Airswift is looking for an HSE Lead to work for a major O&G company in Houston, TX, for an initial 12-months assignment.
The establishment of an HSE Training Coordinator for International Business is necessary to address a clear capability and capacity gap in the identification, development, coordination, and assurance of HSE training across International Business operations. At present, there is no dedicated role accountable for end-to-end coordination of HSE training needs, development of fit-to-purpose training solutions, scheduling, completion tracking, and evidence management across regions, assets, and contractor interfaces. These activities are managed through fragmented and ad?hoc effort by senior HSE leaders and operational teams, limiting consistency and sustainability.
The proposed role provides a critical link between risk profiles competency requirements, working in close alignment with the HSE team and broader Operational Training and Competency teams to ensure HSE training is integrated, role-based, and aligned with operational realities. By coordinating needs analysis, training development, scheduling, completion tracking, and evidence capture, the role enables consistent execution, stronger assurance, and competency development. This will enable the HSE and Operational leaders to remain focused on risk-based capability development, regulatory requirements, and continuous improvement across International Business operations.
Role Summary
The HSE Training Leader – International Business is accountable for the strategic design, governance, and enterprise-wide enablement of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) training across international operations, including onshore construction and operations, offshore operations, and project delivery environments. The role ensures HSE learning solutions are risk-based, regulatory compliant, digitally enabled, and consistently applied to protect people, assets, and the environment across the full asset lifecycle.
As the single point of accountability for HSE training frameworks, learning technologies, delivery models, and external safety council engagement, the role ensures alignment between HSE standards, business risk profiles, operational realities, and regional regulatory requirements for both employees and contractors supporting onshore and offshore activities.
The role works in close coordination with the International Business Training & Competency Lead to ensure HSE training and competency requirements are clearly mapped to role-based expectations, supporting effective competency assessment, verification, and ongoing assurance, particularly for safety, critical and risk, exposed roles in construction, operations, and offshore environments.
Key Accountabilities
1. Global HSE Training Strategy & Framework
- Define and maintain the International Business HSE Training Strategy, aligned to enterprise HSE capability and competency frameworks.
- Establish mandatory, role-based, and risk-driven HSE training requirements across regions and asset types.
- Ensure training frameworks enable consistent application while allowing appropriate regional flexibility.
2. Training Design, Development & Technology Ownership
- Own the HSE learning ecosystem, including learning management systems, digital content platforms, and data/reporting tools.
- Set clear standards for learning design, content quality, and user experience that reflect learning and operational-risk principles.
- Define and govern optimal delivery models, including instructor-led, blended, simulation-based, and digital learning.
3. Regulatory Alignment & Content Validation
- Ensure HSE training content is aligned with international, national, and local regulatory requirements, as well as internal HSE standards.
- Monitor regulatory changes and industry expectations, ensuring timely updates to training curricula and delivery approaches.
- Provide assurance that training supports regulatory defensibility and inspection readiness.
4. Training Delivery & Instructor Oversight
- Oversee delivery of high-risk and critical HSE training, either directly or through qualified providers.
- Define and govern instructor qualification, authorization, and performance standards.
- Provide technical and leadership oversight to ensure training delivery is credible, consistent, and risk-focused.
5. Contractor & Third-Party Training Management
- Design and govern contractor HSE training pathways, aligned with contractual, regulatory, and operational risk requirements.
- Ensure effective integration of contractor training into site, asset, and project onboarding and verification processes.
- Provide oversight to ensure third-party training meets enterprise expectations for quality and risk control.
6. External Relationships & Safety Councils
- Maintain strategic relationships with safety councils, industry bodies, and external training organizations.
- Represent the organization in HSE training, workforce capability, and industry learning forums.
- Leverage external partnerships to benchmark, improve, and modernize HSE training practices.
7. Governance, Reporting & Continuous Improvement
- Establish and maintain HSE training governance, performance metrics, and executive reporting.
- Use data, feedback, and incident learnings to drive continuous improvement in training effectiveness and risk reduction.
- Provide leadership insight into emerging capability gaps and future training needs.
Required Experience & Capabilities
- 10+ years of HSE experience, with significant focus on training, competency assurance, and workforce capability.
- Demonstrated experience working across international regulatory environments and diverse operational contexts (Offshore Oil and Gas, Onshore construction, LNG Facilities, Ammonia facility)
- Strong knowledge of learning management systems, digital learning technologies, and data-driven training governance.
- Proven credibility delivering and overseeing high-risk, instructor-led HSE training.
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, operational leaders, and external partners.