role works closely with operations, site leadership, functional teams, contractors, and frontline employees to ensure HSE requirements are understood, embedded into daily work, and consistently applied across all locations.

The role combines strong technical HSE knowledge with practical project implementation, change management, coaching, and stakeholder engagement. The HSE Implementation Manager plays a critical role in strengthening safety culture, improving compliance, reducing operational risk, and supporting the organization’s commitment to injury prevention, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

HSE Program Implementation

• Lead the implementation of corporate HSE policies, procedures, standards, and programs across assigned sites or business units.
• Translate HSE requirements into practical, site-level action plans with clear timelines, ownership, milestones, and deliverables.
• Support the deployment of HSE management system elements aligned with recognized best practices such as ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.
• Partner with site leaders to integrate HSE requirements into operational routines, maintenance activities, capital projects, contractor activities, and management review processes.
• Identify implementation barriers and develop practical solutions that support compliance, consistency, and sustainable adoption.

Compliance, Risk Management and Assurance

• Support compliance with applicable occupational health and safety, environmental, fire protection, transportation of dangerous goods, hazardous materials, and other relevant regulatory requirements.
• Lead or support hazard identification, risk assessments, job safety analyses, critical task reviews, and implementation of effective controls using the hierarchy of controls.
• Conduct site assessments, inspections, audits, and gap analyses to verify implementation effectiveness and identify corrective actions.
• Track corrective and preventive actions to closure and elevate unresolved compliance or high-risk issues as required.
• Support regulatory inspections, internal audits, external audits, and management system reviews by preparing documentation, evidence, and action plans.

Continuous Improvement

• Analyze HSE performance data, audit findings, incidents, near misses, and leading indicators to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Work with the Sr. Director, HSE, to develop and implement improvement plans that address recurring risks, compliance gaps, and management system deficiencies.
• Share lessons learned and best practices across sites to improve consistency and organizational learning.

Training, Coaching and Safety Culture

• Develop, and support delivery of Corporate HSE training, and implementation workshops.
• Coach leaders, supervisors, employees, and contractors on HSE expectations, safe work practices, risk recognition, and effective control implementation.
• Promote a proactive safety culture through visible leadership, employee engagement, consultation, and participation.
• Support safety representatives, and site leadership teams, in meeting their HSE responsibilities.
• Communicate HSE changes, priorities, and expectations clearly and consistently across diverse audiences.

Reporting, Documentation and Governance

• Maintain accurate HSE implementation records, training documentation, inspection reports, audit findings, action plans, and performance dashboards.
• Prepare clear reports, presentations, and updates for site leadership, functional leaders, and senior management.
• Monitor implementation progress against approved plans and communicate risks, roadblocks, resource needs, and achievements.
• Support standardization of HSE tools, forms, templates, guidance documents, and communication materials.
• Contribute to annual HSE planning, objective setting, budget input