Associate Director, EH&S Generalist (onsite)

Key Focus Areas

The ideal candidate brings strong analytical abilities to assess risk and implement effective solutions, along with a strategic mindset, operational discipline, and a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and driving strategic initiatives.

What You Will Do

• Operational Oversight: Support and advise operations management team on safety, compliance, and sustainability programs, ensuring alignment with EH&S goals.
• Ensure projects are appropriately defined in EHS SMART to support achievement of EHS goals.
• Monitor and execute strategies for EH&S initiatives to ensure sustained compliance with local regulations, government standards, and RTX/Collins Aerospace requirements.
• Ensure regulatory permit applications and agency correspondence are submitted on a timely basis.
• Lead and facilitate onsite reviews of EH&S Management System elements.
• Participate in and support Central EH&S audit teams, as needed.
• Incident Management: Coordinates and facilitates incident investigations as needed, ensuring lessons learned are implemented.
• Participate in serious injuries reviews, as needed.
• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute long-term strategies to minimize occupational injuries and ensure compliance with local regulations, government standards, and RTX/Collins Aerospace requirements.
• Lead initiatives to standardize and optimize EH&S tools, processes, and systems across the Riverside, CA site.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Build and sustain relationships with site operational stakeholders, integrating EH&S into business processes.
• Collaborate with the Asia-Pac and EMEA field service leads and the Central EH&S organization to align global policies with local standards and requirements.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years’ experience.
• Experience in Environmental or Health or Safety in a manufacturing environment.
• Leading and influencing in a matrixed environment.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Deep knowledge of EH&S principles, regulations, and best practices.
• Experience in aerospace or defense.
• (Lean manufacturing experience, e.g., Kaizen, Six Sigma).
• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration capabilities with varied teams across multiple locations.
• Ability to adapt global policies to local needs while maintaining compliance.