Director Global Health & Safety - Decatur, IL
About The Position
The Director of Global Health & Safety develops, leads, and executes the company’s global health and safety strategy to achieve industry-leading performance across operations. The role provides strategic leadership, governance, and oversight for occupational health, industrial hygiene, contractor safety, and injury and illness prevention programs. Reporting directly to the Vice President, EHS, the Global Director partners with business leaders, operations, human resources, and regional EHS teams to strengthen safety culture, ensure regulatory compliance, reduce occupational risk, protect employees, contractors, and visitors worldwide, and continuously improve health and safety performance. The position is located at NAHQ in Decatur, Illinois. The Director leads global health and safety professionals, promotes consistency and sharing of best practices across regions, and supports acquisitions, divestitures, capital projects, and other business initiatives with health and safety due diligence and risk assessments. The role is also accountable for governance of emergency preparedness and response programs, including organizational readiness and continual improvement of emergency response performance. The successful candidate must complete a background check.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental, Health, and Safety, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or a related field.
- At least 12 years of progressive EHS leadership experience in a global manufacturing, industrial, chemical, agricultural processing, or related environment.
- Demonstrated success leading health and safety programs and driving measurable improvements in safety performance and culture.
- Strong knowledge of occupational health and safety regulations, management systems, and industry best practices.
- Experience with process safety management.
- Excellent leadership, influencing, communication, and change management skills.
- Ability to lead within a matrixed global organization.
- Successful completion of a background check.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree.
- Practical application of Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), Safety Differently, Learning Teams, Operational Learning, or related organizational effectiveness methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute global health and safety strategy, objectives, and performance measures aligned with company goals and the overall EHS vision.
- Lead development, implementation, and continuous improvement of global health and safety standards, management systems, and programs.
- Drive performance in serious injury and fatality prevention, contractor safety, industrial hygiene, and occupational health.
- Establish systems and processes to identify, assess, and mitigate workplace hazards and operational risks.
- Ensure compliance with applicable health and safety regulations and company requirements across regions and operations.
- Lead high-consequence incident investigations using a Human and Organizational Performance approach to enhance organizational learning and strengthen system performance.
- Monitor and analyze leading and lagging performance indicators and provide insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Partner with operational leaders to strengthen safety culture, accountability, and leadership engagement throughout the organization.
- Lead and develop a global team of health and safety professionals and promote consistency and sharing of best practices across regions.
- Support acquisitions, divestitures, capital projects, and business initiatives through health and safety due diligence and risk assessments.
- Govern emergency preparedness and response programs, ensuring organizational capabilities, readiness, and continuous improvement of emergency response performance.
- Build and maintain credible relationships with outside agencies and organizations to understand future health and safety trends and identify best practices.
Benefits
- Medical and prescription coverage
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- On-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement, as applicable
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings account
- 401(k) with matching contributions
- Cash balance plan
- Discounted employee stock purchasing program
- Life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Workers’ compensation
- Legal assistance
- Identity theft protection
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Resource Groups
- Colleague Giving Programs
- Paid time off, including paid holidays
- Adoption assistance
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- Tuition assistance
- Company-sponsored training and development resources, including LinkedIn Learning, language training, and mentoring programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
