HSE Manager: Catalyst

Company Profile:

USA DeBusk offers the industrial infrastructure sector a technologically advanced and complementary suite of high-value traditional and specialty services for turnarounds, routine maintenance, and unplanned outages. We help customers save time, reduce costs, and optimize their processes while assuring best-in-class safety and compliance. Primary service lines include chemical cleaning; emission controls; fabrication services; FCCU hot catalyst handling; hydro blasting; hydro excavation; hydro cutting; inert catalyst handling; inspection; mechanical rental; nitrogen; pigging, decoking & filtration; pipeline integrity and field services; reactor cleaning; tank cleaning; transportation; unit decontamination; vacuum services; and waste solutions. USA DeBusk was founded in 2012, and our headquarters is in Deer Park, TX. We operate numerous offices, service centers, and customer-site-based locations across North America. Visit for more information.

Summary/Objective:

The primary objective of the Inert Catalyst Health & Safety Manager is to ensure that catalyst handling and inert operations are planned, controlled, and executed safely, with particular emphasis on preventing incidents associated with oxygen-deficient atmospheres, confined spaces, hazardous materials, line-of-fire exposures, falls, and other high-risk activities.

• The HSE Manager will manage and coordinate Safety for Inert Catalyst operations within a client’s site to ensure all regulatory provisions and procedures are being applied.
• The HSE Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing activities associated with Inert catalyst, catalyst change-out, inert operations, confined space work, vessel entry, and refinery turnaround projects.
• This position provides field-based HSE leadership to ensure work is planned and executed in accordance with company procedures, client requirements, OSHA regulations, applicable industry standards, and recognized refinery safety practices. The manager works closely with project management, field supervision, client representatives, and employees to identify hazards, implement effective controls, verify compliance, and promote a strong safety culture.
• The position required a strong understanding of nitrogen inert processes, oxygen-deficient atmospheres, catalyst handling, confined spaces, respiratory protection, fall protection, energy isolation, atmospheric monitoring, emergency response, and refinery operations.
• The HSE Safety Manager is responsible for the creation and implementation of the local HSE improvement plan and advises and supports site management and operational staff to promote employee health, safety, and environmental performance.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct HSE leadership for inert catalyst project operations.
• Establish and maintain project-specific HSE expectations and requirements.
• Serve as the primary HSE point of contact for assigned inert catalyst projects.
• Participate in project planning, pre-job meetings, kickoff meetings, and client HSE meetings.
• Maintain a visible field presence and routinely observe work activities.
• Coach supervisors and employees on safe work practices and hazard recognition.
• Manage incident investigations of injuries, near misses, property damage, environmental events, and high-potential incidents and prepare reports.
• Conduct causal analysis for incidents and develop corrective actions.
• Provide HSE oversight of nitrogen inert and catalyst- handling operations.
• Works independently and provides consultative advice within specific functional areas.
• Organize and oversee safety training, i.e. fork truck, lockout, and new hire onboarding. Work with supervisors to address training deficiencies.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.
• On-call 24/7 as needed.