Vice President Environment Health Safety

Job Description

JDL Recruitment are excited to be partnering with a fast growing Data Centre Developer, who are expanding their leadership team with a Vice President of Environment, Health & Safety, to be based from their head office in Virginia.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with leadership across all departments to set strategies and maintain operational excellence in the EHS program
• Designs and deploys EHS processes that demonstrate continuous improvement in EHS stewardship
• Analyzes performance, identifies opportunities, and sets strategies for year-over-year program maintenance and improvement
• Develops operational planning and governance processes related to EHS, including policy development, audits, compliance initiatives, government reporting, and identification of best practice initiatives
• Establishes key EHS metrics for the company that drive synergies between strategic business objectives and the EHS group
• Provides regular reports on the progress toward EHS goals, activities, and results from any regulatory inspections
• Sets appropriate staffing and EHS education/training goals for all project teams companywide.
• Leads global business continuity and emergency response management program
• Monitors and reports on relevant changes in applicable OSHA and environmental regulations/requirements related to operations
• Plays a key role in company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) program and serves as lead of the environmental and safety aspects
• Supports relationships with customers and other stakeholders for purposes of EHS systems interface and deployment
• Assumes EHS operational responsibilities as needed
• Oversight of multiple EHS projects as assigned, potentially globally

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree , or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification
• A minimum of 15 years of experience with a majority of experience in leading EHS in major construction projects
• Must have extensive experience with EHS oversight for multiple projects/locations
• Highly adept at incident investigations, root cause analysis, and mitigation
• Ability to put strategy into action and influence across various functions and levels within the organization
• Innovative and thrives in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Superior organization skills with the ability to maintain progress against important deadlines
• Excellent leadership skills including the ability to train and motivate staff members
• Adaptability, with the ability to manage multiple projects at the same time
• Demonstrated professional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong sense of urgency to accomplish tasks on or ahead of schedule while still maintaining quality
• Strong technical acumen with the ability to solve problems using analysis, technical and organizational expertise
• Exceptional attention to detail with a strong work ethic and self-motivation
• Strong teaming skills; works well with internal and external team members and drives execution through collaboration and networking
• An assertive personality style is needed to ensure that processes are completed and moving on to the next stage of completion
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Ability and willingness to respond to emails and phone calls after hours in the event of an emergency
• Ability and willingness to travel to domestic US and international sites as needed