EHS Director

Hinton Transportation Investments•Byron Center, MI

158d•$100,000 - $145,000

About The Position

The EHS Director provides enterprise leadership for the development, execution, and continuous evolution of the company’s safety strategy across warehouse, shop, retail, transportation, and corporate environments. As a member of the leadership team, the Director drives a proactive, risk-based safety culture that supports business growth while protecting employees, customers, and company assets. The role is accountable for enterprise-wide occupational and fleet safety performance, regulatory compliance, and total cost of risk across 36+ nationwide locations. It aligns safety strategy with business objectives to support operational excellence, scalability, and profitability. HTI is a heavy-duty transportation industry company founded in 1972. It operates through five divisions and has over 35 locations in North America. Its stated core values are passion, hands-on, simplify, consistency, humility, willpower, and glad to be here.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Occupational Health, Business, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive safety leadership experience, including enterprise or multi-site responsibility.
Experience leading OSHA and DOT/FMCSA compliance programs in transportation, distribution, or industrial environments.
Demonstrated success building and scaling safety programs across complex, multi-location organizations.
Strong financial and business acumen, with the ability to connect safety performance to operational and financial outcomes.
Expertise in safety management systems, risk mitigation strategies, and regulatory compliance frameworks.
Advanced analytical capabilities and experience using data to drive decisions and improve performance.
Exceptional leadership, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to operate effectively at the executive level.
Strong communication and presentation skills, including translating complex regulatory concepts into actionable insights.
Experience leading through change and driving organizational transformation.
High integrity, accountability, and professionalism.
Ability to lift or carry 25 pounds infrequently.
Ability to sit for prolonged periods and work on a computer.
Ability to travel to field locations, including warehouses, shops, and yard environments.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.
Professional certification such as CSP, ASP, or equivalent strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Establish and lead an enterprise-wide safety vision aligned with the company’s strategic plan.
Advise executive leadership on risk exposure, regulatory trends, and safety performance.
Drive safety excellence and accountability across business units and operational environments.
Develop a multi-year safety roadmap that reduces risk, improves productivity, and enables growth.
Balance compliance requirements with operational efficiency and champion safety as a business enabler.
Support acquisitions, new site launches, and operational expansion with scalable safety frameworks.
Benchmark against industry practices and continuously evolve safety programs.
Own enterprise safety performance metrics, including TRIR, DART, preventable vehicle accidents, CSA scores, and workers’ compensation trends.
Build and operationalize a data-driven safety management system with actionable insights and predictive analytics.
Ensure consistent execution of safety programs across locations and fleet operations through standardized processes, governance, and accountability.
Design and implement scalable safety programs that reduce risk and support productivity and throughput.
Partner with Operations, Finance, and Human Resources to embed safety in business planning, forecasting, and decision-making.
Lead workers’ compensation strategy to reduce claim frequency, severity, and cost.
Oversee safety, claims management, and fleet safety technology vendor relationships and assess their performance and ROI.
Ensure compliance with OSHA, DOT, and FMCSA regulations across business units and geographies.
Establish governance frameworks for consistency, accountability, and audit readiness.
Serve as executive sponsor and subject matter expert during regulatory inspections, audits, and external agency interactions.
Oversee OSHA and DOT recordkeeping, driver qualification files, and drug and alcohol testing programs.
Develop and lead enterprise emergency response and crisis management programs.
Identify emerging risks and implement mitigation strategies across facilities and fleet operations.
Provide executive oversight and guidance on serious workplace incident and auto accident investigations and high-risk events.
Set a vision for the area and align the team to achieve profitable results and high performance.
Lead change, communicate proactively, and hold others accountable to goals and expectations.
Make decisions with a focus on maximizing impact; manage operations through delegation, resource utilization, and budget management.
Safeguard the company through incident and conflict management.
Participate in and help manage the full employee life cycle; engage, appreciate, and retain employees while fostering a positive team culture.
Develop employees through coaching and feedback to support career growth.
Take ownership of decisions, actions, and results, and ensure commitments and standards are upheld.
Communicate clearly to eliminate uncertainty and ensure mutual understanding.
Build trust through honest, humble, and thoughtful words and actions.
Invest in others by balancing direction and empowerment and ensuring people feel appreciated.
Remain steady under pressure and engage thoughtfully while adapting to needs, feedback, and changing circumstances.