What Lead Health & Safety (HSE) Jobs Ask For
Across 712 open Lead Health & Safety (HSE) postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are corrective-action, risk-assessment, osha.
Updated November 10, 2026
1,038 open Lead Health & Safety (HSE) postings. The percentages below are measured over the 712 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| corrective-action | 43% |
| risk-assessment | 33% |
| osha | 30% |
| incident-investigation | 27% |
| iso-45001 | 26% |
| emergency-response | 21% |
| iso-14001 | 21% |
| root-cause-analysis | 21% |
| near-miss-reporting | 19% |
| regulatory-compliance | 14% |
| first-aid | 13% |
| safety-management-system | 13% |
| industrial-hygiene | 12% |
| safety-audit | 11% |
| toolbox-talks | 11% |
| confined-space | 9% |
| iso-9001 | 9% |
| ai | 8% |
| epa | 8% |
| environmental-compliance | 7% |
| contractor-safety | 7% |
| permit-to-work | 6% |
| hazard-identification | 6% |
| personal-protective-equipment | 6% |
| stakeholder-management | 6% |
| waste-management | 5% |
| hazardous-waste | 5% |
| behavior-based-safety | 4% |
| fall-protection | 4% |
| nfpa | 4% |
| hazop | 4% |
| performance-management | 3% |
| analytics | 3% |
| job-safety-analysis | 3% |
| process-safety-management | 3% |
| working-at-height | 3% |
| automation | 3% |
| program-management | 3% |
| process-improvement | 3% |
| hot-work | 2% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Health & Safety (HSE) levels
Most Health & Safety (HSE) postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- corrective-action 9,173
- osha 8,680
- risk-assessment 7,312
- incident-investigation 6,593
- emergency-response 5,160
- near-miss-reporting 4,500
- iso-45001 3,648
- regulatory-compliance 3,615
- root-cause-analysis 3,432
- iso-14001 3,302
- first-aid 3,270
- industrial-hygiene 3,176