Senior Director or Director EHS & Training
Origis Energy · Austin, Texas, United States
Join the Origis Energy Team!
Origis Energy is accelerating the transition to a carbon-free future by Reimagining ZeroSM. As one of America’s leading renewable energy and decarbonization solution platforms, the company continues to expand and reimagine its contribution to the world’s net-zero goals. Origis Energy puts customers first to deploy a wide range of sustainable solutions for grid power generation, performance optimization, and long-term operation of solar and energy storage plants across the U.S. Founded in 2008, Origis Energy is headquartered in Miami, FL.
The Origis team, regarded as one of the leading developers in the U.S., is committed to living five core values in all interactions both with each other and external stakeholders:
Solve for Tomorrow. A role with Origis Energy puts you at the forefront of the transition to clean energy. Are you ready to bring new ideas? Do you exist to find solutions? That’s how we revolutionize energy and build a carbon-free future - through unmatched service and relentless innovation.
Rise Together. To succeed here, you’ll collaborate with others and work as one team, across various teams including solar and energy storage development, financing, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and operations, maintenance and asset management. Are you open to diverse perspectives and prepared to work seamlessly across disciplines to reach our collective goals?
Perform at Peak. We’re seeking team members who bring authentic energy and passion to every task. How can you use your natural strengths, genuine optimism and intelligence to make your greatest contributions to Origis?
Inspire & Grow. The Origis team is comprised of knowledgeable, passionate solar and energy storage experts who bring deep expertise and solution-driven thinking to clients. A successful Origis team member encourages others and sets a high bar for growth. We have a culture of continuous improvement because each team member takes the role of both learner and mentor.
Be Resilient. The spirit in which we tackle the energy challenges and objectives of our clients means we consistently stretch for the extra mile. We all take initiative and remain adaptable, overcoming obstacles by prioritizing respect.
Position Description
The Senior Director or Director, EHS & Training position, reporting to the Vice President, Operations & Maintenance, provides enterprise leadership for environmental, health, and safety across the Origis Services operating fleet and leads the Services training function. The primary focus of this role is EHS: protecting employees and contractors, maintaining regulatory and contractual compliance, strengthening field execution, and continuously improving the safety culture. The role also owns the training strategy and department responsibilities needed to build technical capability, operating consistency, and clear career development pathways for the Services organization.
This leader will work closely with field leadership, technicians, operations support teams, customers, subcontractors, Human Resources, Legal, Risk, and other Origis functions. The successful candidate will be visible in the field, comfortable operating at both executive and site level, and capable of turning policy into practical standards that teams can execute consistently.
The position of Senior Director or Director, EHS & Training is a regular, full-time position and is eligible for the company employee benefits package.
Key Responsibilities
EHS Leadership and Governance:
- Own, maintain, and continuously improve the Origis Services EHS management system for utility-scale solar and energy storage operations and maintenance.
- Maintain and establish new EHS policies, procedures, minimum standards, and accountability across the operating fleet.
- Advise Services leadership on material EHS risks, regulatory requirements, emerging issues, and the resources required to manage them.
- Build and lead a strong field-centered safety culture that emphasizes hazard recognition, stop-work authority, learning, and personal accountability.
- Serve as the senior EHS point of contact for significant incidents, customer concerns, regulatory matters, and other high-risk field issues.
- Lead and develop EHS personnel and establish effective coverage, roles, goals, and performance expectations for the function.
Field Safety and Operational Risk:
- Provide EHS oversight for routine and non-routine O&M work, including electrical work, lockout/tagout, energized work, switching, troubleshooting, vegetation management, heavy equipment, lifting and rigging, work at height, confined spaces, hot work, battery energy storage systems, and contractor-performed activities.
- Ensure site-specific safety plans, emergency action plans, job hazard analyses, permits, procedures, and required records are established, current, and used effectively.
- Develop and execute a risk-based audit and field-inspection program; document findings, assign corrective actions, verify closure, and identify recurring or systemic issues.
- Lead or oversee investigations of incidents, injuries, near misses, environmental events, and high-potential exposures; ensure root causes and corrective actions are documented and communicated.
- Establish contractor and vendor EHS prequalification, onboarding, monitoring, and performance-management requirements.
- Support new-site mobilization and operational readiness so EHS programs, documentation, training, equipment, and emergency arrangements are in place before turnover or service commencement.
Environmental and Regulatory Compliance:
- Maintain programs aligned with applicable federal, state, and local requirements, including OSHA and environmental obligations relevant to O&M activities.
- Oversee hazardous and universal waste, spill prevention and response, chemical management, environmental reporting, and required site records.
- Coordinate regulatory inquiries, inspections, reporting, and corrective actions in partnership with Legal and other appropriate stakeholders.
- Monitor regulatory and industry developments and translate changes into practical requirements, training, and field controls.
Training Department Leadership:
- Own the Services training strategy, governance, budget, standards, and annual plan, while keeping EHS and regulatory training as the first priority.
- Lead and continuously improve a role-based training program for technicians, site leadership, and operations support personnel.
- Maintain a training matrix by role and ensure required qualifications, certifications, refreshers, and milestones are assigned, tracked, completed, and auditable.
- Partner with Field Operations and subject matter experts to identify knowledge gaps and develop practical curriculum for safety, technical equipment, procedures, CMMS use, troubleshooting, and operating consistency.
- Continue developing technician career progression and qualification pathways that support advancement into senior technical and leadership roles.
- Use field observation, audit results, incident trends, equipment performance, and operational feedback to prioritize new or revised training.
- Evaluate and integrate appropriate training methods and technologies, including instructor-led, field-based, virtual, and learning-management-system delivery.
- Measure training effectiveness through demonstrated proficiency and field performance, not course completion alone.
Performance, Reporting, and Collaboration:
- Develop and report meaningful leading and lagging EHS metrics, training compliance, audit performance, corrective-action status, and trend analysis to Services leadership.
- Prepare clear executive, customer, and operational reports that identify performance, material risks, root causes, and recommended actions.
- Manage the EHS and Training budgets, external providers, systems, and resources with