EHS Director USA Operations

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary team who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a EHS Director USA, Operations located in Austin , Tx or Milpitas, CA. Reporting to the Sr Director, EH&S the EHS Director USA, Operations is responsible for mentoring, coaching and directing site EH&S professionals to implement Corporate EH&S programs created to ensure that all regional operations comply with regulatory and corporate policies. Drive cultural change with a high degree of employee engagement. Provides leadership and works closely with EHS Leadership on the creation, implementation and maintenance of best Corporate EH&S standards and programs.

What a typical day looks like:

• Drive EH&S Excellence: Lead and contribute to overall EH&S excellence by providing strategic direction and technical expertise to initiatives aimed at improving EH&S performance while minimizing risks and liabilities across multiple disciplines, including industrial hygiene, machine safety, hazardous waste management, and environmental permitting.
• Mentor and Coach: Guide and mentor site EH&S professionals in executing compliance responsibilities, enhancing their skillsets, and building overall team capability.
• Leadership Engagement: Provide effective leadership and engage with each site to achieve best-in-class EH&S performance.
• Cultural Change: Collaborate with regional leadership to drive cultural change around EH&S, fostering high levels of employee engagement.
• Leverage Best Practices: Implement and articulate EH&S goals, objectives, initiatives, policies, procedures, and key performance indicators across the region.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build relationships with Business and Functional leaders to foster support for continuous EH&S improvement.
• Metrics Monitoring: Collect, monitor, analyze, and evaluate metrics to measure the effectiveness of EH&S compliance and training programs, providing feedback to senior management.
• Assess EH&S Maturity: Evaluate current EH&S maturity levels and develop a tactical plan for necessary EH&S programs.
• Project Management: Manage EH&S-related capital projects, including permitting and risk mitigation through engineering controls.
• M&A Support: Support due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, as well as post-merger integration and real estate transactions.
• Incident Monitoring: Oversee a monitoring program to analyze workplace incidents and near misses, determining root causes and implementing corrective measures to eliminate hazards.
• Risk Reduction: Execute safety strategies to reduce employee risk and promote a behavioral-based safety culture.
• Training and Support for Leaders: Assist in training and supporting leaders and teams in conducting root cause analyses and implementing corrective actions during safety incident investigations

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• A bachelor's degree in environmental science, Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, or a related field is required.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) management, mandatory within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Regulatory Compliance: Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and environmental regulations, ensuring compliance across operations.
• Workers' Compensation & Risk Management: Experience managing workers' compensation programs, claims, incident investigations, and loss prevention initiatives.
• Insurance & Liability Management: Background working with insurance carriers, claims management, risk assessments, and EH&S liability coverage.
• Technical EH&S Expertise: Skilled in incident investigations, root cause analysis, risk assessments, and EH&S management systems.
• Training & Leadership: Proven ability to develop safety training programs, coach teams, and drive a strong safety culture.
• Certifications: CSP, CIH, or similar professional certifications preferred; active involvement in EH&S professional organizations is a plus.
• Communication & Influence: Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and engage employees, managers, and executives.
• Emergency & Crisis Management: Experience leading emergency response planning, crisis management, and preparedness programs.
• Data Analytics: Strong analytical skills with experience using data and metrics to improve safety performance and compliance outcomes.
• Strong Leadership experience
• KR13

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans