Project EHS Lead (Wilson)

Accentuate Staffing is working with an organization seeking a Project EHS Lead to support a major brownfield facility upgrade. This company is committed to strengthening its safety culture and ensuring that all project phasesfrom design to commissioningare executed with the highest safety standards. This role plays a crucial part in shaping the site's safety systems, supporting project teams, and ensuring compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

Accentuate Staffing has partnered with this client to identify a professional who excels in project-based EHS leadership, risk mitigation, and collaboration with engineering and construction teams. The ideal candidate brings strong knowledge of regulatory compliance, experience supporting complex industrial projects, and the ability to build strong relationships with internal teams and external contractors while maintaining a proactive approach to safety management.

Responsibilities :

• Lead the projects safety strategy, ensuring alignment with company requirements, regulatory expectations, and safe execution across design, construction, installation, and commissioning activities.
• Develop and maintain project safety management systems, including plans for demolition, decontamination, and construction near active operations.
• Coordinate contractor safety requirements, conduct performance reviews, and oversee daily site safety controls while resolving compliance issues.
• Manage permitting processes and regulatory interactions, ensuring proper controls for high-risk work and adherence to local and federal requirements.
• Oversee risk assessments, job safety analyses, and mitigation plans for lifting, confined space entry, hot work, electrical work, and other hazardous activities.
• Support commissioning and startup readiness, including lockout / tagout, energization safety, and safe system handover procedures.

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