Environment, Health, & Safety Coordinator (Remote)

About Us

Johnson Controls a global leader in thermal management mission-critical building systems energy efficiency and decarbonization helps customers use energy more productively reduce carbon emissions and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers healthcare pharmaceuticals advanced manufacturing and higher education.

For more than 140 years Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization we elevate customer performance turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.

What you will do

Johnson Controls is seeking an EH&S Coordinator to serve as the operating backbone of the Office of the Vice President Environmental Health & Safety and a coordinator of enterprise EH&S programs for the broader organization.

Reporting directly to the Vice President EH&S the single enterprise leader accountable for the safety of Johnson Controls colleagues across every plant branch job site and region this role is responsible for supporting the daily operation and effectiveness of the global EH&S function. The EH&S Coordinator manages the Vice Presidents calendar travel meeting cadence and executive materials while coordinating the data reporting training audit compliance and communication processes the function relies on.

The role delivers results by making the functions operating rhythm reliable. Success means ensuring the Vice Presidents time is focused on plants the field and the decisions that matter most; safety data is complete accurate and submitted on time; corrective actions and compliance deadlines are tracked to closure; and EH&S communications effectively reach the line organization.

This position supports Johnson Controls journey toward becoming a high-reliability gold-standard safety organization with line ownership of safety and an operating system that identifies risk early.

This position is ideal for an individual who is eager to grow their EH&S career by learning the Johnson Controls business building relationships across the enterprise and gaining exposure to a diverse range of operations and stakeholders. Success in this role can create opportunities for continued career progression and expanded responsibilities throughout the organization.

How you will do it

• Manage the Vice President EH&Ss calendar priorities inbox triage and correspondence while serving as the first point of contact for the office.
• Prepare the Vice President for meetings by coordinating agendas pre-read materials meeting logistics and follow-up actions.
• Plan and coordinate complex domestic and international travel including plant branch and job-site visits with site leaders and local EH&S teams.
• Coordinate EH&S Leadership Team meetings offsites operating reviews Safety Week activities recognition programs and other enterprise safety events.
• Build and maintain the EH&S operating calendar including Leadership Team meetings monthly performance reviews Executive Committee updates CHRO reporting and Board reporting inputs.
• Assemble format quality-check and distribute executive presentations reports and supporting materials.
• Track actions and commitments arising from executive meetings and ensure timely closure through appropriate follow-up and escalation.
• Coordinate incident injury and near-miss reporting within the enterprise EH&S management system and monitor reporting completeness and timeliness.
• Reconcile safety data with regional EH&S leaders and ensure reported information is complete accurate and traceable to source records.
• Support OSHA and equivalent international recordkeeping requirements including OSHA 300 300A and 301 logs.
• Coordinate development and delivery of the monthly safety performance pack including leading and lagging indicators such as total recordable incident rate lost-time metrics serious injury and fatality (SIF) measures and SIF precursor indicators.
• Maintain the enterprise EH&S compliance calendar including regulatory submissions inspections permit renewals and audit schedules.
• Track audit findings incident corrective actions and investigation actions to closure escalating overdue items to responsible leaders.
• Coordinate enterprise EH&S training schedules records and completion tracking across sites.
• Support the rollout of enterprise EH&S onboarding training programs and competency requirements for new EH&S colleagues.
• Draft and distribute safety alerts lessons-learned bulletins and other EH&S communications.
• Maintain the EH&S SharePoint site document control processes distribution lists policies standards and procedures to ensure the organization is working from the most current documentation.
• Track departmental budgets and expenditures process purchase requisitions invoices and expense reports and coordinate with vendors and service providers.
• Support contractor safety administration including maintenance of prequalification records in third-party platforms such as ISNetworld and Avetta.
• Standardize recurring EH&S processes through templates trackers and operating procedures that improve consistency and visibility.
• Leverage Microsoft 365 and AI-enabled tools to reduce manual reporting and administrative effort enabling EH&S leaders to spend more time in the field.
• Focus on what matters by protecting the Vice Presidents time for Gemba serious injury and fatality prevention activities and the decisions only the function head can make.
• Win as one team by connecting the Office of the Vice President with regional and plant EH&S leaders the EH&S Leadership Team HR Legal Supply Chain and executive offices across the Executive Committee.
• Own every commitment that leaves the office by ensuring deadlines are met actions are tracked to closure data is reconciled before reporting and nothing is lost between meetings.
• Improve every day by standardizing recurring work removing manual steps from reporting and tracking processes making data gaps and overdue actions visible and sharing best practices across regions.
• Handle incident investigations legal matters regulatory correspondence and sensitive personnel information with discretion sound judgment and complete confidentiality.
• Build strong working relationships across EH&S executive administration and business functions to drive results through collaboration and influence rather than formal authority.

