Senior Director – Environmental, Health & Safety
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Senior EHS leader overseeing environmental compliance, occupational health, and safety programs for Transco Rail Services’ rail operations. Guiding multi-site risk reduction, regulatory compliance, and organizational capability.
Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic leadership and direction for Environmental, Health & Safety programs across all Transco Rail Services operations and business functions
- Develop, implement, maintain, and continuously improve Environmental, Health & Safety policies, standards, procedures, and management systems
- Establish consistent Environmental, Health & Safety expectations and accountability measures across field operations, shop operations, corporate functions, and support departments
- Partner with operational and functional leaders to identify risks, improve performance, and support business objectives
- Develop Environmental, Health & Safety strategies aligned with company goals, operational priorities, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations
- Monitor, analyze, and communicate Environmental, Health & Safety performance metrics, trends, and improvement opportunities to senior leadership
- Lead efforts to strengthen Environmental, Health & Safety culture, employee engagement, and operational discipline
- Oversee environmental compliance programs, audits, assessments, inspections, reporting, and sustainability initiatives
- Lead environmental risk management involving hazardous materials, waste management, spill prevention, air quality, water management, and incident response
- Lead occupational health initiatives involving employee wellbeing, industrial hygiene, exposure reduction, injury prevention, and workforce readiness
- Oversee occupational injury management and Workers' Compensation programs
- Monitor injury and illness trends and develop health-related training and awareness programs
- Lead strategic development and continuous improvement of safety programs
- Drive safety initiatives, action plans, performance improvement, facility assessments, audits, inspections, and operational reviews
- Coordinate responses to significant incidents, injuries, near misses, vehicle accidents, and operational events
- Lead investigations involving serious injuries, fatalities, environmental incidents, vehicle accidents, regulatory matters, and other elevated-risk events
- Ensure corrective and preventive actions are developed, implemented, documented, and evaluated
- Maintain audit and assessment processes to verify regulatory, customer, and company-standard compliance
- Partner with Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators on liability and Workers' Compensation matters
- Prepare reports, presentations, and recommendations for senior leadership
- Directly supervise Director-level Environmental, Health & Safety leaders and other assigned personnel
- Provide leadership, coaching, mentoring, performance management, professional development, succession planning, and talent assessment
- Establish departmental priorities, goals, objectives, and performance expectations
- Serve as the primary Environmental, Health & Safety advisor to Transco Rail Services leadership teams
- Collaborate with Operations, Human Resources, Engineering, Finance, Commercial, Procurement, Information Technology, Risk Management, and other functions
- Support acquisitions, business expansions, facility start-ups, customer initiatives, and operational changes through Environmental, Health & Safety planning and risk assessments
- Promote alignment of Environmental, Health & Safety expectations across geographically dispersed operations
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Safety & Health, Occupational Health, Environmental Science, Safety Engineering, Environmental Health, or a related field required
- Ten (10) or more years of progressively responsible Environmental, Health & Safety leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience supporting multi-site operations within industrial, transportation, manufacturing, rail service, field service, or similar environments
- Proven record of improving Environmental, Health & Safety performance and reducing organizational risk
- Significant experience leading Environmental, Health & Safety professionals and functional leaders
- Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance, industrial hygiene, injury prevention, incident management, environmental compliance, and risk management programs
- Demonstrated ability to influence operational and functional leaders across diverse business environments
- Strong working knowledge of environmental, occupational health, and workplace safety regulations within the United States and Canada
- Thorough understanding of industrial hygiene principles, risk assessments, incident investigation methodologies, root cause analysis, and corrective action management
- Strong understanding of Workers' Compensation, General Liability, Auto Liability, and risk mitigation strategies
- Ability to develop and implement company-wide Environmental, Health & Safety standards, procedures, and improvement initiatives
- Strong business acumen and ability to align Environmental, Health & Safety priorities with operational and organizational goals
- Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, and influencing skills
- Ability to build effective partnerships across all levels and functions of the organization
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities
- Experience leveraging metrics, reporting tools, and performance data to drive decision-making
- Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and continuous improvement efforts
- Strong project management and strategic planning skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and Environmental, Health & Safety management systems
- Ability to wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and satisfy all customer and company site access requirements
- Ability to work within office environments, rail yards, repair facilities, mobile field service environments, customer locations, and industrial work settings
- Ability to walk facilities, climb stairs and ladders, access elevated work areas, and traverse uneven terrain
- Ability to operate motor vehicles and travel via commercial aircraft as required
- Flexibility to work extended hours and respond to significant environmental, regulatory, operational, or safety events when necessary
- Frequent travel throughout the United States and Canada, generally 40-60% based upon business requirements
- Professional certification such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), or comparable credential preferred
- Master's Degree preferred
Benefits:
- Diverse learning and working opportunities
- Career opportunities across the entire Marmon organization
- Professional development
- Employee engagement and development initiatives
- Equal opportunity employment
- Reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process
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