[Hiring] Regional Health, Safety, & Environmental Specialist @RHI Magnesita

Role Description

As a Regional Health, Safety, & Environmental (HSE) Specialist, you will play a critical role in protecting our people, supporting our customers, and advancing a culture of safety excellence across North America. This is a highly visible remote-based role that combines hands-on field engagement with strategic safety leadership. Travel of up to 50% is expected, allowing you to build relationships across multiple sites and directly influence safety performance in the field.

What You'll Do:

• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of regional health, safety, and environmental programs across assigned operations and geographic areas.
• Translate global HSE requirements, standards, and objectives into practical regional initiatives that support business goals and improve safety performance.
• Provide leadership and guidance for behavior-based safety programs, risk assessments, non-routine task evaluations, and HSE policies and procedures.
• Conduct incident and accident investigations, perform root cause analysis, and develop corrective and preventive action plans to ensure sustainable resolution.
• Coordinate and manage workers' compensation cases in accordance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Identify, develop, and communicate HSE best practices and drive consistent implementation across field operations.
• Deliver training, coaching, and support to strengthen HSE awareness, accountability, and leadership at all levels of the organization.
• Develop and maintain site-specific safety plans that align with company standards, customer requirements, and regulatory expectations.
• Partner with operational leaders, field teams, customers, and other stakeholders to proactively identify hazards, assess risks, and implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Monitor, analyze, and communicate HSE performance metrics and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Support safety culture transformation initiatives and serve as a regional HSE subject matter expert.
• Complete department administrative responsibilities and reporting requirements as assigned.
• Demonstrate ethical conduct, integrity, professionalism, and RHI Magnesita's Growth Enabling Behaviors of being innovative, open, pragmatic, and performing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Environmental Science, Occupational Health, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and HSE experience.
• Ability to influence, engage, and build relationships across all levels of an organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong computer proficiency including Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and other business software applications.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively both independently and in a collaborative team environment.
• Strong project management and leadership capabilities with a results-driven approach.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Health, Safety, and Environmental experience.
• Experience supporting industrial services, manufacturing, construction, mining, metals, or heavy industrial environments.
• Experience conducting incident investigations and implementing corrective actions.
• Professional certifications such as CSP, ASP, CHST, OSHA certifications, or similar credentials.
• Demonstrated success influencing positive safety culture change and leading continuous improvement initiatives.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

• Must be able to sit, stand, hear, and see on a regular basis.
• Frequently required to walk, write, and use a computer.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 30 pounds.
• Ability to climb stairs and occasionally bend, carry, reach, push, and pull.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats.
• May work in both indoor and outdoor environments.
• May be exposed to industrial environments with elevated temperatures, cold conditions, noise, dust, and concrete work surfaces.
• Must be able to operate a computer and standard business technology.

Travel

This role supports field operations across North America. Travel to operational sites, customer locations, meetings, and training events is required based on business needs.

Benefits

• Make a direct impact on the safety and wellbeing of approximately 400 employees across North America.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and regional HSE subject matter expert.
• Partner with leaders, employees, and customers to solve real-world safety challenges.
• Help shape and strengthen a proactive safety culture through meaningful transformation initiatives.
• Join a global organization committed to employee wellbeing, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

Company Description

RHI Magnesita is the leading global supplier of high-grade refractory products, systems and solutions which are critical for high-temperature processes in a wide range of industries. Serving customers around the world, RHI Magnesita has more than 20,000 employees in 65 main production sites (including raw material sites), 12 recycling facilities and more than 70 sales offices.

Our North American team helps build refractory products that solve the most extreme manufacturing challenges. From advanced lithium-ion batteries for laptops and EVs and specialized glass on smartphones and tablets, to the steel and cement that build the world around us, our high-performance bricks and linings make it possible to melt, bend, shape, and refine these materials at extreme temperatures.

With a vertically integrated value chain, RHI Magnesita has helped forge the materials that build industries and economies for almost 200 years. Refractory products are essential to the production processes for cement, steel, aluminum, and many other industrial producers in the region.