HSE Manager (PMC – Site Based)

Turner & Townsend; Indonesia; On-site; IDR 500,000,000 - 900,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a senior HSE Manager for the PMC at a live brownfield site. You will act as the independent HSE representative, ensuring EPC contractors comply with project HSE requirements, Indonesian regulations, and international standards while protecting personnel and operations.

The role demands strong governance, risk management, and leadership to sustain a proactive safety culture during construction, tie-ins, and start-up.

Qualifications

• Experience leading HSE programs on complex projects.
• Proven ability to govern EPC/contractor HSE compliance.
• Strong knowledge of safety regulations and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead PMC HSE assurance strategy and independent oversight.
• Drive SIMOPS risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Provide HSE governance, audits, and performance reporting.
• Support commissioning, shutdowns, and start-up readiness.
• Champion a Zero Harm safety culture.

Skills

HSE leadership

Governance & assurance

SIMOPS management

Contractor HSE oversight

Incident investigation

Job description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide. As part of our 2025 Vision we are putting Sustainability and Net Zero at the heart of our business.

https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/en/about-us/our-purpose-and-values/

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide. As part of our 2025 Vision we are putting Sustainability and Net Zero at the heart of our business.

https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/en/about-us/our-purpose-and-values/

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Job Description

Role Summary

The PMC HSE Manager is the independent safety assurance leader for the project, responsible for ensuring that EPC Contractors deliver the work safely within a complex brownfield environment while protecting personnel, existing operations, the environment, and the Owner's interests. The role combines strategic HSE leadership, field presence, contractor governance, and operational interface management, making it one of the most critical positions within the site-based PMC leadership team.

Role Purpose

The HSE Manager is the senior PMC Health, Safety and Environment representative at site and is responsible for providing leadership, governance, assurance, and oversight of all HSE activities.

The role is not responsible for directly managing contractor HSE personnel or performing construction activities. Instead, the HSE Manager acts as the PMC's independent assurance representative, ensuring EPC Contractors, subcontractors, and project stakeholders comply with project HSE requirements, Indonesian regulations, international standards, and industry best practices.

A key challenge of the role is the management of significant brownfield construction activities within a live operating smelter environment, requiring robust SIMOPS, interface management, and risk control strategies to protect both construction personnel and operating plant personnel.

The HSE Manager is expected to drive a proactive safety culture while ensuring safe execution of construction, tie-ins, shutdowns, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up activities.

Key Accountabilities

The HSE Manager is accountable for:

• Implementation of the PMC HSE assurance strategy.
• Independent oversight of EPC Contractor HSE performance.
• Achievement of project HSE objectives and KPIs.
• Effective management of SIMOPS risks.
• Assurance of regulatory compliance.
• Oversight of environmental compliance activities.
• Emergency preparedness and response readiness.
• Safety leadership and cultural development.
• HSE readiness for commissioning and start-up.
• Timely reporting of HSE performance to project leadership.

Principal Responsibilities

1. HSE Leadership

• Serve as the senior PMC HSE representative at site.
• Promote a visible and proactive safety leadership culture.
• Lead by example and drive positive HSE behaviors across all project participants.
• Establish and maintain a "Zero Harm" project philosophy.
• Participate in senior management safety engagements.
• Conduct regular site safety walks and leadership inspections.
• Provide expert HSE advice to the Project Director and Construction Director.

2. HSE Governance and Assurance

• Develop and implement the PMC HSE assurance plan.
• Verify EPC Contractors comply with approved HSE plans and procedures.
• Conduct audits, inspections, and compliance reviews.
• Monitor implementation of critical risk controls.
• Assess contractor HSE competency and supervision effectiveness.
• Review contractor HSE performance and recommend corrective actions where required.
• Participate in project assurance reviews and stage-gate assessments.
• Provide independent reporting on HSE performance and trends.

3. Brownfield and SIMOPS Management

This is a critical component of the role.

Lead HSE oversight for activities involving simultaneous operations between construction and the operating smelter.

Responsibilities include:

• Review SIMOPS plans and risk assessments.
• Ensure proper coordination between operations and construction teams.
• Verify interface risks are identified and mitigated.
• Participate in operational readiness and shutdown planning reviews.
• Monitor implementation of permit-to-work systems.
• Ensure isolation and energy control systems are effective.
• Support management of tie-ins to operating systems.

Particular focus areas include:

• Utility connections
• Power system integration
• Water systems tie-ins
• Fuel systems
• Process tie-ins
• Shutdown activities
• Energization activities

4. High-Risk Activity Management

Provide oversight of project critical risk activities including:

• Construction Risks

• Heavy lifting operations
• Crane activities
• Working at height
• Excavation and trenching
• Scaffolding
• Structural steel erection

• Process and Industrial Risks

• Furnace construction
• Refractory installation
• Kiln installation
• Hot work activities
• Pressure testing

• Electrical Risks

• High-voltage installations
• Energization activities
• Lockout-tagout implementation
• Temporary power systems

• Operational Interface Risks

• Live plant interfaces
• SIMOPS activities
• Plant shutdowns
• Utility tie-ins

Ensure critical controls are verified and maintained throughout execution.

5. Contractor HSE Performance Management

• Review contractor HSE staffing and competency levels.
• Monitor contractor compliance with project requirements.
• Analyze trends in leading and lagging indicators.
• Lead periodic contractor HSE performance reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Challenge unsafe behaviors and ineffective controls.
• Escalate significant issues to project leadership.

Key indicators may include:

• TRIFR
• LTIFR
• Near miss reporting
• Safety observations
• Training compliance
• Permit compliance
• Corrective action closure rates

6. Incident Management and Investigation