Director of Environmental Health & Safety; EHS

Director of Environmental Health & Safety (EHS)

• Reference Number: 410611
• Published Date: 09/19/2026
• Job Type: Permanent
• Industry: Architecture and Engineering
• Hours:
  
  Full Time

Director of Environmental Health & Safety / Senior EHS Manager

Planned Succession Opportunity

Lead the Future of Safety, Operational Risk, Culture & Organizational Excellence

This is not a traditional EHS leadership role.

Our client is a global leader in industrial automation, robotics, motion control, power management, and advanced manufacturing technologies serving many of the world's most innovative industries. As the organization continues a significant North American expansion, they are seeking a Senior EHS Leader to lead Environmental, Health, Safety, and Operational Risk initiatives across a growing manufacturing enterprise.

Reporting directly to executive Operations leadership, this individual will serve as a strategic business partner responsible for helping shape the future of safety culture, operational excellence, workforce development, organizational capability, automation deployment, and manufacturing growth.

This is an opportunity for a leader who wants to build, influence, improve, and create lasting organizational impact rather than simply maintain an existing program.

Why This Opportunity?

Many EHS leadership positions focus primarily on compliance, reporting, inspections, and policy administration.

This role is different.

The organization views EHS as a strategic business function and expects this leader to influence culture, organizational effectiveness, operational performance, leadership development, and long-term business success.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Report directly to executive Operations leadership.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders throughout the organization.
• Influence strategy across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, HR, and Operations.
• Support a major advanced manufacturing and campus expansion initiative.
• Help guide the safe implementation of automation, robotics, AGVs, autonomous vehicles, and future manufacturing technologies.
• Build and strengthen a proactive culture centered on leadership, decision‑making, and operational ownership rather than enforcement.
• Play a visible leadership role supporting multiple sites across North America.
• Help shape the future structure and capability of the EHS organization.

A True Succession Opportunity:

Unlike many openings that arise due to turnover or performance concerns, this search represents a planned leadership succession.

The current leader has spent nearly three decades building a highly respected EHS function that extends well beyond regulatory compliance and into leadership development, organizational performance, safety culture, operational risk management, training systems, reporting tools, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The successful candidate will benefit from a structured transition period and extensive knowledge transfer while inheriting a strong foundation from which to build the next generation of EHS leadership.

The Opportunity:

The Senior EHS Manager will provide leadership for Environmental, Health, Safety, and Risk Management activities across a multi‑site manufacturing organization while serving as a highly visible member of the broader Operations leadership team.

Success in this role requires someone who can move comfortably between:

• Executive leadership discussions
• Manufacturing operations
• Continuous improvement initiatives
• Organizational development
• Safety culture transformation
• Incident investigations
• Risk management
• Capital projects
• Workforce development

This position is ideal for a leader who enjoys building systems, influencing change, coaching others, solving complex organizational problems, and partnering with leaders throughout a business.

What Success Looks Like:

• Operate as a coach and business partner rather than a compliance enforcer.
• Strengthen leadership engagement throughout the organization.
• Help supervisors and employees make better operational decisions.
• Continue evolving a highly developed EHS management system.
• Develop future organizational capability and talent.
• Support manufacturing expansion and operational growth.
• Utilize data, root cause analysis, and leading indicators to anticipate risks before incidents occur.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Lead Environmental, Health, Safety, and Risk Management strategies across a multi‑site manufacturing organization.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership regarding…