Environmental Health & Safety Director
On-siteWest Chester, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Develop enterprise EHS strategy, governance, and risk reduction systems across a multi-site manufacturing organization. Establish corporate policies, standards, and accountability while building compliance assurance frameworks that include regulatory registers, audits, and corrective-action tracking. Interpret federal, state, and local requirements to guide permitting, reporting, and agency inspections. Lead risk assessments, incident investigations, and management of change reviews for new equipment and processes. Set and test emergency preparedness requirements for fire, life safety, and severe events. Coach site EHS professionals, strengthen leadership capability, and govern safety committees. Own EHS data governance, KPIs, dashboards, and information-management tools. Prioritize EHS budgets, vendors, and improvement initiatives in partnership with Operations, Engineering, and site leadership. Interpret OSHA and environmental regulations to ensure consistent execution without losing practical fit for local operations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, environmental science, industrial hygiene, engineering, science, or a related field
- 10+ years of progressive EHS experience in manufacturing, including demonstrated leadership across multiple sites
- Hands-on expertise interpreting and implementing OSHA requirements and recordkeeping, environmental permitting and compliance, hazardous waste, air, water and stormwater requirements, chemical reporting, and DOT hazardous-material requirements, as applicable
- Demonstrated success with EHS audits and compliance assurance, incident investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective-action systems, regulatory submissions, agency inspections, and EHS metrics and data governance
- Strong systems thinking, regulatory judgment, data-analysis capability, and attention to detail
- The communication and leadership presence to influence executives, operational leaders, site teams, and indirect reports while addressing difficult issues with clarity and respect
- Ability to travel approximately 25% by air and car
- A valid driver's license is required
- Regular, consistent attendance
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree in a relevant field
- CSP, CIH, CHMM, PE, or another recognized EHS professional certification
- Experience selecting, implementing, or administering EHS information-management software
- Experience supporting Continuous Improvement, Lean, and 5S initiatives
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