Sr HSE Programs Manager

Integra

  • Houston, TX
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    Highlights

    This role leads the Enterprise HSE Systems, Programs & Governance function and serves as the primary integration point among business-unit HSE leaders, Operations, Engineering, Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Human Resources and Learning, Document Control, Quality and Operational Excellence, Legal, Finance, Procurement, Marketing, and Executive Leadership. The role is accountable for enterprise HSE program governance and portfolio oversight, including alignment and implementation support for SafeState, Energy-Based Safety, Human Performance, the HSE technology roadmap, training and competency governance, performance intelligence, upstream operational integration, and assigned sustainability initiatives.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHouston, TX

    Description

    Location: Houston, TX

    Department: DEPCON

    The Opportunity

    The Senior HSE Programs Manager provides enterprise leadership for the design, governance, implementation, measurement, and continuous improvement of Health, Safety, and Environmental systems and programs across IMC Manufacturing, CCM Construction, IMC Service, and corporate HSE initiatives. Reporting to the Vice President, Safety, this role converts business strategy, operational risk, regulatory requirements, and organizational growth needs into scalable enterprise processes and capabilities.

    This role leads the Enterprise HSE Systems, Programs & Governance function and serves as the primary integration point among business-unit HSE leaders, Operations, Engineering, Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Human Resources and Learning, Document Control, Quality and Operational Excellence, Legal, Finance, Procurement, Marketing, and Executive Leadership. The position ensures HSE requirements are integrated into planning, design, systems, training, documentation, implementation, and performance reporting.

    The Senior HSE Programs Manager directly leads a lean enterprise team and provides functional governance to matrixed training resources, subject-matter experts, HSE system users, and business-unit partners. The role is accountable for enterprise HSE program governance and portfolio oversight, including alignment and implementation support for SafeState, Energy-Based Safety, Human Performance, the HSE technology roadmap, training and competency governance, performance intelligence, upstream operational integration, and assigned sustainability initiatives.

    What you will do?

    Enterprise Strategy & Program Portfolio

    • Develop and execute the enterprise HSE systems, programs, and governance roadmap aligned with corporate strategy, operational priorities, and business growth.
    • Establish annual enterprise program priorities, milestones, owners, implementation expectations, performance measures, and governance reviews.
    • Advise the Vice President, Safety on organizational capability, staffing, technology, vendor, budget, and investment needs required to scale the function.
    • Align enterprise initiatives with SafeState, Energy-Based Safety, Human Performance, enterprise management-system principles, operational excellence, and approved business priorities.
    • Anticipate the HSE program, systems, training, and reporting needs associated with new facilities, projects, services, customers, acquisitions, and organizational change.

    Program Architecture & Governance

    • Own the enterprise HSE program lifecycle from intake and risk prioritization through design, review, approval, publication, training, implementation, measurement, revision, and retirement.
    • Establish common enterprise standards while enabling controlled business-unit, facility, project, customer, and jurisdictional supplements where required.
    • Translate regulatory, operational, customer, and technical requirements into scalable business processes, standards, procedures, workflows, tools, and implementation plans.
    • Define program ownership, decision rights, approval pathways, review cadences, implementation accountabilities, and measures of effectiveness.
    • Coordinate technical review and approval with subject-matter experts, business leaders, Legal, Human Resources, and Document Control.
    • Monitor program implementation, adoption, operating barriers, effectiveness, and revision needs across Manufacturing, Construction, and Service.

    HSE Systems, Data & Performance Intelligence

    • Serve as the HSE business owner for HammerTech and future HSE platforms, including the enterprise roadmap, operating model, enhancement priorities, and support expectations.
    • Define HSE business requirements for workflows, forms, permissions, user roles, notifications, data fields, reporting logic, and process controls.
    • Partner with Information Technology, Business Intelligence, enterprise data owners, and vendors on architecture, integrations, security, testing, support, and technical delivery.
    • Establish HSE KPI definitions, data-quality requirements, dashboards, scorecards, executive reporting, leading indicators, and performance-review processes.
    • Monitor adoption, utilization, data completeness, user experience, and support demand; lead user acceptance testing, issue prioritization, change adoption, and continuous optimization.

