Senior Director, Environmental, Health and Safety

Bloom Energy•San Jose, CA

About The Position

Bloom Energy is seeking a Senior Director, Environmental, Health and Safety, based in California or Delaware. Reporting to the Vice President, Environment and Regulatory Law, this role provides enterprise-wide leadership for planning, developing, implementing, and continuously improving the company’s health and safety programs, while supporting the Director, Environmental Compliance on related environmental programs. The Senior Director sets direction for environmental and health and safety management systems, identifies and reduces risks, and ensures compliance with applicable national and international laws, regulations, permits, standards, and customer obligations. The role leads global EH&S programs across manufacturing operations, service activities, installations, customer sites, suppliers, and business functions. It serves as a senior point of contact for internal stakeholders, customers, regulators, and other external entities on health and safety matters, and collaborates with teams across Operations, Service, Installations, Quality, Legal, Marketing, Sales, and Engineering. The successful candidate will bring executive leadership, experience managing global environmental and EH&S functions, regulatory and technical expertise, and the ability to turn complex risks into practical business solutions. Some domestic and international travel is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene, environmental science, engineering, or a related discipline.
20 or more years of professional experience, including significant health and safety compliance and EH&S leadership experience for complex global operations.
Demonstrated experience leading and developing EH&S teams, including regional or global teams and direct reports.
Strong knowledge of local, state, federal, and international environmental, health and safety laws, regulations, codes, and standards, including OSHA and Cal OSHA requirements and environmental statutes such as the Clean Air Act, RCRA, CERCLA, and SARA.
Regulatory health and safety expertise in global regions where Bloom operates, including qualifications or certifications in OSHA, Occupational Health, NCRQ, or similar programs, and experience developing or implementing ISO 45001 or comparable management systems.
Demonstrated experience managing environmental, health and safety programs in manufacturing, field service, installation, and technical operating environments.
Technical knowledge relevant to Bloom’s operations, including chemical, mechanical, electrical, materials science, manufacturing, and electrical safety concepts, including NFPA 70E expertise.
Ability to manage complex projects involving internal stakeholders, customers, regulators, consultants, and cross-functional teams.
Ability to work with technical leads and subject matter experts and translate findings into business risks and actionable recommendations for senior management.
Excellent executive leadership, judgment, written and verbal communication, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence executives and key stakeholders on strategic decisions.
Ability to cope with ambiguity and change, make appropriate business decisions in a dynamic environment, adapt to organizational changes, and design compliant, workable business solutions in a changing regulatory environment.
Strong experience working with Legal Counsel and international regulators, as well as U.S. federal, state, county, and city regulators.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across internal departments and build strong, cooperative working relationships.
Strong customer orientation and proven ability to establish credibility and trust with customers, regulators, and external stakeholders.
Adherence to and promotion of appropriate core values and ethical conduct consistent with all laws and regulations.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
Strong project management skills; self-motivated and able to thrive in a dynamic environment.
Some domestic and international travel is required.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree or professional certifications.
Technical writing experience.
Energy industry experience.
Experience addressing media or external public inquiries.

Responsibilities

Provide global leadership for Bloom Energy’s environmental, health and safety programs, particularly occupational and workplace safety, field service, installations, manufacturing, and customer-related EH&S obligations.
Execute the vision, strategy, operating model, goals, policies, procedures, and metrics for Bloom’s health and safety management systems and programs.
Manage, develop, and scale the EH&S organization, including domestic and international operations, direct teams, and regional teams.
Ensure a safe and healthy working environment for employees worldwide and oversee tracking, reporting, resolution, and mitigation of health and safety compliance matters.
Develop, manage, and assess plans and processes to ensure compliance with applicable environmental, health and safety laws, permits, regulations, standards, and customer obligations.
Track national and international health and safety policy and regulatory developments and develop strategies to address and influence relevant areas.
Anticipate emerging environmental, health and safety risks and recommend actions to senior leadership to reduce risk, improve compliance, and support business objectives.
Build and maintain effective relationships with customers, regulators, consultants, and other external stakeholders.
Serve as a subject matter expert in customer engagements concerning compliance, workplace safety, installation safety, and ongoing operational inquiries throughout customer contracts.
Lead and continuously improve global audit and assurance programs for Bloom facilities, customer sites, suppliers, field operations, and other locations where Bloom has environmental or EH&S obligations.
Partner with Engineering, Operations, Field Service, Installations, Quality, Legal, Marketing, and Sales to support safe and environmentally compliant product designs, processes, installations, and field operations.
Lead teams supporting day-to-day compliance processes, recordkeeping, reporting, and other environmental and safety obligations.
Partner in developing and maintaining EH&S metrics, targets, reporting processes, and communications for senior leadership and applicable government agencies.
Lead the preparation, updating, and implementation of health and safety policies, procedures, and employee training programs.
Lead investigations of workplace accidents, injuries, environmental incidents, job site safety concerns, and other EH&S issues, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
Promote a strong safety culture, ethical conduct, compliance mindset, and continuous improvement across the organization.
Perform other duties as assigned.