HSE Sr Manager

CBRE; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Health, Safety and Environment Senior Manager to create and implement programs for medium to large clients. You will lead organizational health, safety, and environmental initiatives and drive program consistency.

The role sits within the Environment Health and Safety function and focuses on safeguarding employees and local communities. You will develop playbooks, review procedures, and ensure compliance across accounts while monitoring risks, incidents, and regulatory changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; 5–8 years of relevant experience.
• Leadership skills to motivate teams and meet targets.
• Ability to convey complex information clearly and build consensus.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word/Excel/Outlook).
• Highly organized with an inquisitive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Promote a proactive culture to influence stakeholders and ensure compliance.
• Develop, implement, and review health, safety, and environmental playbooks and procedures.
• Manage initiatives to meet regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements.
• Track risks and develop strategies to avoid incidents.
• Monitor injury, illness, and incident reports and reduce risks.
• Collaborate with high-profile stakeholders to identify concerns and propose solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

MS Office

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Health, Safety and Environment Sr. Manager, you will be in charge of creating and implementing health, safety, and environmental programs for medium to large-sized clients.

This job is part of the Environment Health and Safety function. They are responsible for organizational programs and procedures to safeguard employees and surrounding communities.

What You’ll Do:

• Promote a positive and proactive culture to influence stakeholders, and to ensure compliance.

• Develop, implement, and review playbooks, and procedures. Ensure Health, Safety and Environmental initiatives drive program consistency and efficiency.

• Manage initiatives to meet regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements.

• Track operational and safety risks. Develop and manage complex strategic risk management strategies to avoid potential incidents.

• Monitor injury, illness, and incident reports. Identify and implement ways to reduce risk.

• Work with high-profile stakeholders to identify potential concerns. Troubleshoot and suggest solutions.

• Monitor Health, Safety and Environmental regulatory compliance within the account. Execute strategic solutions that improve and maintain compliance as required.

• Apply a broad knowledge of the business, own discipline, and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.

• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence others to adopt a different point of view while being guided by policies and departmental plans.

• Identify and solve technical and operational problems of complexity.

• Understand and recognize the broader impact across the department.

• Improve and change existing methods, processes and standards within job discipline.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5 - 8 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.

• Additional certifications as required by local authority.

• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.

• Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple job disciplines, and department.

• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

• Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.

Applicant AI Use Disclosure

We value human interaction to understand each candidate'sunique experience, skills, and aspirations. We do not use artificialintelligence (AI) tools to make hiring decisions, and we ask that candidatesdisclose any use of AI in the application and interview process.

Disclaimers: Applicants must be currently authorized towork in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in thefuture.

Why CBRE?

When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader incommercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and peoplethrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals whocreate significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our sharedvalues — respect, integrity, service and excellence — and we value the diverseperspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have theopportunity to chart your own course and realize your potential. We welcome allapplicants.

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).

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affctive Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)