Environmental Health & Safety Director

Role Purpose

The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Director provides strategic leadership and governance for Health, Safety, and Environmental performance in US operations, ensuring safe, compliant, and sustainable execution of business activities. Acting as a senior advisor to executive leadership, the role integrates EHS into operational strategy, capital planning, and day-to-day decision-making while driving a strong, accountable safety culture.

Key Accountabilities

• Strategic Leadership & Culture

• Develop and deliver the EHS strategy aligned to business objectives, ensuring clear priorities, measurable outcomes, and visible leadership engagement.
• Drive cultural transformation by embedding accountability at all levels and ensuring leaders actively own EHS performance, not just compliance.

• Management Systems, Governance & Compliance

• Own and continuously improve EHS management systems aligned with ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 22301, ensuring consistent standards across regions and sites.
• Maintain full regulatory compliance across jurisdictions, including OSHA, EPA, MSHA, and DOT requirements in the US, supported by strong audit, reporting, and assurance processes.

• Risk Management & Critical Controls

• Lead enterprise-wide risk identification and assessment, with particular focus on defining and managing critical risks.
• Ensure robust implementation of control frameworks, Management of Change processes, and operational risk reviews, embedding prevention rather than reaction across all activities.
• Establish proactive incident prevention strategies and ensure all significant incidents and near misses are investigated using structured root cause analysis.
• Drive consistent sharing of lessons learned and ensure corrective actions are effectively implemented and sustained across the organization.

• Operational & Contractor Safety

• Ensure strong operational discipline through effective safety systems, including permit-to-work, isolation, and high-risk activity controls.
• Set and enforce robust contractor management standards, ensuring third-party activities meet company and regulatory expectations.

• Environmental & Sustainability Performance

• Lead environmental compliance and sustainability initiatives, ensuring effective management of emissions, waste, and resources while supporting broader ESG commitments and continuous improvement in environmental performance.

• Leadership, Capability & Performance

• Build and develop high-performing EHS teams while strengthening EHS capability within operational leadership.
• Establish clear performance expectations, supported by data-driven insights, regular reporting, and benchmarking to drive continuous improvement across all sites.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Occupational Health & Safety, or a related discipline, supported by significant EHS experience (typically 10+ years) in manufacturing, chemicals, mining, metals, industrial processing or related heavy industry, or similarly complex environments, including multi-site or regional leadership responsibility.
• 7+ years’ experience of leadership including the ability to manage teams, drive accountability, and develop direct reports.
• A strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders, driving safety culture transformation, and delivering measurable risk reduction is essential.
• Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, NEBOSH, or equivalent are preferred, alongside the ability to operate effectively across different regulatory environments and cultural contexts.

Key Capabilities

• Strategic leadership, risk management expertise, strong regulatory knowledge, and the ability to influence across a complex organization are critical.
• The role requires excellent communication, sound judgement, and a proactive, improvement-focused mindset, with the ability to lead through change and manage competing priorities effectively.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Director to join our team in Green River, WY. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of EHS regulations and a proven track record of driving safety culture transformation and risk reduction.

Benefits

• HSA contribution
• Paid time off based on years of service with potential credit given for previous work experience.
• Company-paid transportation available for Wyoming-based employees to our plants from Green River, Rock Springs, and Bridger Valley.
• Flexible work schedule (may be available and will vary based on location and/or position).
• Relocation assistance may be available based on position.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Occupational Health & Safety, or a related discipline, supported by significant EHS experience (typically 10+ years) in manufacturing, chemicals, mining, metals, industrial processing or related heavy industry, or similarly complex environments, including multi-site or regional leadership responsibility.
• 7+ years’ experience of leadership including the ability to manage teams, drive accountability, and develop direct reports.
• A strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders, driving safety culture transformation, and delivering measurable risk reduction is essential.
• Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, NEBOSH, or equivalent are preferred, alongside the ability to operate effectively across different regulatory environments and cultural contexts.

Skills

• Strategic leadership
• Risk management expertise
• Strong regulatory knowledge
• Ability to influence across a complex organization
• Excellent communication
• Sound judgement
• Proactive, improvement-focused mindset
• Ability to lead through change and manage competing priorities effectively

WE Soda is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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