HSE Safety Manager - Assurance / Audit Lead

Job Posting:

Since 1953, Ferguson has been a source of quality supplies for a variety of industries. Together We Build Better infrastructure, better homes and better businesses. We exist to make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful, and sustainable. We proactively solve problems, adapt and grow to continuously serve our customers, communities and each other. Ferguson is proud to provide best-in-class products, service and capabilities across the following industries: Commercial/Mechanical, Facilities Supply, Fire and Fabrication, HVAC, Industrial, Residential Trade, Residential Building and Remodel, Waterworks and Residential Digital Commerce. Ferguson has approximately 36,000 associates across 1,700 locations. Ferguson is a community of proud associates who operate with the shared purpose of building something meaningful. You will build a career that you are proud of, at a company you can believe in.

HSE Safety Manager - Assurance / Audit Lead 

The HSE Safety Manager Assurance / Audit Lead is a strategic addition to the HSE corporate team to focus on developing and sustaining excellence in HSE auditing!

In this role you will oversee a broad Health, Safety and Environmental assurance program through rigorous procedures aimed at controlling risk exposures at the program level business groups. You will also provide validation of processes and overall management system effectiveness.

You will also provide technical leadership in the development of corrective actions and control measures, serve as the technical subject matter expert on process improvements targeting field operations and will serve to influence appropriate measures/control remedies and corrective actions with leaders. You will work in collaboration with the HSE Operational Excellence team and field HSE team, to develop and train the field team on assurance protocol and interpretations.

This role is approved to be fully remote and can be based anywhere in the United States. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build a robust HSE assurance program and establish process, mechanisms, and metrics.
• Partner with HSE Operations Excellence team, Field HSE team, Internal Audit and Operations to plan for, support and implement on-site assurance of programs and processes.
• Lead the corporate HSE audit team, direct end-to-end assurance projects and collaborate with other departments for resources.
• Provide leadership and oversight of HSE audit planning / risk assessment, audit execution, budgets, closure and implementation of corrective actions across multiple businesses.
• Lead and/or participate in audits as a member of the team to assure effective implementation of the requirements across various sites.
• Support the design and delivery of internal HSE auditor training.
• Facilitate and liaise with multiple partners, including Operations leaders, to mutually accept audit findings and appropriate corrective actions.
• Develop clear and concise audit reports within agreed timeframes in collaboration with all partners.
• Follow up on audit recommendations to ensure appropriate corrective actions has been taken to resolve identified deficiencies.
• Perform analyses of audit outcomes to identify trending issues. Report on key metrics and make recommendations for process and system improvements.
• Highlight, and provide corrective action solutions for, hazards outside of a defined audit scope
• Partner with the Internal audit team on audits of HSE policies, Field HSE. Operations and Legal to create a continuous loop of feedback that will continuously improve the HSE management systems.
• Share best practices to assist in the continuous improvement of individual and organizational HSE performance.
• Engage operational partners through proactive and continuous partnership to understand the business and identify emerging risks.
• Facilitate external audits of locations, review written audit reports for submittal to corporate.

Preferred Qualifications and requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational, Health and Safety (OHS), Environmental, or other related technical degree from an accredited University.
• 10+ years of Occupational health and Safety, Environmental or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years’ experience auditing and building programs.
• 5+ years’ experience in program or project management.
• Experience using HSE data and metrics to drive improvements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including experience collaborating with senior leaders
• ISO (OHS) lead auditor certification or the ability to obtain within 6 months of start.
• Have a solid knowledge foundation of HSE management systems and regulatory compliance (regional an