    Operational Integration & Business Process Design

    • Integrate HSE upstream into scope development, value-stream planning, design engineering, project planning, commissioning, manufacturing, construction, and field-service processes.
    • Establish HSE review triggers and operational-readiness gates for new work, equipment, products, layouts, processes, technologies, and significant changes.
    • Partner with Operations and Engineering to identify foreseeable risks early and prioritize elimination, substitution, and engineered controls before relying on administrative controls or PPE.
    • Ensure enterprise programs are operationally practical and appropriately adapted to the distinct needs of Manufacturing, Construction, and Service without unnecessary duplication.
    • Conduct field and facility engagement, process mapping, stakeholder workshops, and operational reviews to identify gaps, validate requirements, and improve execution.

    Training & Competency Governance

    • Own the enterprise HSE training and competency framework, including role-based matrices, curriculum standards, learning pathways, trainer qualification, records expectations, competency verification, and effectiveness measures.
    • Build and govern a distributed training model using designated HSE trainers, qualified subject-matter experts, and business-unit training resources, including the IMC Service HSE Training Manager.
    • Translate enterprise programs into role-based learning objectives, onboarding requirements, facilitator materials, practical assessments, refresher expectations, and verified competency.
    • Partner with Human Resources, Learning and Development, Operations, and business-unit HSE leaders on learning systems, assignments, records, workforce planning, and scalable delivery.
    • Ensure new and revised programs have the required training, communications, systems, tools, ownership, and implementation support before operational release.

    Risk, Assurance & Continuous Improvement

    • Establish and maintain enterprise risk-governance methods that connect facility, project, service, and value-stream risk registers to program, training, systems, capital, and leadership priorities.
    • Provide enterprise governance for incident classification, notification, investigation methods, corrective-action quality, verification, trend learning, and lessons-learned deployment.
    • Support compliance audits, management-system assessments, program assurance reviews, and enterprise readiness for ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and other applicable standards.
    • Analyze incidents, observations, risk data, audit findings, system use, training performance, and operational feedback to identify systemic improvement opportunities.
    • Lead structured gap assessments, root-cause reviews, pilots, corrective-action governance, and continuous-improvement initiatives across the enterprise portfolio.

    Sustainability & Emerging Enterprise Programs

    • Support the development of enterprise sustainability governance, materiality assessment, environmental performance priorities, and related strategic programs as assigned.
    • Partner with business leaders to map the value chain and identify material impacts, risks, opportunities, stakeholder expectations, data needs, and functional ownership.
    • Translate approved material topics and emerging enterprise priorities into governance, programs, responsibilities, metrics, targets, reporting, and improvement plans.
    • Coordinate with Finance, Operations, Procurement, Legal, Human Resources, Quality, Engineering, and other functions to integrate sustainability requirements into business processes.
    • Monitor emerging customer, regulatory, investor, and market expectations and recommend proportionate readiness actions to the Vice President, Safety.

    Cross-Functional Leadership & Change Management

    • Lead enterprise working groups, governance councils, pilots, implementation teams, and cross-functional reviews for priority HSE programs and systems.
    • Establish clear ownership boundaries: Enterprise HSE Programs defines HSE business requirements and governance while operational and shared-service functions retain their core accountabilities.
    • Influence across multiple business units and functions without direct authority, resolve barriers, and escalate decisions or risks requiring executive direction.
    • Communicate program status, risks, performance trends, resource needs, and strategic recommendations to the Vice President, Safety and other senior leaders.
    • Lead stakeholder engagement, communications, change-management, and adoption strategies that translate enterprise expectations into sustained operational practice.

