Vice President, QHSE Onshore Americas

Orsted
Chicago, IL

Join us in this role where you’ll provide strategic leadership and technical expertise to ensure the highest QHSE standards across development, construction, and operations. You’ll shape and implement innovative safety programs, drive compliance, and foster a boots-on-the-ground safety culture through strong stakeholder engagement and relationship building.

Welcome to Onshore Americas

You’ll be part of Onshore Leadership Team where you, together with your colleagues, will will define and deliver QHSE excellence across all US onshore projects. You’ll report directly to the President of Onshore Americas and collaborate across functions and geographies to ensure alignment and impact. As a team, we we care deeply about safety, succeeding as one, and driving results through collaboration, integrity, and passion.

You’ll play an important role in:

  • shaping and driving QHSE strategy across all onshore renewable projects, while actively contributing to decision-making within the Onshore Americas Leadership Team and Investment Committee
  • overseeing the development and implementation of safety policies, procedures, and performance metrics
  • leading risk management strategies and ensuring regulatory compliance
  • developing targeted safety training and awareness campaigns
  • fostering a culture of continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement
  • managing departmental budgets and resource planning.


To succeed in the role, you:

  • have a minimum of 15 years of US based, renewable energy QHSE experience
  • demonstrate collaborative and authentic leadership that inspires and empowers teams
  • have a proven track record of building strong cross-functional relationships with diverse stakeholders, including executive teams and external partners. bring a commercial mindset and strong prioritization and organizational skills
  • have a proven track record of driving strategic QHSE initiatives, leading to measurable improvements in safety performance, engagement, and compliance
  • hold a bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, QHSE, or equivalent experience.


Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us

Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

This role will require 50% travel which includes trips to our Americas Onshore sites and offices.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [email protected].

Position Salary range: 230,000-289,000

Discretionary Bonus: 20% target of base compensation; may be changed or suspended based on the discretion of the company

Our benefits package for Vice President QHSE, Onshore Americas position for active employees who meet eligibility : fully paid family insurance coverage for health, life, dental, and vision; flexible spending accounts; health savings accounts; short- and long-term disability insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; 18 weeks of parental leave with an additional short-term disability benefit of 6-8 weeks; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with up to 5% employer match; commuting benefits; 7 paid sick days per year; 20 paid time off days; 13 paid holidays annually; 12 weeks of paid parental leave; 16 hours of volunteer time off; and a book benefit from Amazon of up to $25 per month. This position also includes 15% LTI
Posted 2025-11-24

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