Director, Environmental Health & Safety

Artivion Careers•Kennesaw, GA

About The Position

The Director, Global Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) serves as Artivion’s global functional leader for EHS. The role establishes and drives the Company’s EHS strategy, governance, standards, and management systems across its worldwide locations, including manufacturing facilities, offices, laboratories, and warehouses. The Director provides leadership and oversight to support compliance with applicable environmental, occupational health, and workplace safety laws and regulations in each jurisdiction where Artivion operates. The Director establishes global EHS policies and minimum standards, advises site and functional leaders, and ensures systems are in place for risk identification and mitigation, regulatory compliance, incident management, emergency preparedness, training, auditing, and continuous improvement. The position partners with leaders to build a strong EHS culture, clarify accountability, reduce risk, and improve performance. As the Company’s principal EHS advisor, the Director provides leadership with visibility into significant risks, regulatory matters, performance trends, and required corrective actions.

Requirements

At least 8 years of EHS experience with a bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Proven ability to lead, manage, and influence teams, motivate employees to follow safety protocols, and implement policies and procedures effectively.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
In-depth knowledge of local, state, and federal EHS regulations.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Environmental, Health, and Safety certification.
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification.
Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) certification.

Responsibilities

Lead development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the global EHS strategy, management system, policies, standards, and programs across all Company locations.
Establish global EHS requirements and minimum standards and partner with site and functional leadership on local implementation and regulatory compliance.
Advise senior leadership, site leadership, and functional teams as the principal EHS subject-matter expert on regulatory requirements, significant risks, compliance matters, and emerging issues.
Establish a global process to identify, assess, prioritize, and mitigate EHS risks; ensure controls and corrective actions are implemented and significant risks escalated.
Provide governance and oversight of occupational health and workplace safety programs, including hazard communication, chemical safety, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, machine safety and guarding, lockout/tagout, electrical safety, personal protective equipment, contractor safety, and fire/life safety.
Lead the environmental compliance framework, including hazardous materials and waste, chemical management, spills and releases, permits, air and water requirements, and pollution prevention.
Establish and maintain the global EHS incident management process for reporting, investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, regulatory reporting, and escalation.
Establish EHS requirements for emergency preparedness and response, including plans, training, drills, and coordination for applicable emergency scenarios.
Develop and oversee a risk-based global EHS audit and compliance-assurance program; ensure findings are documented, corrective actions completed, and significant gaps escalated.
Establish global EHS performance metrics, objectives, and reporting; analyze indicators and trends and communicate performance, risks, regulatory matters, and improvement priorities to senior leadership.
Develop and oversee global EHS training requirements and programs for employees, leaders, contractors, and other applicable personnel.
Partner with Operations, Quality, Human Resources, Facilities, Engineering, R&D, Supply Chain, and other functions to integrate EHS into business processes and significant operational activities.
Promote a proactive EHS culture by engaging leaders and employees, strengthening accountability, encouraging hazard and near-miss reporting, sharing best practices, and driving continuous improvement.
Provide EHS leadership and due diligence support for acquisitions, integrations, new facilities, expansions, relocations, and other significant business changes.
Represent the Company on EHS matters with regulatory authorities and external parties as appropriate, and coordinate responses to inspections, inquiries, citations, and other regulatory actions.
Monitor global changes in EHS laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices; assess their impact and ensure appropriate compliance and improvement actions.
Provide functional direction, coaching, and technical guidance to site and regional EHS resources and other personnel with EHS responsibilities.
Escalate significant EHS concerns and recommend suspending or modifying activities when conditions present imminent or unacceptable risk.
Perform other responsibilities as assigned.