Environmental Health & Safety Director

Enterprise Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Director

As the Enterprise Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Director, you are responsible for developing, leading, and continuously improving the organization's enterprise EH&S strategy across all locations, including distribution centers, branch operations, transportation fleets, field services, and corporate facilities. You will drive a culture of safety, environmental stewardship, regulatory compliance, and operational risk reduction while supporting sustainable business growth.

Primary Duties:

EH&S Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and execute the enterprise EH&S strategy aligned with organizational objectives, operational priorities, and risk tolerance.
• Establish annual EH&S goals, KPIs, leading indicators, budget priorities, and enterprise governance routines.

• Lead enterprise-wide safety culture initiatives and behavioral-based safety programs.

• Lead enterprise-wide environmental compliance, occupational health, and operational excellence.
• Serve as the executive sponsor for EH&S councils, safety committees, environmental compliance reviews, and enterprise risk forums.

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, DOT, EPA, NFPA, ANSI, federal, state, and local EH&S regulations.
• Maintain and update enterprise EH&S policies, procedures, standards, and operating controls.
• Oversee timely customer compliance audit completion
• Oversee regulatory inspections, compliance audits, agency interactions, corrective action plans, and required reporting.
• Monitor emerging regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices impacting distribution, fleet, and field service.

Environmental Management & Compliance

• Lead enterprise environmental programs including hazardous materials management, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, recycling, spill prevention and response, stormwater, wastewater, air, and chemical management where applicable.
• Oversee environmental permits, inspections, reporting requirements, vendor performance, and environmental corrective actions.
• Develop standardized processes for environmental risk assessments, compliance calendars, audit protocols, and recordkeeping.
• Partner with operations and facilities teams to reduce environmental impacts and maintain compliant, sustainable operating practices.

Distribution, Warehouse & Field EH&S

• Establish EH&S standards for distribution centers, warehouses, branches, customer delivery environments, and field service work.
• Ensure effective controls related to forklift operations, material handling, warehouse traffic flow, fall protection, hazard communication, electrical safety, arc flash awareness, lockout/tagout, contractor safety, emergency preparedness, and environmental housekeeping.

Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene

• Provide leadership for occupational health and industrial hygiene programs, including exposure assessments, ergonomics, hearing conservation, respiratory protection, PPE strategy, heat stress, and illness prevention.
• Partner with HR, Operations, and external providers on injury prevention, return-to-work coordination, employee wellness interfaces, medical surveillance, and work-related health risk reduction.

Transportation & Fleet Safety

• Direct fleet safety and transportation compliance programs for delivery drivers, commercial motor vehicles, and company vehicles.
• Monitor driver qualification files, DOT compliance, vehicle inspection processes, hours-of-service requirements where applicable, and fleet risk controls.
• Implement driver safety training, telematics review processes, accident prevention programs, and corrective action protocols.
• Analyze fleet incidents, claims, regulatory trends, and corrective actions to reduce preventable accidents and operating risk.

Incident Management & Risk Reduction

• Lead investigations of serious incidents, injuries, vehicle accidents, environmental releases, regulatory findings, and near misses.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions that address systemic EH&S risks.
• Develop enterprise risk mitigation strategies, emergency response plans, crisis management protocols, and business continuity support.
• Track EH&S trends and establish preventive actions using data, audits, inspections, and leading indicators.

EH&S Training & Development

• Create and oversee enterprise EH&S training programs across safety, environmental compliance, occupational health, fleet, emergency response, and job-specific risk areas.
• Ensure employees, leaders, contractors, and drivers receive appropriate certification, onboarding, annual refresher, and regulatory training.
• Develop leadership accountability training for managers and supervisors to embed EH&S expectations into daily operations.
• Support onboarding, safety orientation, environmental awareness, and site-specific training programs.

EH&S Analytics & Reporting

• Develop executive dashboards, scorecards, compliance calendars, and enterprise EH&S reporting frameworks.
• Monitor leading and lagging indicators across safety, environmental compliance, occupational health, fleet, training, audits, and corrective actions.
• Present EH&S performance, risk trends, regulatory exposure, and improvement plans to executive leadership and the Board of Directors.
• Benchmark EH&S performance against industry standards and drive continuous improvement.
• Maintains awareness of evolving AI technologies and actively explores how AI can improve efficiency, insights, and business performance. Demonstrates curiosity, responsible use of AI tools, and a commitment to continuously building digital and AI fluency.

Business Partnership

• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Fleet, Facilities, Legal, Risk Management, Procurement, and branch leadership.
• Participate in acquisition due diligence and integration activities to establish consistent EH&S standards, governance, and compliance expectations.
• Support emergency preparedness, business continuity, contractor management, capital projects, facility changes, and operational risk reviews.

Key Performance Indicators:

Safety Performance

• Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR)
• Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR)
• Days Away Restricted or Transferred Rate (DART)
• Severity Rate

Leading Indicators

• Safety observations completed
• Near-miss reporting frequency
• Corrective action closure rate
• Safety training completion rate
• Safety audit scores

Environmental & Compliance Metrics

• Environmental audit completion and findings closure rate
• Permit, inspection, and regulatory reporting timeliness
• Hazardous waste, chemical management, and spill response performance
• Environmental corrective action closure rate

Fleet Metrics

• Vehicle accident frequency
• DOT compliance score
• Preventable accident rate
• Driver safety training completion

Financial Metrics

• Workers' compensation costs
• Safety-related claim reductions
• Cost of incidents per employee
• Insurance experience modification rate (EMR)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Risk Management, Engineering, or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive EH&S leadership experience, including both safety and environmental compliance accountability.
• 5+ years leading multi-site EH&S programs across complex operating environments.
• Experience in distribution, warehousing, transportation/fleet operations, field service, industrial operations, electrical environments, and/or facilities management.
• Demonstrated experience with environmental compliance programs, hazardous materials, waste management, incident investigation, occupational health, industrial hygiene, and regulatory agency interaction.
• Executive-level reporting experience, including presentation of EH&S risks, trends, and recommendations to senior leadership.

Certifications Preferred

• CSP (Certified Safety Professional)
• ASP (Associate Safety Professional)
• OHST (Occupational Health & Safety Technician)

• CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist)

• CHMM (