HSEQ Specialist / Regional Safety Specialist - Americas

Location: Houston, TX. 

About Brunel International:

Brunel International is a leading global workforce solutions provider, dedicated to empowering specialists in various industries. Our mission is to continuously strive to create an environment that supports the well-being, health, and safety of our internal and external specialists. We are committed to upholding this mission by fostering a culture of excellence and safety across our organization and within our client partnerships.

Job Description:

As a regional HSEQ Specialist at Brunel, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring adherence to our mission of promoting well-being, health, and safety for all Brunel staff in the region. You are responsible for ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards across the region. This role involves developing, implementing, and monitoring programs and policies to ensure a safe and compliant workplace

You will report into the Operations Director.

Next to your regional role, you will chair with the Global Safety Committee, a group of dedicated and qualified regional specialists ensuring the highest quality standards.

This is a dynamic and influential part of the role that requires collaboration with regional colleagues as well as with the Executive Leadership Team, discuss and advise among other things reporting, improvement plans, and lessons learned.
 

Key Regional Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities:

• Compliance: Ensure all operations comply with OSHA, EPA, and other relevant regulations.
• Policy Development: Develop and implement regional HSEQ policies and procedures in alignment with global policies.
• Training: Conduct training sessions for employees on safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Audits and Inspections: Perform regular audits and inspections to identify potential hazards and ensure compliance.
• Incident Management: Investigate accidents and incidents, determine root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
• Reporting: Maintain records and prepare reports on HSEQ performance and compliance.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for improvement in HSEQ practices and implement changes.
• Tenders: Review and complete HSE related tender items.
• Emergency Preparedness: Developing and testing emergency response plans to handle crises such as fires, chemical spills, or natural disasters.
• Injury Management: Guardian to the injury management process when an employee or contractor sustains an injury at work. This involves immediate response, supporting evacuation procedures providing first aid or medical assistance (where available), documenting the incident, liaising with the client, insurers, delivery team and ensuring proper reporting procedures are followed.
• Lead ISO 9001 certification efforts and ensure compliance with relevant rules and regulations.

Key Responsibilities heading the Global Safety Committee

• You will head and facilitate regular meetings with global HSEQ stakeholders to drive our mission and advise the ELT on the HSEQ agenda and action plans.
• Together with the global team you will work on:
• Implementation of Emergency response (through crisis 24)
• Ensure global policies are set up and regularly reviewed
• Ensuring global (updated) mandatory trainings
• Data registration and reporting through a safety management system (to be implemented and adopted globally)
• Promoting a culture of accurate incident reporting and safety awareness
• Embedding HSEQ practices throughout the globe
• Collaboration with our clients to ensure HSEQ compliance according to relevant guidelines and regulations.
• Site visits to diverse locations
• It’s a hybrid position with remote work available on Fridays, and our office is located in Memorial, Houston.
   

Qualifications & Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years (8-10 years preferred) of experience in HSEQ.
• Industry experience is preferred, along with proficiency in English and experience dealing with cultural differences.
• Tertiary Education in Work Health and Safety (WHS).
• ISO 9001 Auditing qualification.
• Experience with ISO 45001 HSE Systems.
• Relevant certifications such as OSHA, NEBOSH, or similar are preferred.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Exceptional persuasion, training and communication abilities
• Analytical skills on data generated .
• Dedication to building and nurturing the global HSEQ community.
• A commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team.

If you are a dedicated professional with a passion for promoting well-being, health, safety and quality on a global scale, we invite you to join the team. Together, we will create a safer and healthier environment for our specialists and clients worldwide.

Note: Brunel International is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.