Regional EHS&S Director- East

Oldcastle Infrastructure™, a CRH company, is the leading provider of utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We’re more than just a manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, or plastic products. We’re a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, and more. With our network of more than 80 manufacturing facilities and more than 4,000 employees, we’re leading the industry with innovation and a safety-first mindset.

The Regional EHS&S Director is responsible for the strategic development, implementation, oversight, leadership and support of the Infrastructure Product Group (IPG) Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability for the Pipe and Precast - East Region, which encompasses approx. 21 sites across the eastern part of the country. This position will work closely with all levels of management and hourly employees to ensure EHS&S standards and methodologies are communicated and targeted goals are achieved through individual as well as team-based objectives and strategies.

This position reports to the Sr. Director of Health & Safety.

This role will be based out of the facility in Greensboro, NC with approx. 50% travel across the East Coast.

• Actively participate on Operations leadership team in the areas of Operating Plans, Strategic Planning, EHS&S initiatives, internal auditing, management systems, compliance initiatives and governmental/regulatory reporting
• Manage team of EHS&S professionals both directly and indirectly across the region
• Develop EHS&S team capabilities, with a view of upgrading knowledge and skills, building succession plans, and ensuring all manufacturing sites have adequate capacity and capabilities to meet required EHS performance standards (including effective training and development systems, processes, and tools)
• Serve as a key member of the IPG EHS&S leadership team with responsibility for assisting in implementation of ESH&S strategies, policies, standards, compliance, and management initiatives
• Manage workers compensation, general liability and automotive liability cases; manage claims with medical team and coordinate with the insurance provider and legal counsel
• Ensure proper incident analysis and learning processes are in place and that they are effective toward the achievement of a worldclass safety culture
• Advising and assisting local management in implementing, managing and auditing within the framework of an innovative EHS Management Systems in a manufacturing and construction setting
• Monitor region’s EHS metrics and trends, compile reports and share trends and corrective direction
• Analyze/interpret plant safety metrics to proactively target and eliminate injuries, reduce injury rates and achieve positive outcomes through the development and execution of solid corrective actions and strategic plans
• Taking action in shifting our safety culture from rules and regulatory compliance to a safety culture developed as a behavior driven value at all levels of the organization
• Evolve forums to better foster EHS collaboration and knowledge sharing across regions and facilities
• Partners with Senior Leadership on potential acquisitions/mergers from the perspective of EHSCompliance issues prior to the acquisition, all the way through integration

• Valid Driver’s License
• Bachelor’s Degree in EHS, Science or Engineering related fields or relevant experience
• 10+ Years in EHS and/or Manufacturing with EHS responsibility
• Experience managing a team of direct and/or indirect reports
• Proven experience working across multiple sites, influencing various levels of management, and delivering improved performance
• Excellent communication skills able to reach across the various functional departments to facilitate seamless integration
• Good business acumen, strategic thinker, flexible, resilient, courageous, and composed under pressure
• Experience facilitating/leading meetings and planning workshops with both internal departments and leaders of companies being acquired for the purpose of planning and finding solutions to…