Vice President, Global Environmental, Health, and Safety

TPI Composites, a trusted, long-term manufacturing partner to the global wind energy market, provides high-quality, cost-effective composite wind blades backed by advanced manufacturing capabilities and our proprietary, AI driven Blade Assure™ validation platform. TPI is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, operates factories in the U.S. and Mexico and has an engineering development center in Denmark with global service operations in the U.S., Mexico, and EU.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Vice President, Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability provides strategic direction and leadership for TPI’s environmental, health & safety programs. The incumbent is responsible for the continuous development and effective implementation of Safety Policies and Procedures. In addition, the incumbent leads the company’s sustainability program. He/she leads a team of safety professionals to drive and ensure a proactive safety culture across the organization as well as best in class sustainability practices.

Key stakeholders include regional business leaders, customers as well as the Senior Leadership team at TPI

• Drive a proactive safety culture across the organization
• Design, implement, and continuously improve enterprise-wide environmental, health & safety strategy and programs consistent with industry best practices,
• Define short and long term objectives to achieve company safety and sustainability goals and implement KPI’s, monthly reporting and business reviews to communicate progress
• Assess and drive implementation of optimal health & safety organizational structure, tools, training, programs, governance, and accountability models
• Leads efforts of safety organization through matrix leadership

• Provide technical expertise and thought leadership, create synergies and leverage knowledge, personnel, best practices, and resources across the organization
• Support the company’s US Worker's Compensation Program effectively. This includes a focus on effective case management, return-to-work programs, and similar relative to work related illness and injuries.
• Ensure compliance with all environmental, health, and safety standards
• Monitor and facilitate the progress of environmental sustainability programs and governance systems, consistent with strategies, goals, measurements and reporting standards
• Lead the organization to behave with a sense of urgency, ensure that it is aligned and attracts the best talent
• Coordinate the executive level engagement between regions, customers and senior stakeholders
• Leverage synergies across various sites and participates/leads in sharing best practices
• Coach and mentor supply chain professionals across the organization
• Create and promote a culture of collaboration, team-work and fun while delivering to or exceeding expectations

• Bachelor's Engineering Degree in risk management, industrial Safety and Health, Safety engineering, Safety management, or closely related field
• 10-15 years’ leadership experience in regional or global manufacturing environment
• Knowledge and expertise in safety requirements in international locations (Americas and Europe)
• Proven ability to lead diverse safety teams to achieve organizational objectives
• Experience in the interpretation and enactment of Safety standards in OSHA and other global regulations
• Demonstrated ability to establish, implement, and manage best practice environmental, health & safety programs
• Familiarity with ISO 9001/14001/18001 implementation and program sustainability
• Ability to lead in a matrix environment
• Highly developed interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully…