Director, Environmental Health and Safety

Howmet Aerospace•Cuyahoga Heights, OH

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Under the direction of the Business Unit President, the Director, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) provides overall leadership for environmental, health, and safety strategy and compliance across all global locations within the Howmet Structure Systems (HSS) business unit. This role ensures compliance and sustainable execution in all Company programs and initiatives, such as Fatality Prevention, Human Performance, EHS metrics, and compliance self-assessment. The role leads the EHS Organization within the business unit to deploy strategies that help protect all employees, contractors, customers, and communities where HSS sites operate. It develops strategies and objectives to drive the Howmet values and vision for Environmental, Health and Safety, and assures customer and sustainability EHS requirements are met. The Director provides leadership support on the Howmet EHS Council, representing HSS on the Council and contributing to drive best in class performance for EHS across the corporation. This role leads EHS within a matrix structure by active work and communication with locations EHS teams and management, coaches and communicates across all hierarchical levels, and leads and implements EHS programs and influences EHS management systems in manufacturing environments. Additionally, the Director develops and implements standardized EHS reporting methods and metrics, and demonstrates broad understanding of federal, state and local regulations and the ability to translate any concerns into an effective action plan.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in a Safety, Health or Environmental ABET accredited degree program or a technical BS degree (chemistry, biology, engineering, etc.)
Minimum of ten years of experience in EHS management, preferably with Global experience
Strong leadership, organization, and project management skills.
Ability to effectively drive change through a matrix organization.
Ability to set and communicate clear direction through all levels of the organization.
Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Human and Organizational Performance processes.
Leadership in a Fatal and Serious Injury prevention process.
Intermediate understanding of environmental regulations of air, water and waste permits.
Successful negotiation of environmental permits.
Intermediate understanding of occupational health and medical industrial protocols to drive health compliance and wellness.
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification.

Responsibilities

Provides weekly update reports to leadership team on EHS statistics, incidents activities, successes and challenges.
Facilitates the Human Performance and Fatality Prevention process.
Ensures compliance with the Howmet Audit Self-Assessment and Testing process for EHS standards so that locations are audit ready.
Sets metrics to drive performance for sustainability improvements.
Develops standard communications with HSS locations to assure EHS goals and objectives are implemented.
Provides technical support and resources to manufacturing locations, including several high-risk, heavy manufacturing locations.
Oversees HSS workers’ compensation process as managed by manufacturing locations.
Leads the business facility risk management process with loss prevention insurance provider.
Promotes continuous improvement efforts within the EHS function.
Provides skills coaching for EHS professionals at locations.
Develops and implements programs to ensure regulatory compliance while minimizing risk across all locations.
Standardize operational practices across all sites.
Leads EHS compliance reviews, general risk assessments, and other safety assessments.
Works directly with Federal, State, and Local agencies during visits and inspections.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge for all Federal, State and Local regulations.