Director of Health, Safety & Security

Heaven Hill Brands•Louisville, KY

75d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Health, Safety & Security (HSS) leads enterprise-wide HSS strategy, governance, and performance. Reporting to the Chief Production Officer, this role sets the vision and multi-year roadmap, designs and deploys management systems, and builds high-performing teams to protect people, assets, and brand while ensuring regulatory compliance. Scope includes nine manufacturing sites (domestic and international), warehousing, distribution, and offices. Key responsibilities include physical security and loss prevention, emergency preparedness, crisis management, business continuity, and safety culture transformation. The Director uses analytics to drive reductions in injuries, incidents, downtime, and claims cost, partnering across Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Quality, Legal/Risk, and Finance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental, Health & Safety, Engineering, or related technical field.
Minimum 12 years progressive HSS/EHS experience in multi-site manufacturing (process/CPG preferred), including flammable-liquids operations and warehousing.
7+ years’ experience leading leaders and matrixed teams across multiple sites/countries.
Experience building and governing enterprise HSS management systems aligned to ISO 45001.
Deep knowledge of U.S. OSHA/EPA, NFPA/IFC (including 2021 IFC Ch. 40), Canada provincial OHS, and Mexico NOM-STPS.
Security program leadership: physical security design, governance, emergency preparedness, incident management.
Crisis management & business continuity leadership.
Strong data and analytics orientation; fluency with EHS/HSS platforms.
Demonstrated influence with executives and frontline teams; clear, action-oriented communication.
Ability to travel routinely to U.S., Canada, and Mexico
Experience building ISO-45001–aligned OH&S systems and internal/second-party audits; drove CAPA closure and management reviews.
Deep fluency with OSHA (incl. 1910.106), IFC/NFPA, TTB/ATF; working knowledge of Canada OHS and Mexico NOM-STPS.
Led risk assessments, MOC/PSSR, LOTO, permit-to-work, and contractor controls in process/flammable-liquids environments.
Experience with oversight of access control, VMS/analytics, guard-force operations, investigations, and threat/risk assessments; GSOC/central monitoring exposure.
Designed crisis/BCM programs, conducted exercises, and operated within ICS/NIMS; captured after-action learnings.
Leveraged EHS/HSS platforms and BI tools to build reliable leading-indicator dashboards and support decisions.
Ability to simplify complex risk/ROI trade-offs and aligned Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Quality, Legal, and Finance.
Experience managing multi-site portfolios, vendors and budgets; partnered with insurers to close HPR recommendations and reduce loss.
Has recruited and developed leaders; strengthened site capabilities and sustained a proactive, learning safety culture.
Ability to exercise sound judgment under uncertainty, balancing risk, cost, schedule, and operability.
Valid Driver’s License

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Environmental, Health & Safety, Engineering, or related technical field
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations – ASP, CSP
Recognized credentials: CSP and/or ISO 45001 Lead Auditor; ASIS CPP (security); DRI CBCP (business continuity); Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt.
Experience achieving FM Global Highly Protected Risk (HPR) recommendations and integrating HSS with Lean/CI systems.
Experience and knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles
Bilingual skillset preferred

Responsibilities

Set Strategy & Governance: Define the 3–5 year HSS vision and annual operating plan; own the enterprise HSS policy framework and standards; chair the HSS governance cadence (monthly performance reviews, quarterly risk reviews with execs).
Build and Mature an ISO-aligned Management System: Design, deploy, and continuously improve an OH&S management system aligned to ISO 45001; stand up internal audit programs, corrective action management, and management review.
Lead with Data: Establish leading/lagging metrics, risk scoring, and dashboards; drive measurable improvement in TRIR/DART, severity, security incident rate, near-miss capture, and claims cost; ensure data integrity in the HSS platform.
Engineer Out Risk at Scale: Partner with Maintenance/Engineering and CI to embed hazard identification, JHA, MOC, pre-startup safety reviews, and capital design reviews; ensure compliance with OSHA’s flammable liquids requirements and (where applicable) PSM expectations.
Own Distilling & Warehousing Fire/Life Safety: Govern compliance to IFC Chapter 40 for distilled spirits storage in barrels/casks; align with NFPA/FM Global guidance for barrel warehouses; close HPR recommendations with insurers
Emergency Preparedness, Crisis Management & Business Continuity: Own enterprise plans; conduct drills/table-tops; coordinate incident command during events; capture and disseminate lessons learned; align with Risk/Legal/Comms and site leadership.
Regulatory stewardship. Serve as company expert with regulators and authorities; assure permits, recordkeeping, and timely closure of findings.
Contractor & High-risk Work Control: Govern contractor pre-qualification and site controls (LOTO, hot work, confined space, line break); audit permits-to-work and contractor performance.
Talent, Capability & Culture: Build and lead a Center of Excellence and site HSS teams; develop leaders; standardize training (role-based, onboarding, annual refreshers); recognize safe behaviors; embed a learning culture.
Operational Integration: Partner with Plant/Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Quality, and Finance to embed HSS into daily management systems and capital planning; include HSS in AOP/portfolio reviews.
Claims & Insurance Interface: Partner with Risk/Legal and carriers on loss prevention engineering, claims reviews, and litigation support; reduce loss cost and frequency through targeted programs.
Budget & Vendor Management: Own the enterprise HSS and physical security budgets; set sourcing strategies; manage contracts (guard services, monitoring, PPE, EHS software); measure ROI.
Due Diligence & Integration: Lead HSS/security diligence for M&A, expansions, and new sites; develop integration plans and day-1 risk controls.
Stakeholder Reporting: Provide monthly performance packs and executive updates; contribute to ESG/sustainability disclosures on health, safety, and security where applicable.
External Engagement: Represent the company with industry bodies and local communities; track emerging codes/standards and best practices to anticipate requirements.
Strategic Security Leadership: Develop and execute a 3–5-year enterprise security strategy. Define risk appetite and standards; build the people/process/technology roadmap (access control, video/analytics, visitor management, monitoring/GSOC, investigations, guard-force model, site hardening); set the investment plan and KPIs; pilot and sequence rollouts across sites; integrate with business continuity and insurer loss-prevention; annually refresh based on threat intelligence and incident learnings.
Direct Enterprise Physical Security: Set standards for access control, video, visitor management, guard force operations, incident response, and threat/risk assessments; oversee security tech roadmap and vendor performance; ensure incident reporting and case closure.