Corporate EHS Director-Americas

Job Title

Corporate EHS Director-Americas

Job Description Summary

Responsible and accountable for delivery and implementation of the Cushman & Wakefield (CW) US Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Strategy for the Americas. Under the stewardship of the Head of EHS Americas the role will deliver measurable improvements in health, safety and environmental performance and engagement across the C&W organisation, in support of business objectives. The role will specifically support Americas corporate offices, brokerage and Project & Development Service (PDS) lines across the Americas. The role will also support on Security and Quality matters in support of the wider global EHS Team.  
This is a senior corporate role which will directly report to the Head of EHS Americas and indirectly report to business unit heads within the relevant jurisdictions and service lines. The role will require an experienced professional who has held a similar role in a related industry and who is comfortable and confident in working and presenting at a senior level.  
The individual will be commercially aware and fully accountable for delivering the Americas EHS Strategy as this relates to applicable countries and service lines while reporting successes to their stakeholder groups across the region. 

Job Description

Core Responsibilities: 

This senior EHS management role will be responsible for identifying areas of potential organizational risk and developing robust EHS mitigation controls, policies, procedures and guidance in accordance with the C&W Americas EHS strategy and local legislation. The role will be responsible for coordinating both internal and external resources across the region in order to manage legal compliance and enhance organizational safety culture. In doing so the role will work closely with the global specialist resources within the wider EHS Team. 

The role will work across all departments and therefore senior stakeholder engagement will be critical to the candidate’s success and the candidate must have demonstrable experience in developing successful senior stakeholder relationships and influencing change and process / culture improvement. The candidate must be a self-starter and able to demonstrate the delivery of organizational change through both face to face engagement and the use of remote working tools e.g. Microsoft Teams. 

Critical relationships will include the following: 

• Heads of higher risk service lines such as PDS within the relevant jurisdictions 

• Jurisdictional business unit heads 

• Operational leads for service lines and jurisdictions 

• Office and regional heads 

• Functions leadership 

As a minimum the candidate will therefore require a proven track record in health and safety management, in order to be successful. The successful candidate will support the Head of EHS Americas to champion the ongoing improvement of C&W’s safety and environmental management systems relating both to our service delivery to clients and in relation to the health and safety of Cushman & Wakefield employees. The candidate will need to have proven experience in developing and implementing initiatives to improve EHS compliance and awareness and will be responsible for: 

• Developing, implementing and delivering appropriate objectives, targets and improvement programs for the Americas in association with the Head of EHS Americas. 

• Monitoring and reporting on EHS performance and progress against EHS objectives to local leadership teams. Routinely presenting at corporate meetings and steering groups to increase EHS awareness and engagement. 

• Ensuring that our corporate offices are safe and secure and putting in place management arrangements to ensure a consistent level of safe operation.