Regional Safety, Quality, and Enviormental Director

Key Responsibilities

• Build positive and productive relationships focused on growing A-Gas SQE culture at all levels and within all SBUs of the Americas.
• Align with Group SQE on group policy and best practices and collaborate with the local SQE team on how we can implement across the region.
• Lead the regional quality team to ensure we maintain our quality certifications such as ISO9001 and ISO14001 and drive continuous improvement within the region through those programs.
• Analyze risk, trends, and countermeasures to internal and external risk, and develop leading safety metrics to identify actionable safety targets and incident root causes.
• Lead all incident Serious Event investigations for the Americas and develop processes to mitigate these risks in the business.
• Issue Serious Event Notices in collaboration with the VP of Operations.
• Assist the SQE Managers in the education and development of a behavioral culture focused on safety as the number one priority and that encourages near-miss submittals, and incident reporting and ensures a timely and appropriate response to reports.
• Accountable for compliance with all regulatory agencies on a local, state, and federal level.
• Manage and control all the company's SQE regulatory reporting requirements, ensuring submission by required dates and maintaining on file as required.
• Develop standard operating procedures and maintain proper records for regulatory compliance.
• Provide leadership and development to the SQE managers and create a cohesive work team focused on continuous improvement.
• Prepares annual SQE budget for the region and manages the budget.
• Serves as the process expert in support of business evaluation activities in support of A-Gas' growth strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or experience in lieu of degree will be considered.
• 5+ years of experience leading safety teams, and previous experience leading safety teams at a regional level.
• Familiarization with SQE regulatory departments and reporting.
• Experience in the refrigerant industry and/or industrial gas.
• Strong Communication Skills.