Senior Manager, HSE

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Job Title:
Senior Manager, Health, Safety, and Environment

Company:
Precision Drilling Holdings Company

Work Arrangements:
On-Site

The Senior Manager, HSE, U.S., provides strategic and operational leadership for health, safety, and environmental performance across Precision Drilling's U.S. drilling operations. As a trusted partner to Operations, this role leads the U.S. HSE team and supports frontline leaders in preventing serious injuries and fatalities, strengthening critical controls, and improving how work is planned and performed through Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles.

The role is accountable for the consistent implementation and continuous improvement of Precision's HSE Management System across U.S. offices, yards, and field locations.

• HSE strategy and execution . Lead the U.S. HSE strategy and the annual operating plan, aligned with company priorities, operational risks, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations.
• Operational partnership. Work closely with U.S. senior leaders, operations managers, field superintendents, and rig leaders to integrate HSE into business decisions, planning, and daily work. Maintain a visible, credible presence in the field .
• SIF prevention and critical controls. Lead Precision's Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) prevention approach in the U.S., including identification of high-energy exposures, verification of critical controls, and sustained implementation of risk-reduction measures.
• Human and Organizational Performance. Embed HOP principles into leadership practices and field execution. Facilitate learning teams and operational learning from normal work, weak signals, near misses, and events, with an emphasis on the conditions and system factors that influence performance .
• HSE management system. Ensure consistent implementation and continuous improvement of the HSE Management System, including risk assessments, safe work standards, contractor HSE, Management of Change, and occupational health and industrial hygiene requirements.
• Assurance and action management. Lead field assurance activities, including audits, inspections, and critical-control verification. Ensure findings are risk-ranked, corrective actions are completed on time, and effectiveness is verified.
• Incident and learning leadership. Oversee HSE incident notification, response, investigation, and learning reviews. Ensure high-quality causal analysis, appropriate escalation, durable corrective actions, and timely sharing of lessons across operations.
• Emergency preparedness. Maintain effective emergency response and crisis-management readiness for U.S. operations, support drills and exercises, and provide leadership during significant events.
• Regulatory and environmental compliance. Maintain compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, DOT, state, and local requirements, as well as relevant industry and customer standards. Oversee environmental programs, including spill prevention and response, waste management, permitting, and reporting.
• Performance insight. Maintain reliable HSE data and reporting; analyze leading and lagging indicators; identify trends and emerging risks; and provide clear recommendations and updates to senior management.
• Training and workforce integration. Ensure effective HSE onboarding, training, and competency programs, with a particular focus on new-to-industry employees, experienced employees new to Precision, frontline supervisors, critical controls, and emergency response.
• People leadership. Lead, coach, and develop the U.S. HSE team; establish clear accountabilities and performance expectations; support succession planning; and promote consistent HSE support across all regions.
• Customers, regulators, and industry. Represent Precision in customer reviews, audits, and prequalification activities, and maintain constructive relationships with regulators, industry associations, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Continuous improvement. Monitor regulatory developments, industry practices, and new technologies, and recommend practical improvements to reduce risk and strengthen operational performance.

• Bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety, environmental science, engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience.
• Typically, 10 or more years of progressively responsible HSE experience in land drilling, oilfield services, upstream oil and gas, or another high-hazard industrial environment, including at least five years of leading teams across multiple locations.
• Strong working knowledge of land drilling operations, field equipment, operational practices, and the risks associated with mobile, high-energy work.
• Demonstrated experience in HOP, SIF prevention, critical-risk management, learning teams, incident investigation, assurance programs, and…