EHS Manager - Field Services

Description

The Safety Manager — Field Services owns the safety program for Forgent Power's field service organization, where technicians and engineers install, commission, test, maintain, modify and repair energized and de-energized electrical equipment at customer sites. The role exists to keep a mobile, geographically dispersed workforce safe across multi-employer worksites including utilities, data centers, substations, and industrial and commercial facilities.

This is a safety-first role embedded in the operating organization. The Safety Manager reports to the Sr. Director of Field Service Operations and is expected to be a genuine partner to the business — but the first obligation is to the people doing the work, not to the schedule. The role carries independent authority to stop work, and an unfiltered escalation path to the VP of Services where safety and operational pressure conflict.

Success is measured by injury prevention, the elimination of serious injury and fatality (SIF) potential, program maturity, genuine field adoption, and the credibility of safety as a trusted resource to crews and customers alike.

The following are explicit, non-delegable authorities of this role. They exist so that safety judgment is not subordinate to schedule or commercial pressure.

• Stop-work authority — the Safety Manager may halt any field activity, at any site, without prior approval, and that decision stands until the Safety Manager is satisfied the hazard is controlled.
• Qualification veto — the Safety Manager may withhold or revoke an individual's qualification to perform a task where competency or training requirements are not met, including overruling an assigned level or scheduled assignment.
• Independent escalation — direct access to the VP of Services and Human Resources on any matter where safety and operational objectives conflict, without routing through the reporting line.
• Investigation independence — the Safety Manager leads incident investigations and owns the findings; findings are not edited by the operating line before reporting.
• Resource voice — the Safety Manager is consulted before commitments are made that materially change field risk, including short-notice mobilizations, energized work scopes, and crew composition.

• Own the electrical safety program in alignment with "NFPA 70E", "OSHA 1910 Subpart S", and "OSHA  / 1926 Subpart V" as applicable, including arc flash and shock risk assessment, energized work permits, approach boundaries, and PPE selection.
• Own hazardous energy control (lockout/tagout) and switching and tagging practices for field work, including coordination with customer and utility energy control programs.
• Define and maintain qualified-person criteria, competency verification, and job-specific authorizations for field technicians and engineers, integrated with the Technical Qualification Program and the Field Service Skills Matrix.
• Establish and oversee programs for other high-risk activities including working at heights, confined space entry, hot work, rigging and lifting, excavation, and mobile equipment operation.
• Address hazards specific to transformer and switch gear service work, including insulating oil handling, SF6 gas, stored mechanical energy in breaker mechanisms, and testing with high-voltage sources.

• Be present in the field. Conduct and coordinate safety observations, site audits and safety inspections across both regions; coach technicians and supervisors in real time and verify closure of corrective actions.
• Drive consistent use of pre-job planning tools including job hazard analyses (JHAs), pre-task briefings, and…