Head, QESH Americas

Sulzer • Humble, TX

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About The Position

The Head, QESH Americas leads Quality, Environment, Safety, and Health activities across the Americas region. The role ensures compliance with Sulzer standards, customer requirements, regulatory obligations, and applicable management system certifications. It provides strategic and functional leadership to manufacturing sites, service operations, project execution activities, and office locations, promoting safety, quality excellence, environmental stewardship, risk management, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Safety, Environmental Sciences, Industrial Management, Quality Management, or a related discipline.
• 10 or more years of progressive experience in Quality, Safety, Environmental, Health, or Operational Excellence leadership roles.
• At least 5 years leading multi-site QESH organizations.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, field service, and industrial operations environments.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, OSHA requirements, incident investigations, and continuous improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead QESH strategy, objectives, and performance management across MTCS Americas.
• Promote a culture where safety is the highest operational priority and quality is embedded in all activities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, corporate, MTCS and ChemTech policies, and customer requirements across Americas locations.
• Maintain and continuously improve integrated management systems, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.
• Lead internal audit programs, management reviews, and external certification audits.
• Oversee incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions.
• Develop and maintain safety, quality, environmental, and compliance training programs.
• Support manufacturing, service operations, and project teams in identifying and mitigating operational risks.
• Establish and monitor regional QESH KPIs, dashboards, and management review processes.
• Produce monthly ESH MIS and QESH reports as necessary.
• Lead environmental compliance activities, sustainability initiatives, and reporting requirements.
• Support field service safety programs, contractor management processes, and customer site compliance requirements.
• Ensure TFS operations comply with Sulzer, ChemTech, and MTCS ESH requirements.
• Partner with Operations, Service Operations, APT, Sales, and HR to drive operational excellence.
• Lead regional NCR, CAPA, and Lessons Learned processes across manufacturing, service, and project execution activities.
• Establish and maintain a structured Lessons Learned program covering QESH events, audit findings, customer complaints, and project execution issues.
• Ensure lessons learned are communicated, tracked, and incorporated into standards, procedures, training, and best practices across MTCS Americas.

Benefits

• PTO and 12 company-paid holidays
• 401(k) plan with a 6% match
• Comprehensive health plan including medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability
• Health savings account matching
• Wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid paternal leave
• Gym reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior