director, environmental, health & safety

what Aalberts IPSA offers you:

• An excellent opportunity to unlock your ambition and influence results at a very successful and growing global company.
• A global organization with an entrepreneurial environment.
• The ability to implement best practices and revitalize the finance function.
• The potential to develop your personal and professional competencies with future career growth opportunities. 

why this role matters:

• Set the vision, objectives, and path to achieve a high-performing EHS operation and culture.
• Support operations leadership in identifying priorities, objectives, and targets to align all company facilities with corporate strategies and in developing a strong safety culture.
• Develop, deploy, and monitor all EHS programs, procedures, policies, and standards complying with jurisdictional and company EHS requirements.
• Manage internal governing safety oversight committee: set mission and charter, identify improvements, and set continuous improvement targets.
• Mentor and coach dotted-line report and facility leadership teams to improve the technical, leadership, and communication skills in safety and environmental areas.
• Using tools and dashboards, develop and support actionable reports for internal tracking and government reporting requirements.
• Publish safety and health metrics and communicate to all levels of the organization.
• Oversee recordkeeping and environmental data collection.
• Manage environmental remediation or other environmental clean-up projects.
• Partner with human resources to optimally manage injury/illnesses cases, manage effective restricted work programs, and safely return employees to work, consistent with necessary restrictions.
• Manage regulatory agency inspections and interactions.
• Review and investigate accidents and incidents to determine root causes, develop and implement corrective actions. 
• Ensure all jurisdictionally required compliance reporting is maintained for all sites.
• Develop training aids and other forms of documentation.

qualifications and requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental, Safety and Health, Safety Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Environmental Sciences required.
• Minimum of 7+ years of experience managing environmental health and safety multi-site leadership; at least 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of ISO/RC 14001 and 45000 principles and certifications.
• Knowledge of Federal, State and local regulations and standards governing hazardous waste, permitting, clean air and wastewater.
• Preferred environmental consulting experience, with a focus on investigation and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination.
• Demonstrated experience in leading safety cultural change across an organization and in leveraging multiple approaches to help people adopt and implement sustainable change.
• Demonstrated ability in leading continuous improvement activities and programs, and in implementing processes, tools, and best practices.
• Proven leadership skills in working collaboratively with teams and influencing those beyond a formal reporting relationship.
• Excellent communication skills and styles, both written and verbal; demonstrated ability to effectively present information to internal and external partners.
• Experience with governmental agencies, compliance, and regulations (e.g., US EPA, DOT, OSHA, RCRA).
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or similar designation preferred.
• Develop and perform JSA
• Hands on leadership, walk the talk, available and willing to stablish a EHS system.
• EHS audits and Gemba walks and new equipment EHS assessment.
• Develop managers safety skills using: safety first, risk assessment, PFMA, safety EHS related professional certifications such as Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Associated Safety Professional (ASP) talks, etc.
• Periodically review EHS vision and strategies and make recommendations to achieve company targets and key performance indicators.