Description

The Senior Director, Environmental Health, Safety & Security (EHS&S) is a strategic business partner responsible for leading and supporting safety, health, environmental compliance, and security across business divisions. This role ensures that EHS&S programs align with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and best practices to create a safe, secure, and compliant work environment.

This leader collaborates with divisional leadership, site managers, and cross-functional teams to embed a strong safety culture, drive risk mitigation strategies, and enhance operational resilience.

Summary of Essential Job Functions

EHS&S Strategy & Business Partnership

Serve as the primary EHS&S business partner for divisional leaders, providing expert guidance on safety and security initiatives.
Develop and execute comprehensive EHS&S programs, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and industry regulations.
Use data analytics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess risks, track compliance, and drive continuous improvement

Safety Culture & Risk Mitigation

Champion a culture of safety-first, ensuring employees and leaders are committed to workplace safety and compliance.
Identify operational risks, hazards, and vulnerabilities, implementing proactive risk management strategies.
Lead the development of safety training programs, incident response plans, and emergency preparedness protocols.

Environmental & Regulatory Compliance

Ensure compliance with FMCSA, OSHA, EPA, DOT, and other regulatory bodies, conducting regular audits and assessments.
Partner with site leaders to implement environmental sustainability initiatives, including waste reduction, energy conservation, and emissions management.
Maintain policies and procedures that align with regulatory agencies and other safety/environmental standards.

Security & Crisis Management

Oversee security programs, physical site protection, and emergency response planning to mitigate security threats.
Develop and implement business continuity and crisis response plans, ensuring operational resilience in emergencies.
Partner with law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and industry groups to stay ahead of emerging security risks.

Training, Development & Employee Engagement

Design and lead EHS&S training programs for employees, supervisors, and executives to enhance safety awareness and regulatory knowledge.
Provide coaching and mentorship to divisional leaders, ensuring they effectively manage safety and security responsibilities.
Foster engagement through safety committees, leadership workshops, and employee-driven safety initiatives.

Requirements

Required Skills and Qualifications

10+ years of experience in EHS&S leadership, including business partnership roles.
Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, and industry-specific safety regulations.
Experience in risk assessment, incident investigation, and emergency response.
Proven ability to develop and implement EHS&S programs that align with business objectives.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

Advanced degree (MBA or Master’s in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or related field).
Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or similar certification.
Experience with DOT, OSHA or other regulatory audits.
Background in security operations, crisis management, or business continuity planning.

Competencies

Morality & Integrity

Maintains confidence when dealing with sensitive and confidential information and understands what/when to share or escalate situations.
Frequently demonstrates respect and appreciation for their team members. Communicates expectations on company policies and code of conduct broadly to employees with relevant examples of good and bad behaviors.
Is able to answer moderately complex questions about the information.
Enforces adherence to expectations.
Communicates transparently and honestly all facts, information or updates.

Accountability & Ownership

Willingly accepts responsibility for favorable or unfavorable actions performed by themselves or their team members .
Sets clear expectations and sense of purpose and communicates achievements through metrics achievement and goal setting.
Follows through on negative consequences when expectations are not met with individuals.
Enforces a one team attitude and drives the same with others.
Admits mistakes and does not get defensive when mistakes are pointed out.

Team Management

Has general understanding of the needs of business and department objectives and works to meet those needs through training, coaching, promoting, and/or the hiring of new talent.
Recognizes wins and successes at both the employee and team levels.
Sets expectations and assigns responsibility of deliverables to team members, ensuring their understanding of assignment.
Understands varied learning methods among employees and leverages the appropriate methods for situations.

Execution

Able to be a hands on coach, inspire or develop teams' ability to take on new tasks (stretch assignments) to stretch performance capabilities beyond comfort level to deliver the goals.

Influence

Able to utilize interpersonal approaches to persuade differing points of view by recognizing underlying needs, motivation, emotions or concerns of others.
Uses relevant experiences to provide compelling examples or arguments to convey the message.

Connection & Belonging

Continually communicates successes and failures within the team and is able to share how successes or failures impact the team or company.
Utilizes emotional intelligence tactics when communicating with the team.
Fosters an open environment where individuals can feel safe to share ideas and propose solutions.

Business Acumen

Understands the financial and operational aspects of the business and can make decisions and take action on items that positively affect the bottom line.
Can anticipate and react to changes in the business environment.

Business Judgment

Able to increase profitability through growth decisions or actions taken.

Strategic Thinker

Executes financial and human capital management goals to meet the business needs and challenges, and communicates potential consequences.
Can align action plans to a vision and breakthrough strategies.
Clearly pushes back on potential outcomes and impacts. Enables cross training and intentional developmental opportunities to support business continuity and growth.

Problem Solver

Has the ability to provide input into a solution and provide guidance/expertise in executing the solution. Proactively provides recommendations for making processes more efficient.
Creates and delivers documentation and training, where needed, on any changes.
Uses tools and resources (technology, etc.) available to them to organize information, produce high-quality outputs, and communicate effective and professionally.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

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