What we look for

Required

• Bachelors degree in Occupational Health & Safety Environmental Science Business a related field or equivalent experience.
• Five (5) or more years of experience in EH&S coordination EH&S administration or executive support including at least two (2) years supporting a senior leader (Vice President level or above) or an EH&S function.
• Working knowledge of EH&S programs incident management and injury recordkeeping in a manufacturing construction or field-service environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a senior executives calendar travel priorities and materials with discretion and minimal direction.
• Strong data management and analytical skills including advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities and experience reconciling data from multiple sources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to develop executive-ready reports presentations and communications.
• Experience coordinating multiple priorities and stakeholders within a fast-paced matrixed environment.
• Strong organizational project coordination and follow-through skills with a high attention to detail.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with integrity sound judgment and confidentiality.
• 10% Domestic Travel

Strongly Preferred

• OSHA 30-Hour General Industry or Construction certification.
• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) certification or active progress toward certification.
• Experience supporting a global multi-site organization across multiple regions and time zones.
• Experience using enterprise EH&S management systems such as Enablon Cority Intelex or VelocityEHS.
• Experience supporting environmental health and safety leadership teams and enterprise-level safety initiatives.

Core Knowledge Expectations

• OSHA recordkeeping and reporting requirements and awareness of international equivalents.
• EH&S management systems and standards including ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.
• Safety performance measurements including Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) Lost-Time Incident Rate (LTIR) DART Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) SIF precursors and leading indicators.
• Incident investigation processes and corrective action management.
• Microsoft 365 applications including Outlook Teams Excel PowerPoint SharePoint and Power BI.
• Practical application of AI tools to improve reporting coordination and administrative effectiveness.

Key Leadership Attributes

• Trusted executive partner who anticipates the Vice Presidents needs exercises sound judgment and represents the office professionally at every level.
• Operating-rhythm owner who runs the functions meeting cadence reporting calendar and action-tracking processes with discipline and consistency.
• Data-disciplined professional who treats safety data as a critical safety control and ensures complete accurate timely and traceable reporting.
• Compliance-minded coordinator who understands regulatory obligations monitors deadlines and escalates risks early.
• Discreet professional who handles investigations regulatory activities legal matters and sensitive information with complete confidentiality.
• Organized under pressure and able to balance executive support responsibilities with enterprise program coordination across multiple time zones.
• Service-oriented connector who builds relationships across EH&S executive administration HR Legal Supply Chain and business operations to get results without formal authority.

12-Month Expectations for Success

• The Vice Presidents calendar travel meeting cadence and executive support processes operate without missed commitments and the offices first-point-of-contact role is fully established.
• The EH&S operating calendar is published and consistently supports Leadership Team meetings performance reviews and executive and Board reporting requirements.
• The monthly safety performance pack is delivered on time every month with data reconciled to the EH&S management system.
• The enterprise compliance calendar and corrective-action tracker are established maintained and provide visibility into overdue actions and risks.
• The EH&S SharePoint site document library policies standards and procedures remain current and under effective document control.

24-Month Expectations for Success

• Incident reporting timeliness and data completeness have measurably improved from the first-year baseline.
• Overdue corrective actions have been reduced from baseline levels and the improvement is sustained.
• Manual effort associated with recurring reporting has been reduced through standardization automation templates and AI-enabled tools.
• Training-completion tracking is fully established across sites and supports timely completion of required EH&S training.
• The individual is recognized by the Vice President and EH&S Leadership Team as the reliable operating hub of the function and is positioned for progression into an EH&S Specialist or enterprise EH&S program role.

SALARY RANGE : $90000 - $130000 (Salary to be determined by the education experience knowledge skills and abilities of the applicant internal equity and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process we may use technology assisted tools including artificial intelligence (AI) to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age protected veteran status genetic information sexual orientation gender identity status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law. To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate visit EEO is the Law . If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process please visit here.

Required Experience:

IC