Environmental Health & Safety Director

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the Harmon safety vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap aligned with business objectives
• Establish annual safety goals, KPIs, and leading and lagging indicators
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including behavior-based safety programs
• Lead enterprise risk identification, assessment, and mitigation strategies across manufacturing and field environments
• Integrate design-for-safety principles into engineering, fabrication, and installation processes
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations across all locations and job sites
• Develop, implement, and maintain corporate safety policies, standards, and procedures
• Oversee incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action processes
• Lead enterprise audit and inspection programs across manufacturing sites and field operations
• Maintain compliance programs
• Establish and oversee plant protection and site safety/security programs
• Drive leadership accountability and ownership of safety performance at all levels
• Foster a proactive safety culture focused on hazard recognition, prevention, and employee engagement
• Engage as needed with General Contractor Safety leaders to build peer-to-peer relationships on jobsites, for an engaging safety program that works for both Harmon and the GC.
• Develop Safety leaders
• Review current org structure with Safety Reps and provide better or updated role clarity for that position
• Lead enterprise safety communications, engagement strategies, and cultural transformation initiatives
• Review and evaluate safety performance across manufacturing facilities and field projects
• Analyze trends, leading indicators, and incident data to reduce risk and prevent injuries
• Standardize safety reporting, dashboards, and performance metrics
• Escalate significant risks and incidents to executive leadership
• Benchmark and implement industry best practices to continuously improve safety performance
• Establish enterprise-wide safety training standards for plant, operations Project Managers and field employees
• Ensure comprehensive onboarding safety programs for all new hires and Harmon Hired subcontractors
• Oversee task-specific training
• Develop leadership safety competency programs and ongoing training requirements

Education & Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, Preferred
• OSHA 500/502 Training
• Experience: 10+ years of construction or manufacturing experience required with a large matrixed company environment, 7+ years in EHS, 7+ years of management experience including training and development

Required Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• Extensive industry knowledge
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and effective business partnering capabilities
• Strong customer focus and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, planning, and organizational skills
• Knowledge of industry trends and best practices in EHS to continuously improve the organization’s EHS programs

Travel Requirement

30-40%

Salary Range

$165,000 - $200,000 + annual bonus opportunity

Our Benefits

• Competitive Benefits Package for employees and their dependents (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability)
• Incentive Plans
• 401(k) with employer contribution and match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with employer match
• Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Time)
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness Program
• Training and Career Progression

About the Role

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOG), founded in 1949 and headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Apogee is a growing, profitable company with annual revenues approaching $1.3 billion. It provides distinctive metal and glass solutions for enclosing commercial buildings, and glass and acrylic solutions for picture framing and display applications. Brands in the Apogee family are Alumicor, EFCO, Harmon, Linetec, Tru Vue, Tubelite, Viracon, and Wausau. www.apog.com Architectural Services (Harmon) is a segment within Apogee which is a leading glass and glazing subcontractor, serving customers across the U.S. We bring together technical capability, project management skills, and field installation services to manage our clients' building façade projects.