Environmental, Health & Safety Director - GSC Industrial

This is a remote position

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

(1) 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.

Manages 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

Coordinate / collaborate across GSC regions and identify synergies between groups

Ensure effective communication across stakeholders for program implementation and metrics

(2) 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

Prioritizes 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

Escalation points to Global Sr. Director for critical projects to ensure timelines and goals are met

(3) 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.

(4) 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.

This is a remote position

“Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.”

This position is eligible for health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), disability coverage, security, retirement and saving benefits, and more. Additional benefits include a generous time away from work package, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, holidays, among other benefits.