Director, Environmental Health & Safety, Global Engineering & Service

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY                    

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

 

POSITION SUMMARY:                                  

The Director – Environmental, Health & Safety (Director, EHS Global Engineering & Service) is responsible for providing leadership, guidance and support to Advanced Energy’s engineering and service locations globally – ensuring that the company has the necessary culture, processes, systems, tools and resources to operate in a sustainable, safe and environmentally responsible manner. The Director, EHS leads the  company’s global EHS team supporting engineering and service locations, and works closely with leaders, in-country/local EHS professionals to drive continuous improvements in safety performance and the reinforcement of a positive and sustainable safety culture to collaborate and influence employees to comply with Legal requirements, EHS policies and procedures and drive reduction in electrical risk. Position reports to the VP, Global EHS & Sustainability and is based in Fort Collins, Colorado as an in-office role.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work collaboratively across the different business units and locations to develop a consistent global environmental, health & safety culture, standardized systems and processes to support overall company objectives.
• Educate management and functional business owners on the importance of risk prevention and cultivate a safety-first culture by focusing on comprehensive risk assessments and electrical shock prevention.
• Collaborate with Corporate EHS to implement Corporate EHS Management System at Global Engineering and Service locations.
• Provide guidance to Global Engineering and Service EHS team members on changes in local, state, and federal regulations and manages safety training, reporting, and budgeting
• Work with local EHS teams and business leaders to establish processes to identify and analyze factors that are creating workplace injuries and implement effective control measures
• Develop and monitor the education and development of employees to increase proficiency and compliance with established company safety and environmental processes and regulatory requirements
• Utilize and monitor key safety and environmental metrics to monitor processes for corrective action as needed and ensure the Company’s EHS data collection systems are effectively utilized.
• Enhance and maintain emergency response support; planning, training, and act as incident commander in times of crisis and environmental emergencies

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Works in standard office environment which is normally fast paced.
• Uses general office equipment.
• Travel is required to AE Global Sites up to 50% of the time.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Engineer with strong experience in electrical risk reduction
• An active hands-on leader who earns trust, inspires their team, builds collaborative relationships, and leads by example
• Serves as an advocate for a positive safety culture fostering an engagement and feedback rich environment
• Committed to educational campaigns promoting EHS initiatives and learning opportunities
• Proven leadership skills including the ability to advocate for, coach, develop and mentor EH&S staff
• Ability to influence all levels of management and employees to educate, garner buy-in and ultimately gain approval to move EH&S initiatives forward
• Strong communicator including interpersonal, written, verbal, and presentation skills; proficient with risk communications and media relations

 

EXPERIENCE:                                              

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in environmental, health and safety within a global / multinational organization, with 5+ years in a leadership capacity