    Leadership Responsibilities

    The Senior HSE Programs Manager provides direct leadership to assigned enterprise resources, which may include:

    • HSE Systems & Data Analyst
    • Enterprise HSE Training & Competency Lead
    • Future HSE program, systems, performance, or project resources as approved

    Provides functional governance and matrixed alignment to enterprise and business-unit resources, including:

    • Designated HSE Trainers – IMC Manufacturing
    • Designated HSE Trainers – IMC Service
    • Designated HSE Trainers – CCM Construction
    • Qualified HSE and technical subject-matter experts
    • HSE platform super users and site coordinators
    • Program owners, operational sponsors, and implementation teams
    • Business-unit and Regional HSE leaders
    • Cross-functional partners supporting enterprise programs and systems
    • Sustainability and materiality assessment workstream participants

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Business, Industrial Management, Information Systems, or a related field
    • Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
    • OSHA 30-Hour Construction or General Industry
    • First Aid/CPR/AED
    • 10+ years of progressive HSE, enterprise program, management-system, or operational-risk experience.
    • Minimum 5 years leading enterprise, regional, multi-site, or cross-functional HSE programs, systems, or improvement initiatives.
    • Demonstrated success building organizational capability, leading direct and matrixed resources, and managing a complex program portfolio.
    • Experience supporting construction, manufacturing, industrial, mission-critical, field-service, or other complex operating environments.
    • Experience designing, implementing, governing, and improving HSE management systems, standards, processes, training, and performance frameworks.
    • Experience with digital HSE platforms, data governance, reporting, dashboards, user adoption, and technology-enabled process improvement.
    • Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change, influence senior stakeholders, develop talent, and translate strategy into execution.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Master's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Management, Engineering, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or a related discipline
    • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher.
    • OSHA 500 and/or OSHA 501 Authorized Outreach Trainer designation.
    • ISO 45001 and/or ISO 14001 internal auditor, lead auditor, or implementation training.
    • Formal training or demonstrated experience in enterprise systems implementation, change management, data analytics, sustainability, or program governance.
    • Additional relevant professional credentials, such as CHST, ASP, CIH, or equivalent, based on the needs of the organization.

    How we support you

    We believe your best work happens when you feel supported - professionally, personally, and financially. That’s why we offer a range of benefits designed to help you thrive, stay healthy, and plan for the future.

    • Performance-driven rewards – Competitive pay with incentive opportunities that recognize your results and contributions.
    • Comprehensive healthcare – Medical, dental, and vision coverage that supports you and your family’s total well-being.
    • Security and peace of mind – Life and disability insurance programs that provide protection when it matters most.
    • Flexible benefits options – A variety of voluntary benefits so you can personalize coverage to fit your needs.
    • Time to recharge – Generous paid time off to relax, travel, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
    • Investing in your growth – Education assistance and tuition support to help you build skills and advance your career.
    • Planning for the future – Retirement and savings programs that help you achieve long-term financial confidence.

    Come build with us

    At Integra, we’re driven by a vision to transform the data center industry. We specialize in delivering optimized turnkey solutions that bring together speed, quality, and reliability - helping our clients build and operate the mission-critical infrastructure that powers today’s digital world. Integra is a vertically integrated company - owning and managing every phase of the process from site selection and design to manufacturing, procurement, commissioning, and warranty. This approach allows us to move faster, solve challenges more efficiently, and deliver exceptional outcomes for our partners.

    What truly sets Integra apart is our people. We are a team of problem-solvers, engineers, builders, and operators who thrive on tackling complex challenges and delivering results. Our culture values collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement - because in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, excellence and adaptability matter.

    Joining Integra means being part of a company that is shaping the future of data center infrastructure. If you’re passionate about innovation, impact, and building systems the world depends on, you’ll find the opportunity to grow and make a difference here.

    Equal Opportunity Statement

    Integra provides equal employment opportunities for all people. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against because of race, creed, origin, marital status, sexual orientation, age, otherwise qualified disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a qualified applicant who requires reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact

    talent_acquisition@integra.com

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