HyCO Health and Safety Manager

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what's possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world's most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Reimagine What's Possible

Air Products is seeking an experienced Health and Safety Manager to provide leadership across our North American HyCO operations. In this highly visible role, you will be accountable for driving a culture of safety excellence, ensuring compliance with regulatory and corporate standards, and leading continuous improvement across a complex portfolio of industrial gas facilities. Typical travel is approximately 25%, with periods of increased travel up to 50% based on site needs and business priorities.

This role supports multi‑site operations and may be based out of Houston, TX, La Porte, TX, Gonzales, LA, or Prairieville, LA.

Do you have a passion for protecting people, influencing leaders, and embedding safety into how work gets done every day? At Air Products, you'll build on a strong safety record and an established, continuously improving safety culture while leading across a large, complex industrial asset base where risk visibility, disciplined execution, and leadership presence truly matter. This is a high‑impact leadership role for a safety professional energized by working in high‑hazard environments and motivated by the opportunity to influence safety outcomes at scale across critical industrial operations.

As the HyCO Health and Safety Manager, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership while leading and developing a team of health and safety professionals. You will guide the implementation of Air Products' Health and Safety Management System, proactively identify risk, and ensure consistent application of best practices across approximately 25 US and Canadian sites supporting critical hydrogen and industrial gas operations.

This role plays a key role in shaping safety strategy and influencing operational decisions at the senior leadership level.

This role is ideal for a seasoned safety leader who combines strong technical credibility with exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills, and who thrives in a matrixed, fast‑paced environment. Come grow with us as we continue building a safer, more sustainable tomorrow together.

What's In It for You:

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!

* Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance available day one of employment

* 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions

* Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time

* Paid parental leave

* Adoption assistance

* Flexible Spending Accounts (medical, dependent daycare)

* Health Savings Account

* Life Insurance (AD&D), Supplemental AD&D

* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Key

Job Responsibilities:

* Champion Air Products' goal of zero injuries by driving a strong health and safety culture and partnering with operations and business leaders to integrate safety excellence into operational performance, reliability, and long‑term business objectives.

* Provide expert health and safety leadership, including training, site assessments, incident investigation, and implementation of safe systems of work.

* Lead and coordinate field support across multiple sites to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and corporate policies.

* Ensure health and safety training programs are fully implemented and effective across operations and support functions.

* Develop and implement risk assessments for high‑risk activities and non‑standard operations in collaboration with regional and global teams.

* Analyze safety performance data, identify trends, and lead improvement initiatives to reduce incidents and risk.

* Support planned and unplanned regulatory inspections and internal or external audits.

* Serve…