Director, Environmental, Health, Safety & Security
$170,000–$205,000 year
On-siteDenver, Colorado, United States or Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Job Summary
Establish and lead an enterprise-wide safety culture aligned with operational excellence principles, ensuring accountability for the safety and health of all team members across all locations. Govern enterprise incident management, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions to drive sustained risk reduction and organizational learning. Develop strategy and lead EHS initiatives with defined KPIs in partnership with Operations, Food Safety, Quality, and Supply Chain leaders. Oversee EHS performance reporting, regulatory submissions, and audit programs to ensure full compliance with legal and internal requirements. Direct enterprise risk identification systems for safety, security, and process safety management while governing emergency preparedness and business continuity readiness. Lead security program governance including site access control and threat preparedness, and manage environmental compliance strategy across air, water, waste, and hazardous materials. Own the EHS functional budget, serve as enterprise advisor to the CEO and COO on emerging risks and capital priorities, and represent the company to regulatory agencies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of progressive EHS leadership experience in manufacturing, food processing, milling, agriculture, or related industrial operations, including multi-site or enterprise-level responsibility
- Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, state and local regulatory requirements, environmental permitting, recordkeeping, workers' compensation, emergency preparedness, and industry-recognized EHS management systems
- Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise EHS strategy, governance, standards, audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Experience managing high-risk operational programs such as process safety management, combustible dust, lockout/tagout, confined space, machine guarding, contractor safety, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, and hazardous materials
- Proven leadership capability with direct team management, cross-functional influence, executive communication, change management, budget ownership, and the ability to build capability across diverse operating locations
- Ability to use EHS systems, analytics, KPIs, and performance reporting to identify trends, prioritize risk, inform decisions, and drive measurable improvement
- Must be able to work in person from their assigned office location two days per week (Tuesday and Wednesday)
- Must be available for travel for business
Desired Qualifications
- Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, PE, or similar EHS credentials
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