Director, Environmental Health and Safety

Danone•Louisville, CO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) leads the enterprise EHS strategy for Danone US and Canada, building a proactive, data-driven culture that protects people, communities, and the environment while enabling operational excellence. This leader owns the EHS roadmap, compliance governance, IWS Safety Pillar integration, Workers’ Compensation strategy, and continuous improvement of safety and environmental performance across manufacturing plants, offices, sales, and R&D facilities. The role also represents Danone USA within global health, safety, and wellbeing forums.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Environmental Health, Engineering, Chemistry, or related field, required; master’s degree preferred.
Professional EHS certifications preferred, such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, PE, or equivalent.
15+ years of progressive EHS leadership experience across plant and multi-site/regional or corporate environments, required; global experience preferred.
Deep knowledge of U.S. and Canadian EHS regulatory requirements and management systems in manufacturing or related operations.
Enterprise EHS strategy, governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance expertise.
Strong manufacturing acumen with hands-on understanding of equipment, utilities, warehousing, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, and high-risk work.
Ability to convert data, trends, and leading indicators into clear priorities, risk controls, and measurable business outcomes.
Executive presence and influence with senior leaders, plant teams, global partners, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Proven change leadership, program management, communication, coaching, and talent-development capability.
Comfort leading through ambiguity, competing priorities, strict deadlines, and complex matrixed relationships.
Ability to travel to headquarters and plant locations across the U.S. and Canada, with periodic international travel.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.
Professional EHS certifications preferred, such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, PE, or equivalent.
Global experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Set and execute the multi-year EHS strategy, standards, governance, and performance roadmap for Danone US and Canada.
Strengthen a proactive safety culture by embedding EHS into daily management, IWS, leadership routines, and frontline capability building.
Lead the IWS Safety Pillar and ensure safety is integrated into DDS, AM, PM, E&T, and other core operating systems.
Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, Canadian and local regulatory requirements, Danone standards, and external audit expectations.
Use EHS data, digital tools, automation, and leading indicators to improve visibility, reduce risk, and accelerate corrective action.
Lead incident investigation, root cause analysis, case management, and enterprise-wide sharing of corrective and preventive actions.
Oversee Workers’ Compensation strategy, injury management, claims reduction, and return-to-work processes.
Provide functional leadership for core EHS programs, including WISE2, 12 Safety Basics, LOTO, machine safety, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, contractor safety, emergency response, and high-risk work standards.
Advance environmental compliance and sustainability performance, including permitting, waste, wastewater, stormwater, air emissions, recycling, spill prevention, and Zero Waste to Landfill.
Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Digital Manufacturing, HR, Legal, and Global EHS leaders to align risk priorities, investments, and capability plans.
Develop, coach, and connect the corporate and site EHS network; build talent, onboarding, training, and best-practice replication across locations.