HSE & Environmental Specialist Jobs in Energy: Demand, Pay & Skills
Part of Plutarch’s ongoing analysis of skill demand in energy hiring — last updated 5 October 2026, based on 328 tracked postings.
As of 5 October 2026, Plutarch tracked 328 unique open HSE & Environmental Specialist postings at energy employers. 42 postings disclosed annual pay, with a United States median of USD 134,000.
Demand for HSE and Environmental Specialists is led by the United States, with France, Canada, India and Germany each contributing a smaller slice of postings. Titles are heavily skewed toward unspecified seniority, though a substantial share explicitly calls for senior, lead, principal, staff or manager-level experience. Entry-level and executive-labeled openings are present but represent a small minority of the market. Title wording ranges widely, from general HSE and EHS roles to more specialized environmental, safety engineering and industrial hygiene positions.
Open postings
Where
- United States · 117
- Canada · 19
- United Kingdom · 18
- Germany · 17
- France · 14
- Other or not stated · 143
Seniority
- Early career · 12
- Level not stated in title · 187
- Senior, lead, staff or manager · 122
- Leadership · 7
Disclosed pay by country · annual
| Country | Lowest to highest employer midpoint | Median | Postings stating pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USD 86,000–261,000 | USD 134,000 | 42 of 111 |
| Canada | CAD 83,000–170,000 | CAD 125,000 | 8 of 19 |
| Italy | EUR 31,000–58,000 | EUR 48,000 | 5 postings |
Directional, not conclusive. Each figure is the midpoint of a salary range an employer disclosed in a public job posting, derived from public market sources and rounded to the nearest thousand. Samples are small, so a country appears only when at least 5 open postings disclose annual pay. At these sample sizes, do not compare one role’s median against another’s — the difference between them is smaller than the error on either.
How many employers state pay
- United States · pay stated in 49 of 111 postings we could read
- Canada · pay stated in 8 of 19 postings we could read
- United Kingdom · pay stated in 3 of 16 postings we could read
- Germany · pay stated in 0 of 15 postings we could read
- France · pay stated in 0 of 8 postings we could read
Counted from the same open postings as above, leaving out postings whose text we could not read for pay. Pay disclosure tracks local pay-transparency law more closely than employer policy, so a low rate is not evidence that employers here pay less.
Who is hiring
| Employer | Open postings |
|---|---|
| Worley | 47 |
| TotalEnergies | 30 |
| Siemens Energy | 27 |
| Hatch | 13 |
| Nordex | 12 |
| Freeport-McMoRan | 11 |
| Baker Hughes | 9 |
| Crusoe | 7 |
| Eni | 7 |
| QatarEnergy | 7 |
| bp | 6 |
| RWE | 6 |
| Other employers | 146 |
How these roles are titled
The titles employers use for this role, most repeated first. Titles shown without a count appeared once.
- Process Safety Engineer · 5 postings
- Safety Engineer · 5 postings
- EHS Specialist · 4 postings
- Environmental Advisor · 4 postings
- Environmental Specialist · 4 postings
- HSE Manager · 4 postings
- EHS Manager · 3 postings
- Environmental Engineer · 3 postings
- Senior HSE Specialist · 3 postings
- Site Safety Manager · 3 postings
- EHS Officer · 2 postings
- Engineer - HSE · 2 postings
- Field Safety Manager · 2 postings
- Health and Safety Advisor · 2 postings
- Health and Safety Coordinator · 2 postings
What employers ask for
Skills and tools named in the text of 238 open postings we could read in full, most named first.
| Skill or tool | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| Root-cause analysis | 39 of 238 | 18 |
| Excel | 35 of 238 | 15 |
A skill counts when the posting names it anywhere — requirements, role description or the employer’s own introduction. A skill is shown only when at least 3 postings from at least two employers name it. Postings whose full text we did not read are left out of these counts rather than counted as asking for nothing.
Certificates and licences named
Credentials named in the same 238 postings. A mention is what employers ask for; it does not mean a law requires it.
| Certificate or licence | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| NEBOSH | 28 of 238 | 12 |
Patterns in the job titles
- Environmental engineering and science expertise
- Safety engineering across technical and field operations
- Industrial hygiene specialization
- EHS program management and site leadership
What the postings suggest about filling this role
The large pool of unspecified-level titles alongside a strong share of senior and management-level openings suggests employers are competing most intensely for experienced HSE talent capable of stepping into leadership or specialist roles. With very few junior or executive-labeled postings, pipeline-building at the entry level may be comparatively easier, while sourcing seasoned senior-level specialists is likely the tighter challenge.
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