EHS Process Improvement Lead

Requisition   Relocation Authorized:
National - Family Telework Type:
Full-Time Office/Project

Work Location:

New Albany, OH Extraordinary teams building inspiring projects:

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact.

We serve the Infrastructure;
Nuclear, Security & Environmental;
Energy;
Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel is our Vision, Values and Commitments. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver. Learn more about our extraordinary teams building inspiring projects in our Impact Report. Project Overview:

Bechtel is building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio. We are partnering with the North America Building Trades Unions and suppliers to create several thousand new jobs and work with local education organizations to implement new training programs that will support the future talent pipeline. Bechtel Manufacturing & Technology, Inc. offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the semiconductor manufacturing, electric vehicle, and data center markets.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will lead process improvement, organizational capability, learning, culture, and innovation initiatives that strengthen EHS performance across a project. You will work with project leadership to evaluate EHS programs, identify systemic opportunities, develop scalable solutions, and support consistent implementation of the EHS Management System throughout the project lifecycle. You will partner with project management, construction, engineering, quality, supply chain, commissioning and startup, human resources, customers, and M&T Global Business Unit (GBU) EHS.

You will use performance data, assessments, workforce feedback, and lessons learned to strengthen governance, field execution, workforce capability, engagement, and wellbeing.  #LI-AE2

Major Responsibilities:

Provide project leadership for EHS process improvement, organizational effectiveness, learning, culture, and continual improvement.

Establish consistent methods for evaluating EHS program effectiveness. Evaluate implementation of applicable EHS policies, management-system requirements, Core Processes, project plans, customer requirements, and regulations.

Lead or support audits, assessments, program reviews, and field verification; identify systemic issues and verify corrective-action effectiveness.

Develop practical improvement plans addressing recurring findings, control weaknesses, operational inefficiencies, workforce concerns, and emerging risks.

Facilitate structured problem solving, root cause analysis, Learning From Events, lessons learned, and cross-project improvement efforts.

Analyze indicators, observations, employee feedback, assessment findings, training data, and corrective-action trends to guide decisions.

Prepare executive-ready reports, dashboards, recommendations, guidance, tools, templates, and implementation resources.

Standardize and share effective EHS practices while allowing appropriate adaptation for project scope, risk, geography, contract, and customer needs.

Develop role-based curricula, onboarding, leadership workshops, competency frameworks, facilitator materials, and train-the-trainer programs.

Assess training needs and verify learning effectiveness through demonstrated knowledge, field application, behavior, and operational outcomes.

Integrate mental health, wellbeing, fatigue, and resilience into EHS programs, training, leadership practices, and work planning. Build productive relationships with customers, subcontractors, regulators, auditors, industry partners, and internal stakeholders. Support project EHS management reviews with trends, program findings, capability needs, improvement priorities, and…