Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Manager

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The Role: HSE Manager | Compliance / Risk / Regulatory

ProSidian seeks a Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Manager to provide crucial support for the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) within the Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program. This exempt 1099 contract role is primarily remote within the USA, with expected on-site meetings. You will be instrumental in providing Independent Engineering (IE) Advisory Services, focusing on Risk, Compliance & Independent Certification Support for large-scale energy infrastructure projects.

This position aligns with the GSA Labor Category: Senior Consultant and requires a strong background in the Energy Industry (Oil, Gas/Power, Utilities).

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Independent Engineering advisory support for the EDF Program's technical due diligence, credit evaluation, lifecycle monitoring, and assurance activities.
• Focus on HSE management systems, safety performance, environmental controls, and field execution risk.
• Review project documentation, evaluate technical and commercial interfaces, identify risks and mitigations, and validate assumptions.
• Support conditions precedent and disbursement readiness reviews.
• Prepare defensible work products including HSE plans, incident metrics, audits, hazard controls, and contractor safety oversight.
• Coordinate with engineering, finance, legal, construction, operations, environmental, HSE, and project controls stakeholders.
• Perform HSE program oversight and construction/operations safety governance.
• Deliver bankable, technically defensible Independent Engineering advisory services.
• Convert discipline-specific findings into lender-ready due diligence, monitoring, certification, and decision-support outputs.
• Provide health, safety, and environmental oversight across due diligence, construction monitoring, and operations monitoring.
• Participate in data room reviews, borrower/contractor interviews, site observations, monthly monitoring meetings, risk register updates, CP evidence reviews, draw package checks, issue closure tracking, and preparation of Independent Engineer reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental science, construction management, business, risk management, finance, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant engineering, construction, operations, compliance, risk, finance, or energy infrastructure advisory experience.
• Demonstrated work on oil and gas, power, utilities, or large-scale infrastructure projects for owners, lenders, independent engineers, or federal clients.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP, CQA, CIA, ISO Lead Auditor, CHMM, CSP, or PMI-RMP are preferred.
• Proficiency with business tools including Microsoft Office (advanced Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), Adobe Acrobat, data analytics tools, and Visio.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Independent engineering review.
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) - Style documentation discipline.
• Technical due diligence and risk assessment.
• HSE management systems, safety performance, environmental controls, and field execution risk.
• Data room review and information request tracking.
• Report writing and Excel-based analysis.
• Stakeholder coordination and clear presentation of findings.
• Technical judgment, independence, and objectivity.
• Analytical rigor and attention to detail.
• Defensible documentation and client service orientation.
• Cross-functional collaboration, issue escalation, and quality mindset.
• Schedule discipline and ability to translate technical evidence into actionable risk, compliance, and financing implications.

About the DOE Loan Programs Office (LPO)

• The LPO is the financing arm of the U.S. Department of Energy, providing Direct loans, loan guarantees, credit assistance, and project finance support for large-scale energy and infrastructure projects.
• The LPO evaluates projects from Technical, Engineering, Financial, Commercial, Environmental, Regulatory, Construction, and Operational perspectives.
• Independent Engineering (IE) Advisory Services are crucial for complex energy projects and are similar to reviews used by commercial lenders.

Project Scope

• Supports NAICS 541330 Engineering Services for the Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program/Loan Programs Office (LPO) energy infrastructure financing.
• Covers high-impact oil and gas, power, utilities, and infrastructure projects.
• Outputs must be independent, traceable to source evidence, suitable for lender review, and aligned with technical due diligence, construction monitoring, EPC oversight, completion certification, operations monitoring, and long-term debt-service viability assessment needs.

Ancillary Details

• This role is located in Washington, DC / Nationwide (Remote Project Support Across the United States).
• Initial identified Work Site Address: 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.
• On-site meetings are expected.
• The contract is contingent on clearance requirements (STD Background Chk).

ProSidian Global Competencies

Candidates are expected to demonstrate and achieve annual goals in ProSidian's Eight Global Competencies: Personal Effectiveness, Continuous Learning, Leadership, Client Service, Business Management, Business Development, Technical Expertise, and Innovation & Knowledge Sharing.