Vice President, Environmental Health & Safety (Hybrid)

Vontier•Raleigh, NC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vice President of Environmental, Health & Safety is the enterprise leader responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving Vontier’s global EHS strategy, governance, and compliance programs. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the role partners with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Sustainability, Risk Management, Internal Audit, and executive leadership to uphold employee safety, environmental stewardship, regulatory compliance, and operational risk management. The VP leads a global EHS organization and embeds safety, compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement across regions, facilities, and business units. The role oversees compliance with applicable environmental, occupational health, and safety laws and regulations; works to reduce workplace injuries and environmental incidents; strengthens EHS management systems; and advises senior leadership and the Board, as appropriate, on material EHS risks, trends, and performance. Regular travel across the global operating company portfolio is expected, with a stated willingness to travel of 50%. The position also supports EHS-related ESG strategy, disclosures, regulatory reporting, and stakeholder engagement, and provides leadership during significant EHS incidents, emergencies, regulatory events, natural disasters, or other crises. The posting does not specify a salary range; eligible compensation may include annual and long-term incentive plans.

Requirements

15 or more years of progressive EHS leadership experience, including significant experience leading EHS in a complex, global, multi-site organization.
Executive-level experience in a public company or similarly regulated global enterprise.
Demonstrated success building and executing global EHS strategies that measurably improve safety, environmental compliance, and risk management performance.
Strong knowledge of global environmental, health, and safety regulatory frameworks and enforcement practices.
Experience managing EHS compliance in manufacturing, industrial, chemical, energy, logistics, life sciences, technology hardware, or similarly complex operational environments.
Experience advising senior executives and Board-level stakeholders on EHS risks, performance, and strategy.
Track record of leading global teams, influencing cross-functional leaders, and driving change across diverse geographies and cultures.
Experience managing regulatory inspections, enforcement actions, incident investigations, audits, and corrective action programs.
Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
Willingness to travel regularly, stated as 50%, across a global operating company portfolio.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree such as an MBA, MS, JD, or relevant technical master’s degree.
Professional certification such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, PE, CPEA, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a global EHS strategy aligned with business objectives, risk profile, operating model, and public company governance expectations.
Advise the Chief Legal Officer, executive leadership team, and relevant Board committees on EHS matters.
Establish enterprise-wide EHS priorities, standards, metrics, and accountability mechanisms across global operations.
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global EHS team, including capabilities, resources, and succession planning.
Promote a proactive EHS culture and ownership across all organizational levels.
Oversee global compliance with environmental, occupational health, safety, industrial hygiene, and related regulatory requirements.
Partner with Legal and Risk Management to identify, assess, and mitigate EHS-related legal, regulatory, reputational, and operational risks.
Manage inspections, audits, investigations, citations, enforcement actions, permits, reporting obligations, and agency interactions.
Support EHS-related litigation, claims, and investigations with Legal, Risk Management, and external counsel as needed.
Develop and maintain global EHS governance frameworks, policies, procedures, and controls.
Lead efforts to reduce workplace injuries, illnesses, serious injuries and fatalities, environmental releases, and other EHS incidents.
Implement leading and lagging indicators and oversee incident reporting, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and lessons learned.
Partner with operations leaders to integrate EHS into daily management systems, capital projects, process changes, acquisitions, and facility expansions.
Ensure effective programs for occupational safety, process safety, environmental compliance, hazardous materials, waste management, air and water permitting, ergonomics, contractor safety, emergency response, and industrial hygiene.
Design and improve global EHS management systems, including systems aligned with ISO 14001, ISO 45001, or equivalent frameworks.
Establish and oversee a global EHS audit and assurance program, and ensure timely completion and validation of corrective and preventive actions.
Use data analytics, technology, and reporting tools to improve enterprise visibility, decision-making, and accountability.
Benchmark against industry best practices and identify opportunities to improve EHS maturity and performance.
Partner with Sustainability, Legal, Finance, and Investor Relations on EHS aspects of ESG strategy, disclosures, regulatory reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
Support accurate and timely reporting of environmental metrics, safety performance, risk factors, and other EHS-related disclosures.
Contribute to climate, environmental impact, resource conservation, waste reduction, and emissions-related initiatives as applicable.
Align operational EHS programs with broader sustainability and corporate responsibility commitments.
Lead during significant EHS incidents, emergencies, regulatory events, natural disasters, or other crises affecting employees, operations, or communities.
Ensure global emergency preparedness and response plans are in place.
Partner with Security, Risk, Communications, Legal, and Operations on incident response, communications, external messaging, and post-event remediation.