Vice President - Global Health, Safety, Environmental & Sustainability

S&C Electric Company•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an S&C Electric team member, you’ll work on projects that have real-world impact. You’ll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We’re big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively. Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow’s energy challenges and become an employee-owner! The Vice President, Global Health, Safety, Environmental & Sustainability (HSES) is the executive leader responsible for defining and executing S&C Electric Company’s global HSES and sustainability strategy. This role establishes enterprise governance, drives regulatory compliance, mitigates operational and enterprise risk, and embeds a “Safety First” and “Injury-Free Workplace” culture across all manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and field-service operations worldwide. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the VP leads a global HSES organization, partners closely with senior leaders, and serves as a trusted advisor to the Executive Leadership Team on safety, environmental stewardship, sustainability, ESG priorities, and long-term risk management. The role delivers measurable improvements in safety performance, environmental impact reduction, and sustainability outcomes while ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and stakeholder expectations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Business, or a related technical field.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or MBA
Executive education in global leadership, sustainability, or ESG

Responsibilities

Board/Executive Reporting: Regularly brief executive leadership and Board-level stakeholders on HSES risk, performance, and strategic initiatives. Support Executive Leadership Team and Board committees as required on HSES governance, enterprise risk, and sustainability matters.
External Representation: Represent S&C with regulators, customers, industry associations, and external stakeholders on HSES and sustainability matters.
Advance a best-in-class HSES culture: Establish and sustain an enterprise-wide culture that delivers measurable improvements in health, safety, environmental stewardship, and sustainability performance while balancing operational excellence and fiscal responsibility.
Sustainability & ESG Leadership: Lead environmental sustainability and ESG-related initiatives, including emissions reduction, resource efficiency, regulatory disclosures, and alignment with evolving stakeholder, customer, and investor expectations. Partner with executive leadership on sustainability strategy, goals, and transparency.
Cross-Functional Safety, Health, Environmental, and Sustainability Leadership: Partner with production and central function teams to embed safety into operational processes, ensuring alignment on safety standards, compliance, and performance goals.
Thought Leadership: Provide enterprise-wide thought leadership on HSES best practices, ensuring alignment with operational excellence, quality outcomes, and enterprise risk objectives.
Crisis & Enterprise Risk Leadership: Lead enterprise response to critical incidents, crises, and emerging HSES risks.
Health, Safety, Environmental, Sustainability Strategy: Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for HSES, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and regulatory requirements including OSHA and EPA standards. Leverage customer feedback to influence company-wide HSES objectives.
Strengthen organizational performance: Establish and govern enterprise policies that support HSES and sustainable practices, ensuring consistent global execution and oversight.
Drive continuous improvement: Establish global performance metrics, dashboards, and analytics to identify trends, set enterprise targets, and drive sustainable corrective actions. Leverage data-driven insights, industry benchmarks, and emerging technologies to continuously enhance HSES effectiveness and efficiency.
Ensure readiness and responsiveness: Oversee occupational health services and ensure effective management of health-related cases with discretion and care. Lead and maintain the Emergency Response Team to ensure preparedness for incidents, rapid response, and recovery across all operational sites.
Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the company’s senior executive authority on Health, Safety, Environmental & Sustainability, staying abreast of industry best practices, standards, and technological advancements and ensuring the greater Health, Safety, Environmental and Sustainability function is well-versed in the latest methodologies and tools, facilitating a high level of technical proficiency.
Customer Escalation and Resolution: Oversee the resolution of critical customer safety, health, environmental and sustainability issues, ensuring timely and effective corrective actions. Lead high-visibility projects to address systemic safety, health, environmental, and/or sustainability challenges and foster trust with key stakeholders.
Root-Cause Analysis: Lead an advanced problem-solving process that uses various systematic techniques to identify root causes of safety issues, communicating necessary enhancements to cross-functional teams to implement effective countermeasures.
Monitor, prioritize, and coordinate the workflow of direct reports based on strengths in the achievement of organizational goals and objectives
Establish, monitor, and hold team members accountable to clear responsibilities and accountabilities, providing ongoing performance feedback, both positive and developmental, and addressing performance gaps in a timely manner
Foster a culture that supports the growth and development of team members by using appropriate coaching and mentoring techniques, training, and participation in development opportunities aligned to their role and development plan
Build a sense of ownership and shared responsibility within the team, encourage employee feedback and involvement in team decisions and address/mediate conflicts to restore harmony
Empower and motivate team members by fostering an inclusive and healthy work environment and positive team morale, recognizing, and rewarding achievements, and celebrating successes
Manage administrative processes including but not limited to team/project budgets, recruitment, induction, leave management, performance reviews, performance improvement plans, and succession planning
Ensure compliance with all applicable company policies, governance standards, brand guidelines, and regulatory requirements.