Director, Environmental Health & Safety

Artivion, Inc.•Kennesaw, GA

About The Position

The Director, Global Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) serves as Artivion’s global functional leader for EHS, establishing and driving the Company’s EHS strategy, governance, standards, and management systems across its worldwide locations, including manufacturing facilities, offices, laboratories, warehouses, and other company-controlled workplaces. The role 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 leadership, and ensures effective systems for risk identification and mitigation, regulatory compliance, incident management, emergency preparedness, training, auditing, and continuous improvement. Working with site and functional leaders, the Director builds EHS culture and accountability, reduces risk, and improves performance. The role is the Company’s principal EHS advisor to leadership, providing 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 adhere to 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

A master’s degree.
An Environmental, Health, and Safety Certification.
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification.
Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) certification.

Responsibilities

Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Artivion’s 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 compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Advise senior leadership, site leadership, and functional teams on EHS regulatory requirements, significant risks, compliance matters, and emerging issues.
Establish and maintain a global process to identify, assess, prioritize, and mitigate EHS risks; ensure controls and corrective actions are implemented and escalate significant or unacceptable risks.
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, fire/life safety, and other workplace hazards, as applicable.
Lead the environmental compliance framework, including management of hazardous materials and waste, chemical management, spills and releases, environmental permits, air and water requirements, pollution prevention, and other applicable obligations.
Establish and maintain a global EHS incident management process covering timely reporting, investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, regulatory reporting, and escalation of significant incidents and near misses.
Establish EHS requirements for emergency preparedness and response, including plans, training, drills, and coordination for fire, medical emergencies, chemical releases, severe weather, evacuation, and other applicable scenarios.
Develop and oversee a risk-based global EHS audit and compliance-assurance program; document findings, assign and complete corrective actions, and communicate and escalate significant gaps.
Establish and maintain 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 ensure programs equip employees, leaders, contractors, and other applicable personnel to work safely and comply with applicable requirements.
Partner with Operations, Quality, Human Resources, Facilities, Engineering, R&D, Supply Chain, and other functions to integrate EHS requirements and risk management into business processes, facility and equipment changes, process changes, new product introductions, and other 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, as appropriate, for acquisitions, integrations, new facilities, facility expansions, relocations, and other significant business changes.
Represent the Company on EHS matters with regulatory authorities and other 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 potential impact, and ensure appropriate actions are taken.
Provide leadership, 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 an imminent or unacceptable risk to employees, the environment, regulatory compliance, or the Company.
Perform other responsibilities as assigned.