Paul F. Ryan

Vice President Health, Safety & Environment - Operations & Project Execution

Austin, Texas, United States

About

High-energy Leader with a broad range of international and domestic HSSE experience. - HSSE Strategic Leadership, - Organizational Development, - HSSE Management System Design, - Operational Excellence, - Cultural Transformation, - Process Optimization, - Scalable HSSE Solutions, - Mentoring, and - High-Performance Team Building. Comfortable on the shop floor, in the field and in the office; always focused on the safe execution of work. Living the dream as an HSSE professional and working to make a positive impact every day!

Experience

  • Vice President HSSE Operations and Project Execution at RWE Americas
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    OE Management System development. Operations and Construction support. Organizational capability. OE Plan development. Resource management & optimization. Operations and Project Execution support. Business Partner alignment. HSSE cultural transformation. HSSE process prioritization, development, optimization, and deployment.

  • Chevron (24 yrs 9 mos)
    • Operational Excellence Management System-Workforce Safety Manager
      Jan 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Integration: Nobel Energy & PDC Energy into Chevron; 1,200 employees Incident, Investigation, Reporting & Trends - program development OE Management System – program implementation OE Plan development & implementation Contractor Management - program development Internal Audit - program development Occupational Hygiene - program development Data Analytics - program development Emergency Management Safeguard Assurance - program development Managing Safe Work (Control of Work) – program enhancements Health and Wellness – program implementation Culture transformation – program development / implementation

    • OE/HSE Advisor
      Jan 2023 - Nov 2023 · 11 mos

      OE/HSE Lower Carbon and Risk Management Advisor

    • HSE Manager
      Jan 2016 - Mar 2023 · 7 yrs 3 mos

      Tengizchevroil - Strategic development and tactical execution of work to ensure a strong, socially responsible, Injury & Incident Free (IIF) construction work place for over 11,000 personnel (plus back to backs) in a high risk work environment. HSE Management System development, assurance, and contractor management for a Major Capital Project (MCP): >$55 billion. In depth knowledge of OE/HSE process development, implementation, and continuous improvement, e.g., PTW, L&R, W@H, Occ Hygiene. Additional responsibilities include: Human Performance, Construction Safety, Incident Investigation, Management of Change, Emergency Response, Training, Business Planning and Cultural Transformation. Contract support, analysis and verification at all stages of project to meet / exceed customer expectations. Kazakh national staff mentoring, coaching and development. Staff: 8 direct reports +250 contractors. Includes Civil & Underground and ME&Is support.

  • Texaco (9 yrs 8 mos)
    • Operations Manager - Marine Lubricants
      Nov 1998 - Dec 2000 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Responsible for formation of FAMM Lubricants Americas Operations Team – a Chevron and Texaco joint venture business. Managed global supply chain activities, including third party manufacturing and supply and parent company manufacturing and supply sources. Hired and developed highly motivated customer service center and created associated business processes. Systematically tendered supply chain components which resulted in >$50M annual recurring savings. Staff: 12 direct reports.

    • Project Manager
      May 1995 - Nov 1998 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Managed numerous international and domestic corporate environmental, health and safety related projects. Design and construction of remediation systems and technical assistance to 3rd party operations. Developed and implemented innovative industry standardization practices and global auditing system which are still in place and beneficial today. Responded to domestic and international environmental incidents. Audited 3rd party terminal operations globally.

    • Project Manager
      May 1991 - May 1995 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Managed large scale, high profile Superfund Sites, RCRA sites, and other environmentally related projects. Managed projects from inception to completion. Design, construction and operation of waste water treatment systems. Projects ranged in size between $10MM and $100MM.

  • Project Geologist at JCA Associates
    Dec 1986 - May 1991 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Managed numerous construction projects and remediation projects; including large scale municipal landfill construction. Performed preliminary assessments of potentially impacted properties. Supervised field operations and occasionally operated subsurface investigation equipment. Licensed soil borer in New Jersey.

  • Geologist at Groundwater Technology Inc
    Jun 1986 - Dec 1986 · 7 mos

    First job. Got my feet wet and opened my eyes to what I could do.