Senior HSEQQ Manager – EPC/EPCM Projects

Ramboll; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ramboll Americas is seeking a senior HSEQ leader to oversee the safe and compliant delivery of EPC/EPCM projects. The role requires credible leadership across multi-project portfolios, with strong contractor management and governance capabilities.

The position offers a remote work option, with responsibilities spanning strategic governance and on-site field support to ensure safety excellence and project success.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidate is a credible HSEQ leader with significant field experience on large-scale construction or EPC/EPCM projects.
• Strong contractor management capability and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience enabling governance across multiple projects in an EPC/EPCM delivery model.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior HSEQ leadership across Ramboll Americas EPC/EPCM projects.
• Establish consistent HSEQ governance and project-level practices.
• Lead contractor onboarding and alignment sessions; audits as needed.
• Coordinate interfaces between Ramboll, clients, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.

Skills

Senior HSEQ leadership

Field experience

Contractor management

EPC/EPCM experience

Safety management

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation-owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. Our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act and being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. Ramboll in the Americas has thousands of experts working across more than 70 offices. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Environment & Health, Water, Energy, and Planning & Urban Design.

Job Description

Remote option is available for this position.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. No sponsorship is available for this position.

Are you eager to develop your excellence in an inclusive, collaborative, and empowering community? Are you excited about joining a company that strives to make a difference – for its employees, clients, and society? Are you motivated by creating sustainable change that benefits society and nature?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Workplace Management team and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

This role provides senior HSEQ leadership across Ramboll’s EPC/EPCM project portfolio in Ramboll Americas, supporting the safe delivery of complex engineering, procurement, construction management, commissioning, and turnover activities. The role is responsible for establishing consistent HSEQ governance, aligning contractors and project teams, supporting high-risk work planning, and enabling effective execution across multiple concurrent projects. The successful candidate will bring significant hands‑on experience from large‑scale EPC/EPCM construction environments and will be able to operate confidently at both strategic and field execution levels.

The ideal candidate will be a credible HSEQ leader with significant field experience on large‑scale construction or EPC/EPCM projects, strong contractor management capability, and the confidence to influence senior project, client, and contractor stakeholders. They will be comfortable working across multiple projects, balancing strategic governance with practical field‑based support, and helping project teams create consistent, risk‑based HSEQ execution.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Strategic HSEQ Leadership

• Lead the development of a portfolio‑wide HSEQ approach that enables consistent standards, scalable processes, and project‑specific execution across all EPC/EPCM projects.
• Serve as primary HSEQ advisor to Project Directors and EPC/EPCM leadership teams.
• Drive adoption of Ramboll’s HSEQ program and translate its expectations into practical project‑level behaviours, controls, and leadership routines.
• Provide strategic HSEQ guidance during proposals and contract negotiations to align client expectations and establish the conditions needed for effective safety management.
• Provide HSEQ leadership within an EPC/EPCM delivery model, ensuring clear boundaries, responsibilities, and interfaces between Ramboll, clients, construction contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Safety Program Organization & Implementation
• Define HSEQ organization structures that are scalable with the ability to support multi‑project EPC/EPCM delivery on a nationwide basis.
• Clarify roles, responsibilities, interfaces, and governance models required for integrated EPC/EPCM/ safety programs.
• Establish standardized HSEQ execution plans across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Establish construction readiness expectations, including contractor mobilisation, competency assurance, risk review, and field execution controls.

Contractor & Multi-Party Coordination

• Align HSEQ expectations, execution standards, and performance requirements across contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and third‑party stakeholders.
• Lead contractor onboarding, alignment sessions, audits