Senior HSE Manager - Water & Heavy Civil

OVERVIEW

We are currently seeking a Sr. HSE Manager for our New England heavy civil division.

The Senior HSE Manager is a key member of the regions HSE team and works in close partnership with the HSE Director to provide leadership, direction, and oversight across multiple heavy civil water and wastewater projects.

This position serves as a trusted partner to HSE and Operations leadership, helping translate HSE strategy and expectations into effective execution at the project level.

The successful candidate will combine a strong field and construction background with the ability to operate at a strategic level, influence leaders, develop people, manage complex risk, and assume broader HSE leadership responsibilities as organizational needs evolve.

As a fourth-generation, family-owned business, Walsh recruits individuals who are seeking a small company feel with a large company backing.  Walsh is a successful fast-growing company at the forefront of technology and is committed to being the employer of choice to our employees and the builder of choice to our customers.

There are many compelling reasons why exceptional people should consider a career with our company:

• Challenging, complex work
• Creative and innovative problem-solving environment
• Supportive, communicative managers who reward hard work
• Opportunities for growth, training, and development
• Flexibility in career path & progression
• Opportunities to work and live all over the United States

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with the HSE Director to provide strategic and operational HSE leadership across assigned operations, supporting the implementation of divisional HSE strategy, priorities, standards, and improvement initiatives.
• Provide HSE leadership and oversight across multiple projects, working closely with Project Managers, Superintendents, Operations leadership, and HSE professionals to integrate HSE into project planning, execution, and decision-making.
• Lead, mentor, and develop HSE professionals, including HSE Managers and Specialists. Establish clear expectations, provide coaching and technical guidance, assess performance and development needs, and strengthen HSE leadership capability across the organization.
• Serve as a senior HSE advisor to operational leadership, providing practical guidance on complex and high-risk work activities and helping teams identify exposures, assess risk, and implement effective controls before work begins.
• Oversee the development and implementation of project-specific HSE plans, ensuring alignment with corporate, divisional, client, and applicable regulatory requirements while driving consistency across projects.
• Partner with project leadership to manage subcontractor HSE performance, including prequalification, onboarding, planning, field execution, performance monitoring, and corrective action when established expectations are not met.
• Provide leadership and oversight for serious incidents and high-potential event investigations, ensuring effective root-cause analysis, timely corrective actions, organizational learning, and communication of lessons learned across the business.
• Analyze HSE performance and emerging risk, including leading and lagging indicators, observations, audits, incidents, and other performance data. Work with HSE and Operations leadership to identify trends and implement targeted improvement plans.
• Conduct project assessments, field engagements, and HSE performance reviews to evaluate execution, identify systemic risks, strengthen accountability, and verify that established expectations are effectively implemented in the field.
• Support the development and delivery of HSE training, leadership education, and employee engagement initiatives, with particular emphasis on strengthening the HSE capabilities of project leadership, frontline supervision, and HSE personnel.
• Ensure the quality, accuracy, and timely completion of HSE reporting and documentation, providing meaningful updates to the HSE Director and operational leadership regarding significant risks, trends, incidents, corrective actions, and areas requiring leadership attention.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Health and Safety, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Significant progressive HSE leadership experience within construction, preferably heavy civil, water/wastewater, utilities, infrastructure, or similarly complex construction environments.
• Demonstrated experience providing HSE oversight across multiple projects or geographically dispersed operations.
• Experience leading, supervising, mentoring, or developing HSE professionals.
• Strong working knowledge of applicable OSHA construction requirements and industry HSE practices.
• Demonstrated experience with incident investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective-action management, risk assessment, and serious-injury prevention.
• Ability to effectively influence Project Managers, Superintendents, senior operational leaders, subcontractors, and clients.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly to assigned projects and maintain a meaningful field presence.
• CSP, CHST, CIH, or other recognized HSE professional certification.
• Minimum 8 years of experience, with the majority of the experience on major heavy civil construction projects
• Experience supporting large, complex heavy civil water or wastewater projects.
• Experience managing HSE professionals across multiple projects.
• Experience interacting directly with clients and senior operational leadership.
• Demonstrated progression into positions of increasing HSE leadership responsibility.
• Salary range: $129,000 - $190,000 annually

The Walsh Group, Ltd. Is committed to providing equal opportunity to qualified applicants with disabilities to compete for jobs. To request a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, please contact the Human Resources Department at 312-563-5905 or [email protected].  

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Disability/Veteran

Salary Range Disclaimer

Please note that job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for a bonus and other benefits.