Director, Global Technology & Innovation Safety

Entegris•Aurora, IL

3d•$175,000 - $230,000

About The Position

Entegris is seeking a Director, Global Technology & Innovation Safety to lead safety, risk, and compliance strategy across the global Materials Solutions Technology & Innovation (T&I) organization. As part of T&I Technical Operations, this role is the senior safety authority for T&I worldwide and is responsible for establishing the vision, governance model, standards, and organizational capabilities needed to support safe, compliant, and sustainable innovation. The Director leads a global team of regional safety leaders, advises T&I leadership, and partners closely with Corporate EHS while retaining responsibility for T&I-specific safety strategy, governance, and execution. The role builds a world-class safety culture and proactively manages risk across laboratories, pilot plants, technical operations, workshops, utility systems, and capital projects throughout the global T&I network. It advances safety performance, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence through strategic leadership, governance, digital transformation, and capability development. The position is preferably based in Aurora, Illinois, but may be based at another major Entegris location or fully remote within a region where Entegris operates. Domestic and international travel is expected as needed. The Director owns global T&I safety strategy and governance; safety, risk, and compliance; incident learning and sustainable risk reduction; organizational safety capability and culture; digital and AI-enabled safety systems; and global alignment with enterprise partners. Success includes consistent adoption of standards, reduced high-risk events and systemic vulnerabilities, stronger safety capability and culture, effective digital safety solutions, and alignment between T&I Operations and Corporate EHS. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, or a related technical field and at least 12 years of progressive relevant experience, along with at least five years of leadership experience managing managers, regional leaders, or large cross-functional organizations. An advanced degree, professional certifications, and experience in global safety, high-hazard operations, capital projects, digital transformation, and relevant technical industries are preferred.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, or a related technical field.
12 or more years of progressive experience in safety, operations, engineering, technical operations, manufacturing, R&D, or related fields.
At least five years of leadership experience managing managers, regional leaders, or large cross-functional organizations.
Demonstrated experience establishing organizational strategy and driving enterprise-level initiatives.
Deep expertise in risk management, incident investigation, root cause analysis, safety management systems, and regulatory compliance.
Proven ability to lead through influence across complex global organizations.
Demonstrated success leading distributed global teams and influencing stakeholders across multiple regions, cultures, and regulatory environments.
Experience presenting to senior leadership and executive audiences.
Strong business acumen and ability to balance operational, technical, financial, and organizational priorities.
Ability and willingness to travel globally as required.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in a technical, engineering, safety, or related discipline.
Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, Six Sigma Black Belt, or equivalent.
Experience leading global safety organizations across laboratories, pilot plants, technical operations, and high-hazard environments.
Strong process safety management and high-hazard operations experience.
Experience overseeing capital projects, facility expansions, and operational readiness programs.
Demonstrated success implementing digital transformation and AI-enabled solutions.
Experience operating within complex global regulatory environments.
Track record of building organizational capability and developing high-performing leadership teams.
Experience within research, development, advanced materials, semiconductor, chemical processing, or manufacturing organizations.
Experience in T&I, laboratory, or technical operations environments.

Responsibilities

Develop and own the multi-year global T&I safety strategy, roadmap, and operating model aligned with business objectives.
Establish governance frameworks, standards, processes, and management systems for consistent execution across global locations.
Lead the global T&I Safety Council and governance processes, and define annual safety objectives, priorities, metrics, and performance expectations.
Partner with T&I and Corporate EHS leadership to align safety initiatives, standards, policies, and strategic investments; advise T&I leadership on emerging risks, operational readiness, and strategic decisions.
Influence enterprise safety strategy and contribute T&I best practices to the broader organization.
Provide strategic leadership for laboratory safety, pilot plant safety, process safety, operational risk management, and regulatory compliance across T&I environments.
Establish governance for high-hazard work, chemical risk management, facility risk assessments, emergency preparedness, and operational readiness.
Ensure consistent application of risk management principles across research, development, scale-up, and technical operations activities.
Lead enterprise-level assessments of significant operational and safety risks affecting T&I; escalate significant concerns and recommend stop-work actions when conditions present unacceptable risk.
Establish global standards for incident investigation, root cause analysis, 8D methodology, corrective action management, and organizational learning.
Ensure investigations identify systemic and organizational root causes and translate findings into actionable lessons learned communicated and adopted across sites.
Drive timely closure, validation, and long-term effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions, prioritizing engineering, process, and organizational controls to eliminate systemic risks.
Incorporate lessons learned and identified human, procedural, or training gaps into standards, SOPs, onboarding, training curricula, and competency requirements.
Monitor trends, corrective-action effectiveness, and recurring failure modes to promote continuous improvement, risk reduction, and enterprise-wide learning.
Establish and lead a global safety competency, onboarding, qualification, and leadership development framework.
Develop strategies to strengthen safety leadership, hazard recognition, risk assessment, process safety, and operational discipline.
Foster a Safety Always culture emphasizing incident reporting, near-miss identification, accountability, transparency, and continuous learning.
Define and execute the global T&I digital safety strategy, including deployment of analytics, digital workflows, artificial intelligence, and automation.
Establish safety dashboards, predictive analytics, and leading-indicator systems to proactively manage risk.
Partner with digital, IT, and EHS organizations to scale technology-enabled safety solutions globally.
Lead alignment across T&I, EHS, Quality, Operations, Engineering, and site leadership to execute global safety objectives consistently.
Build relationships across regions and functions, share best practices, and facilitate alignment on priorities, risk mitigation, corrective actions, and capability investments.
Travel domestically and internationally as needed to engage with T&I teams, support site initiatives, and strengthen consistent execution across regions.