Environmental, Health & Safety Director - GSC Industrial

Responsibilities

This is a remote position***
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
Leadership: Provide effective leadership for Global Architectural GSC operations in achieving world-class EHS performance and our Vision of Zero.
Lead implementation of EHS standards & policies at all NA GSC sites.
Provide leadership, guidance, and development to employees on the GSC EHS NA team.
Manage 4-5 direct reports in day-to-day tactical support for sites in NA and align efforts in support of the GSC EHS strategy with peer Global Region Directors.
Works Acts as a strategic business partner to GSC Vice Presidents, leading month-end performance reviews and driving performance improvement initiatives.
Monthly Regional communication to site teams reinforcing GSC EHS vision and strategy; incident investigations, best practice sharing and positive recognition.
Ensure that all health, safety, and environmental programs are compliant with applicable global, federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
Support ISO, EHSMS, VPP and other 3rd party certification achievement as needed.
Execute onboarding and retention strategies for EHS leaders in the region to attract and retain top talent.
Collaborate across GSC regions and identify synergies between groups.
Ensure effective communication across stakeholders for program implementation and metrics.
Strategy: Execute GSC Global EHS Strategy that is aligned with organizational EHS objectives, GSC business objectives, & our aspirational Vision of Zero injuries/incidents.
Develop business unit strategies within assigned geographies, while coordinating cross-regionally with EHS leaders in LATAM, APAC, and EMEAI to ensure alignment and consistency.
Prioritize risk across the network, ensuring mitigation measures are established, escalations to risk owners are clearly communicated, and risks are incorporated into site-level capital planning.
Ensure established goals and objectives are completed in accordance with scope and project budgets.
Improve relevant leading and lagging EHS metrics that align with GSC leadership’s goals and objectives.
Escalate critical projects to Global Sr. Director for timelines and goals to be met.
Health & Safety: Provide NA leadership and expertise in areas related to global safety programs including, process safety, ergonomics, fleet safety, fire protection and life safety.
Develop and implement programs to achieve reduction and control of injuries and property loss.
Identify critical initiatives necessary to support Company-wide safety and risk control programs and processes that significantly reduce operational risk and drive key performance metrics.
Identify critical initiatives necessary to protect employees and the public, while demonstrating leadership in effecting compliance solutions that assure organizational sustainability.
Environment: Provide NA leadership and expertise related to environmental programs including air, water, waste, spill prevention, and compliance.
Lead efforts to ensure all NA sites have a documented environmental compliance calendar and registrar of applicable regulations.
Facilitate the timely exchange of environmental related information across NA GSC and within NA EHS to include best practices, newly identified risks, preventive and corrective measures, compliance related to regulation, industry and internal standards and operating permits.

Qualifications

Required:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
10+ years of progressive experience leading the EHS program for a global organization.
Demonstrated knowledge and application of federal, state, and local EHS requirements, industry trends, and ability to work effectively in a globally-matrixed organization/team environment.
5+ years Site Level Chemical MFG Experience in EHS, Engineering or Operations.
10+ Years of direct management and implementation of Process Safety Management elements at a chemical manufacturing facility(s).
Must be at least 18 years of age.
Preferred:
Master’s Degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety or other related field.
Certified Industrial Hygienist, Certified Safety Professional, Certified Health Physicist, or Certified Hazardous Materials.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: (TIME SPENT AWAY FROM HOME OR OTHER TYPICAL OFFICE LOCATION) 50%+