Health & Safety Director

Job Description

About Us

At BerQ RNG, we turn waste into opportunity.

We're on a mission to make renewable natural gas a mainstream, reliable, and part of North America's clean energy future, capturing biogas that would otherwise be flared into the atmosphere and transforming it into something valuable: clean, renewable fuel.

Across the U.S. and Canada, countless sites release biogas because it's "too hard" or "too expensive" to use. We see that as a challenge worth solving. Our team builds, owns, and operates RNG projects that prove sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand. Every project we develop helps farmers, communities, and investors participate in the energy transition while directly reducing emissions.

For more information on BerQ RNG, please visit our website at

Job Description

The Health & Safety Director will be responsible for the implementation of health & safety compliance programs at all BerQ RNG biogas project sites and offices. Reporting to the EVP and Chief Legal Officer, this position will be responsible for mitigating hazardous conditions resulting from human error, equipment and operations while ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations. The position will administer BerQ RNG’s safety training program.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead BerQ RNG’s company-wide health and safety strategy, programs, and policies.
• Promote a proactive safety culture across offices, construction sites, operating facilities, and field locations.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, provincial, and local health and safety laws, including OSHA and relevant Canadian requirements.
• Establish consistent safety standards and procedures across U.S. and Canadian operations.
• Advise executive leadership on safety risks, regulatory requirements, performance, and corrective actions.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Construction, Development, Human Resources, and site leadership to integrate safety into daily activities.
• Conduct and oversee workplace inspections, site audits, hazard assessments, and job safety analyses.
• Lead investigations of injuries, illnesses, near misses, environmental incidents, and property damage to identify root causes.
• Develop corrective and preventive action plans and monitor them through completion.
• Establish emergency response, crisis management, and business continuity procedures for project and operating sites.
• Develop and deliver safety training, onboarding, toolbox talks, and leadership education.
• Oversee contractor and subcontractor safety requirements, prequalification, orientation, and performance.
• Maintain accurate safety records, regulatory reports, permits, certifications, and required documentation.
• Track and analyze safety metrics, trends, and leading indicators, and regularly report results to senior leadership.
• Oversite to workers’ compensation matters, return-to-work programs, and injury case management in partnership with Human Resources.
• Serve as the primary contact for regulatory agencies, inspections, investigations, and safety-related inquiries.
• Support process safety programs for renewable natural gas facilities, including biogas systems, digesters, gas upgrading equipment, high-pressure systems, confined spaces, and hazardous materials.
• Ensure appropriate programs are maintained for lockout/tagout, confined-space entry, hot work, electrical safety, fall protection, respiratory protection, and personal protective equipment.
• Participate in project design reviews, commissioning, startup, and operational readiness assessments to identify and mitigate safety risks.
• Develop annual safety objectives, budgets, and continuous-improvement plans.
• Monitor emerging regulations and industry practices affecting renewable natural gas,…