Director of Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE)

Location: Columbia, South Carolina, or Washington, DC, United States

Salary: $198,000–$228,000 annually, paid bi-weekly, less applicable withholdings and deductions.

Company

hirify.global is an AI-first startup developing a fleet-scale approach to deploying the next generation of nuclear reactors. TNC Services supports nuclear utilities through field execution, outage and maintenance work, engineering, licensing, compliance, cybersecurity, and workforce development.

What you will do

• Build and lead the enterprise Health, Safety, Environmental, Industrial Hygiene, and Human Performance function across hirify.global and TNC Services.
• Develop HSE strategy, policies, governance, performance measures, reporting, and a phased operating model for corporate operations, construction, projects, fleet deployment, field services, and outages.
• Establish standards for safety leadership, human performance, job hazard analysis, pre-job briefs, stop-work authority, contractor safety, occupational health, corrective actions, and organizational learning.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, state environmental, customer, and commercial nuclear requirements.
• Lead incident response, investigations, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, lessons learned, workers’ compensation, and return-to-work programs.
• Use AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System to improve risk identification, analytics, reporting, and organizational learning while building the HSE team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive HSE leadership experience in nuclear, energy, construction, manufacturing, industrial maintenance, or other complex, highly regulated operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience building, implementing, or significantly scaling an enterprise or multisite HSE management system.
• Experience establishing HSE strategy, policies, governance, performance measures, and executive-level reporting.
• Hands-on experience supporting field operations, construction projects, major capital programs, outages, or other high-risk industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA requirements, environmental compliance, industrial safety, incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action programs.

Nice to have

• Commercial nuclear power experience, including new nuclear construction, operating plants, outages, or major nuclear capital projects.
• Experience preparing HSE metrics and disclosures for Boards, annual reports, investors, or public-company reporting.
• CSP, ASP, CIH, PMP, or another relevant professional certification.
• Familiarity with NRC-regulated environments, nuclear safety culture, Human Performance, INPO standards, or EPRI guidance.
• Experience with union and non-union workforces or AI-enabled safety tools, predictive analytics, and digital HSE reporting platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• AI-first operating mindset with technology and the Nuclear Operating System integrated into everyday work.
• Values centered on transparency, responsibility, unity, initiative, tenacity, trust, accountability, and continuous learning.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Generous vacation policy and holidays.