Environmental Health & Safety Director

Crescent Electric Supply Company

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Enterprise Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Director develops, leads, and continuously improves the organization’s enterprise EH&S strategy across distribution centers, branch operations, transportation fleets, field services, and corporate facilities. The role promotes safety, environmental stewardship, regulatory compliance, and operational risk reduction while supporting sustainable business growth. The Director establishes enterprise EH&S goals, KPIs, governance, policies, and programs; oversees regulatory compliance and environmental management; and sets standards for distribution, warehouse, field service, occupational health, industrial hygiene, and fleet safety. The role leads incident investigations, risk mitigation, emergency preparedness, training, analytics, and executive reporting. It partners with leaders across Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Fleet, Facilities, Legal, Risk Management, Procurement, and branches, and supports acquisition due diligence, integration, contractor management, capital projects, and business continuity. The position also maintains awareness of evolving AI technologies and explores responsible ways to use AI to improve efficiency, insights, and business performance. Crescent Electric describes opportunities for professional and personal development and flexibility to balance life priorities. The company is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations in the hiring process.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Risk Management, Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive EH&S leadership experience, including accountability for both safety and environmental compliance.
5+ years leading multi-site EH&S programs across complex operating environments.
Experience in distribution, warehousing, transportation or fleet operations, field service, industrial operations, electrical environments, and/or facilities management.
Demonstrated experience with environmental compliance programs, hazardous materials, waste management, incident investigation, occupational health, industrial hygiene, and regulatory agency interaction.
Executive-level reporting experience, including presenting EH&S risks, trends, and recommendations to senior leadership.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
CSP (Certified Safety Professional).
ASP (Associate Safety Professional).
OHST (Occupational Health & Safety Technician).
CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist).
CHMM (Certified Hazardous Materials Manager).
REM (Registered Environmental Manager) or equivalent environmental credential.
OSHA 30/500.
DOT Compliance Certification.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute an enterprise EH&S strategy aligned with organizational objectives, operational priorities, and risk tolerance.
Establish annual EH&S goals, KPIs, leading indicators, budget priorities, and enterprise governance routines.
Lead enterprise safety culture initiatives, behavioral-based safety programs, environmental compliance, occupational health, and operational excellence.
Sponsor EH&S councils, safety committees, environmental compliance reviews, and enterprise risk forums.
Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, DOT, EPA, NFPA, ANSI, and federal, state, and local EH&S regulations.
Maintain enterprise EH&S policies, procedures, standards, and operating controls; oversee customer compliance audits, regulatory inspections, agency interactions, corrective actions, and required reporting.
Monitor emerging regulations, industry standards, and best practices affecting distribution, fleet, and field service operations.
Lead environmental programs covering hazardous materials and waste, recycling, spill prevention and response, stormwater, wastewater, air, and chemical management where applicable.
Oversee environmental permits, inspections, reporting, vendor performance, and corrective actions; standardize environmental risk assessments, compliance calendars, audit protocols, and recordkeeping.
Partner with operations and facilities teams to reduce environmental impacts and maintain compliant, sustainable practices.
Establish EH&S standards for distribution centers, warehouses, branches, customer delivery environments, and field service work.
Ensure effective controls for forklift operations, material handling, warehouse traffic, fall protection, hazard communication, electrical safety, arc flash awareness, lockout/tagout, contractor safety, emergency preparedness, and environmental housekeeping.
Lead occupational health and industrial hygiene programs, including exposure assessments, ergonomics, hearing conservation, respiratory protection, PPE strategy, heat stress, and illness prevention.
Partner with HR, Operations, and external providers on injury prevention, return-to-work coordination, employee wellness interfaces, medical surveillance, and work-related health risk reduction.
Direct fleet safety and transportation compliance programs for delivery drivers, commercial motor vehicles, and company vehicles.
Monitor driver qualification files, DOT compliance, vehicle inspection processes, hours-of-service requirements where applicable, and fleet risk controls.
Implement driver safety training, telematics review processes, accident prevention programs, and corrective action protocols.
Analyze fleet incidents, claims, regulatory trends, and corrective actions to reduce preventable accidents and operating risk.
Lead investigations of serious incidents, injuries, vehicle accidents, environmental releases, regulatory findings, and near misses.
Conduct root cause analyses and implement corrective and preventive actions addressing systemic EH&S risks.
Develop enterprise risk mitigation strategies, emergency response plans, crisis management protocols, and business continuity support.
Track EH&S trends and establish preventive actions using data, audits, inspections, and leading indicators.
Create and oversee enterprise EH&S training across safety, environmental compliance, occupational health, fleet, emergency response, and job-specific risk areas.
Ensure employees, leaders, contractors, and drivers receive appropriate certification, onboarding, annual refresher, and regulatory training.
Develop leadership accountability training for managers and supervisors and support onboarding, safety orientation, environmental awareness, and site-specific training.
Develop executive dashboards, scorecards, compliance calendars, and enterprise EH&S reporting frameworks.
Monitor leading and lagging indicators across safety, environmental compliance, occupational health, fleet, training, audits, and corrective actions.
Present EH&S performance, risk trends, regulatory exposure, and improvement plans to executive leadership and the Board of Directors.
Benchmark EH&S performance against industry standards and drive continuous improvement.
Maintain awareness of evolving AI technologies and explore responsible uses of AI to improve efficiency, insights, and business performance.
Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Fleet, Facilities, Legal, Risk Management, Procurement, and branch leadership.
Participate in acquisition due diligence and integration to establish consistent EH&S standards, governance, and compliance expectations.
Support emergency preparedness, business continuity, contractor management, capital projects, facility changes, and operational risk reviews.

Benefits

Health insurance coverage, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
Dental insurance coverage, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
Vision coverage, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
401(k) plan; employees age 21 or older are automatically enrolled after 90 days of employment, subject to plan terms.
Flexible spending accounts, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
Company-paid life insurance, subject to applicable waiting periods.
Company-paid short-term disability, subject to applicable waiting periods.
Company-paid long-term care, subject to applicable waiting periods.
Employee Assistance Program, subject to applicable waiting periods.
Excused Absence time off and Paid Time Off (PTO).
Company-paid holidays.
Supplemental life insurance, hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness benefits with cancer coverage may be available, subject to eligibility.
Professional development, personal growth, and flexibility to balance life priorities are described.