Safety, Health & Environment Senior Manager

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Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking a responsive, organized, detailed orientated SH&E Manager for immediate employment to lead Safety, Health & Environment efforts for part of AECOM’s Environment Business Line. This position works as a member of a dynamic team providing support to operations throughout the Louisville, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee; and Indianapolis, Indiana. The SH&E Manager must be able to quickly learn and adapt to new situations and challenges, make assessments about resource needs and assist operations leadership in successfully delivering safe and healthy work. AECOM is proud to provide our employees with exciting, challenging projects.   
    
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, those listed below:

• Provide visible and active support throughout the region for safety
• Monitor and assess safety programs at diverse work sites (civil construction, building construction, environmental remediation and construction, industrial construction)
• Identify specific, actionable and feasible solutions to complex safety, health and environmental issues
• Lead the incident management process and validate the effectiveness of corrective actions 
• Review site and project specific safety plans, training programs, audit protocols, and supporting safety programs (rewards and recognition, security plans etc)
• Recommend changes to policies and procedures that affect the region’s operations and employees 
• Train and coach all levels of employees in the organizations
• Assist operational group in meeting safety performance targets
• Conduct safety training, lead meetings and work groups involving various types of workers, ability to adapt with group dynamics and create engaging learning environments

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Public Health, Engineering, or other relevant subject and 10+ years of relevant experience in a SH&E role; or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education including two years of leadership
• Travel with occasional overnight stays will be required and may account for up to 25% of time
• Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test and criminal background check.
• Valid driver’s license required
• Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading geographically diverse organizations
• Knowledge or experience managing environmental compliance (RCRA, DOT, HAZCOM, etc)
• Professional certification as a CSP, CIH, CHMM, or equivalent.
• Experience with data management and/or analytics platforms such as Microsoft PowerBI
• Experience preferable in the transportation, energy/power, and civil/heavy construction projects
• Experience or demonstrated knowledge of Federal OSHA, USEPA, DOT, EM-385.1.1, Radiation Safety, NFPA 70e, and other regulatory requirements
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Office suite, including advanced level excel data management skills.
• Experience diffusing escalating situations, managing change, and remaining objective in the face of varying opinions, accounts and influences
• Must be able to motivate others, build teams and maintain forward thinking approach
• Ability to successfully influence and inspire others to work safely and effectively
• Able to form trusted relationships with clients, subcontractors and consultants
• Able to perform in a fast paced, highly dynamic work environment, prioritize appropriately, and be highly responsive
• Able to work productively with all levels of the organization including field technicians, engineers, scientists, senior managers and executives
• Able to wo