Director, Environmental Health & Safety

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Fuel Cell Energy is a global leader in decarbonizing power and producing hydrogen through our proprietary fuel cell technology. Our mission is to enable a world powered by clean energy. As an innovator and manufacturer of fuel cell clean power platforms, Fuel Cell Energy has the only technology in the world capable of capturing carbon from an external source and producing power at the same time.

In addition, we offer the only technology in the world capable of producing hydrogen, power and water simultaneously.

The pay for this position ranges from $150000- $173500.

We are seeking an experienced Director, Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) to own and elevate the EH&S function across Fuel Cell Energy’s multi-facility operations. Reporting to the Vice President, Chief of Staff Operations, this leader sets the enterprise EH&S vision, strategy, and management systems; ensures regulatory compliance; and drives a proactive, employee-driven safety culture during a period of major manufacturing scale-up.

This is both a strategic and hands-on leadership role. The Director will build, lead, and develop a multi-disciplinary EH&S team — including managers, engineers, and site safety representatives — while partnering closely with Operations, Manufacturing, Field Service, Engineering, Facilities, Quality, Human Resources, Finance, and senior leadership to embed EH&S into daily operations, capital projects, and every stage of the company’s production ramp.

The role carries executive- and Board-level visibility and accountability for EH&S performance across the enterprise.

• Set and own the enterprise EH&S vision, multi-year strategy, and annual objectives; establish standards, policies, and continuous-improvement expectations across all FCE sites and field operations.
• Build, lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing EH&S team; provide coaching and career development to managers, engineers, and site safety representatives.
• Drive a management-supported, employee-driven safety culture that proactively eliminates hazards through achievement of daily, monthly, and annual safety goals.
• Serve as the senior EH&S advisor to executive leadership; prepare and deliver Board-level slides, communications, and technical reports.
• Define, track, and achieve sustained improvement to top-quartile performance in EH&S KPIs — including recordable incidents, near misses, leading indicators, risk scores, and audit findings.
• Own the EH&S budget, resources, systems, and vendor relationships to support effective program execution and scale.

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, local, and corporate environmental and safety regulations (e.g., OSHA, EPA, DOT, State Environmental Agencies – i.e. CT, NY, CA), and with corporate EH&S policies and procedures.
• Own OSHA compliance programs, including but not limited to OSHA 300 recordkeeping, hazard communication, lockout/tagout, confined space, machine guarding, respiratory protection, electrical safety, fall protection, hot work, and personal protective equipment.
• Direct environmental compliance programs, including air permitting (Clean Air Act), stormwater (SWPPP), spill prevention (SPCC), hazardous waste generation and disposal (RCRA), chemical management, and emergency planning and community right-to-know (EPCRA).
• Maintain required regulatory and agency permits and paperwork in a timely manner, and own the corporate EH&S compliance calendar.
• Serve as the primary liaison with regulatory agencies, external auditors, consultants, and insurance representatives; lead regulatory inspections and agency interactions.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of formal EH&S management systems, including ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 where pursued.

Manufacturing Scale-Up & Capital Projects

• Own the EH&S aspects of the Torrington capacity expansion and manufacturing scale-up — embedding safety and environmental requirements into new production lines, equipment installation, and facility build-out.
• Lead management-of-change (MOC) and front-end process and design…