Job Summary
Western Midstream is seeking a Senior HSE Advisor to join the Occupational Health & Safety team supporting operations in Mentone, Texas. This is a high-impact, field-based leadership role requiring advanced expertise in midstream health and safety regulations, incident investigation, and organizational learning.
The role influences HSE culture and system performance across multiple assets, independently identifies systemic risk, leads high-quality investigations, and drives durable improvements that reduce serious incident exposure.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support regional HSE programs, compliance processes, and initiatives aligned with corporate safety objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with Operations and asset leadership to influence HSE culture, leadership behaviors, and system performance, fostering a prevention-focused workforce.
- Conduct field inspections, audits, and hazard assessments; develop corrective action plans and ensure timely, effective closure.
- Lead complex, high-potential incident investigations using robust causal analysis techniques to identify systemic, organizational, and latent failures, ensuring outcomes drive learning, accountability, and prevention of recurrence.
- Identify enterprise and cross-asset HSE risks and develop scalable solutions adopted across regions or programs.
- Provide authoritative interpretation of federal, state, and local HSE regulations applicable to midstream operations and guide compliance risk management.
- Serve as a subject-matter expert for major HSE programs, including training design and delivery, large-scale program rollouts, and mentoring of Safety Advisors and Representatives.
- Support process safety and emergency response activities, including MOC, PSSR, PHAs, spill response, emergency management, and regional HSE on‑call rotation, providing calm, experienced incident support as needed.
Skills & Leadership Competencies
- Demonstrates and models Western Midstream’s Core Values through consistent, field-visible leadership.
- Builds trusted relationships with Operations, contractors, and leadership while maintaining independence and technical integrity.
- Possesses strong technical knowledge of OSHA, EPA, PHMSA, and applicable state and local HSE regulations relevant to midstream operations.
- Demonstrates strong incident investigation and learning capability, including leading complex events and translating findings into systemic risk reduction.
- Demonstrates advanced capability in audits, inspections, hazard identification, and corrective action development with a focus on eliminating repeat and high-severity events.
- Communicates clearly and credibly with frontline personnel and senior leadership, including the ability to challenge assumptions and influence decisions.
- Operate independently with sound professional judgment in ambiguous, high-risk operational environments.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, occupational safety, industrial hygiene, or a related technical field is required.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive HSE experience supporting field operations, including senior-level responsibility in midstream, energy, or comparable industrial environments.
- Demonstrated experience leading incident investigations, regulatory interactions, and enterprise-level HSE initiatives with measurable impact.
Certifications & Licenses
- Professional safety certification (CSP, ASP, CHST, or equivalent) is strongly preferred and expected.
- Candidates without a professional certification must demonstrate exceptional technical credibility and a defined plan to obtain certification.
- Valid driver’s license with no restrictions preventing operation of a company vehicle.
Travel Requirements
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
Work Schedule
- Hybrid schedule: Monday–Thursday (9-hour days) and Friday (4-hour day). Subject to after-hours and on-call responsibilities.
