Global HSE Director

CBRE; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Global Health, Safety and Environment Director will lead health, safety and environmental programs on a global scale, with location options in Menlo Park, Seattle or New York City. You will drive change in a fast-paced environment and oversee a team, ensuring regulatory compliance and program consistency across accounts.

You will advise senior management on HSE trends, risk, and performance, coordinate with government agencies and external partners, and model CBRE's RISE values while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring and rewarding performance.
• Ability to lead exchange of sensitive information and convey performance expectations.
• Leadership skills to set and achieve targets with direct impact on multiple departments.
• Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees; monitor training and development; conduct performance evaluations and coaching; oversee recruiting and hiring.
• Coordinate and manage daily activities; set work schedules, assign tasks, cross-train staff; mentor and coach as needed.
• Approve playbook and procedure changes; ensure safety and environmental initiatives drive program consistency.
• Review operational and safety risks; execute risk management strategies to avoid incidents.
• Be point of contact for government agencies and safety organizations; engage internal safety efforts.
• Provide information to senior management on health, safety, and environmental issues and trends.
• Ensure regulatory compliance needs are met across all accounts.
• Lead by example; negotiate with external partners to reach common goals.
• Identify and solve complex problems using appropriate resources.
• Drive changes to methods, processes, and standards within the discipline.

Skills

Staff management

Leadership

Communication

Risk management

Coaching

Mentoring

Problem solving

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About The Role

As a CBRE Global Health, Safety and Environment Director, you will be responsible for creating and implementing health, safety, and environmental programs on a global scale. This role can be based in Menlo Park, CA, Seattle, WA or New York City, NY. Track record of implementing change in a fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Do

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
• Approve all playbook, and procedure changes. Ensure Health, Safety, and Environmental initiatives drive program consistency and efficiency.
• Review operational and safety risks. Execute all strategic risk management strategies to avoid potential incidents.
• Point of contact for government agencies, professional health, safety, and environmental organizations, community advisory boards, company health, safety, and environmental officers, and all internal safety efforts.
• Provide information to senior management about health, safety, and environmental issues, compliance, trends, performance, and concerns.
• Ensure all regulatory compliance needs are being met across all accounts.
• Apply a robust knowledge of multiple disciplines, the business, and key drivers that impact departmental and cross-functional performance.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Persuade managers and other colleagues to act while being guided by the organization's functional business plans. Negotiate with external partners, vendors, and customers of divergent interests to reach a common goal.
• Identify and solve multi-dimensional, complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department.
• Significantly improves and changes existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to set, manage, and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple departments results within a function.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Expert organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the position is $195,000 annually and the maximum salary for the position is $250,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program. The application window is anticipated to close on June 17, 2026 and may be extended as needed.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity.

We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success.

CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities.

If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at [phone] (U.S.) and [phone] (Canada).