What Principal Health & Safety (HSE) Jobs Ask For
Across 174 open Principal Health & Safety (HSE) postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are risk-assessment, corrective-action, industrial-hygiene.
Updated October 17, 2026
205 open Principal Health & Safety (HSE) postings. The percentages below are measured over the 174 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| risk-assessment | 47% |
| corrective-action | 24% |
| industrial-hygiene | 21% |
| osha | 21% |
| incident-investigation | 16% |
| hazard-identification | 15% |
| business-development | 13% |
| iso-45001 | 13% |
| regulatory-compliance | 12% |
| emergency-response | 11% |
| root-cause-analysis | 11% |
| agile | 10% |
| hazop | 10% |
| iso-14001 | 9% |
| near-miss-reporting | 9% |
| analytics | 9% |
| safety-management-system | 8% |
| confined-space | 7% |
| contractor-safety | 7% |
| nfpa | 7% |
| program-management | 7% |
| sap | 6% |
| technical-writing | 6% |
| epa | 6% |
| job-safety-analysis | 6% |
| permit-to-work | 6% |
| api | 5% |
| sharepoint | 5% |
| evm | 5% |
| hazardous-waste | 5% |
| hot-work | 5% |
| process-improvement | 5% |
| ai | 4% |
| behavior-based-safety | 4% |
| environmental-compliance | 4% |
| machine-guarding | 4% |
| personal-protective-equipment | 4% |
| confluence | 3% |
| cpp | 3% |
| jira | 3% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Health & Safety (HSE) levels
Most Health & Safety (HSE) postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- corrective-action 9,229
- osha 9,140
- risk-assessment 7,142
- incident-investigation 6,776
- emergency-response 5,113
- near-miss-reporting 4,635
- regulatory-compliance 3,737
- root-cause-analysis 3,281
- first-aid 3,230
- industrial-hygiene 3,062
- safety-audit 2,996
- iso-45001 2,580