HSE Manager (PMC – Site Based)

Turner & Townsend; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 900,000,000 - 1,500,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend seeks an experienced HSE Manager to act as the independent safety assurance leader on a major brownfield project in Indonesia. You will protect personnel, operations, and the environment while guiding HSE governance, audits and contractor interfaces.

The role demands proactive safety culture, strong leadership, and the ability to manage complex risk in a live plant environment. You will report to the PMC leadership and drive zero-harm objectives on site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field as listed.
• Minimum 20 years of HSE experience on major industrial projects.
• Minimum 10 years of construction-related HSE experience.
• Experience in Southeast Asia or Indonesian projects is desirable.
• Nickel smelter or pyrometallurgical project experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide safety leadership, governance and assurance across the project.
• Oversee contractor HSE performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead incident investigations and ensure corrective actions are sustained.
• Manage SIMOPS, brownfield risk and interface management with operations.
• Ensure environmental permits compliance and risk controls are maintained.
• Support commissioning readiness and HSE readiness for start-up.

Skills

Safety leadership

Decision making

Courage to challenge

Professional integrity

Visible leadership

Results orientation

Coaching and mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, Environmental Science, or related discipline

Job description

• Department: Energy and natural resources

Company 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.

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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

• 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.
• 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
• Shutdown activities
• Energization activities

4. High-Risk Activity Management

Provide oversight of project critical risk activities including:

• Construction Risks
• Heavy lifting operations
• Working at height
• Excavation and trenching
• Scaffolding
• Process and Industrial Risks
• Refractory installation
• Pressure testing
• Electrical Risks
• High-voltage installations
• Energization activities
• Lockout-tagout implementation
• Temporary power systems
• Operational Interface Risks
• SIMOPS activities
• 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.
• 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
• Corrective action closure rates

6. Incident Management and Investigation

• Lead PMC participation in incident investigations.
• Ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained.
• Review learning outcomes and broader application opportunities.
• Facilitate communication of lessons learned.
• Monitor closure of investigation recommendations.

Particular focus should be placed on preventing high-potential events and serious injuries.

Oversee environmental compliance and assurance activities.

Responsibilities include:

• Monitor compliance with environmental permits and approvals.
• Review contractor environmental management plans.
• Conduct environmental inspections and audits.
• Monitor waste management activities.
• Ensure control of dust, noise, emissions, and runoff.
• Monitor protection of local communities and ecosystems.
• Participate in environmental incident investigations.

Specific areas of focus include:

• Dust generation from earthworks and material handling
• Construction waste management
• Hazardous materials management
• Fuel and chemical storage
• Erosion and sediment control

8. Occupational Health and Wellbeing

• Monitor occupational health programs.
• Ensure contractor compliance with health requirements.
• Review exposure monitoring programs.
• Support fatigue management initiatives.
• Monitor risks related to:
  • Heat stress
  • Dust exposure
  • Noise exposure
  • Chemical exposure
  • Ergonomic risks

9. Emergency Preparedness and Response

• Ensure project emergency response plans are developed and maintained.
• Coordinate emergency response exercises and drills.
• Interface with Owner emergency response teams.
• Ensure readiness of:
  • Medical facilities
  • Emergency equipment
  • Rescue resources
  • Fire response capabilities

Given the nature of the facility, particular emphasis should be placed on:

• Electrical incidents
• Confined space emergencies
• Chemical releases

10. Commissioning and Start-Up HSE Readiness

Provide leadership and assurance during the transition from construction to operations.

Responsibilities include:

• Participate in commissioning readiness reviews.
• Verify HSE requirements are integrated into commissioning plans.
• Ensure energization and introduction of hazardous energy is properly controlled.
• Support operational readiness assessments.
• Review commissioning permits and safety procedures.
• Ensure workforce competency for commissioning activities.

Particular attention should be given to:

• Utility commissioning
• First ore introduction
• Process start-up activities

Additional Specific Experience and Knowledge

The successful candidate should demonstrate familiarity with:

• Process Systems
• Rotary Kilns
• Electric Furnaces
• Electrode Systems
• Ore Drying Systems
• Ferronickel or NPI Production Systems
• Utilities and Infrastructure
• High-voltage electrical distribution
• Substations
• Water treatment facilities
• Cooling water systems
• Fuel storage and handling
• Bulk materials handling systems
• Brownfield Expansion Risks
• Tie-ins to operating systems
• Shutdown execution
• SIMOPS management
• Operational continuity protection

Qualifications

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, Environmental Science, or related discipline.

Professional Certifications

Preferred:

• NEBOSH Diploma or International Diploma
• GradIOSH / CMIOSH
• CSP or equivalent

Experience

• Minimum 20 years of HSE experience on major industrial projects.
• Minimum 10 years of construction-related HSE experience.
• Proven site leadership experience on large capital projects.
• Experience on metallurgical, smelting, mining, oil & gas, petrochemical, power generation, or heavy industrial projects.
• Brownfield project experience is essential.
• Experience within a PMC, Owner's Engineer, or major EPC environment preferred.
• Previous Southeast Asia or Indonesian project experience highly desirable.
• Nickel smelter or pyrometallurgical project experience strongly preferred.

Leadership

• Safety leadership
• Decision making
• Coaching and mentoring

Technical

• Construction safety management
• Process safety awareness
• SIMOPS management
• Audit and assurance

Behavioural

• Courage to challenge
• Professional integrity
• Visible leadership
• Results orientation

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Safety

• Achievement of project TRIFR and LTIFR targets.
• No major process safety events.

Compliance

• Successful regulatory inspections.
• Closure of corrective actions within agreed timeframes.

SIMOPS and Brownfield

• No major incidents associated with operational interfaces.
• Successful execution of shutdowns and tie-ins.
• Effective management of critical risk activities.
• Compliance with permit requirements.
• Achievement of environmental performance objectives.

Culture

• Increased proactive reporting.
• Positive safety culture assessment results.

Additional Information

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