Job Description Summary

The North America EHS Leader for Wind provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) across all The North America EHS Leader for Wind leads a team of Environmental, Health, and Safety specialist to own the strategy and execution across field-based Operations, Maintenance & Upgrades (OM&U) activities throughout the North America region. As a key partner to the North America OM&U organization, this role champions a proactive safety culture that prioritizes employee well-being, compliance, and operational excellence. The leader provides direction to a geographically dispersed EHS field team, establishing clear roles, standard work, and development plans that strengthen collaboration, accountability, and team capability.


In close partnership with operations leaders, frontline teams, customers, and contractors, this role drives consistent EHS expectations, supports customer engagement, and helps resolve complex operational and customer-facing issues. Using data, leading indicators, and field insights, the leader identifies trends, assesses risk, and drives continuous improvement in safety performance across the region as they work to operationalize the Life Saving Rules. The role also oversees key elements of compliance and risk management, including incident investigations, corrective actions, and audit programs for wind farms and high-risk work while partnering closely with the Wind EHS Center of Excellence team. This is a high-impact leadership position that strengthens EHS performance, supports regional growth priorities, and builds customer confidence across North America.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

Leadership & Culture

• Champion a proactive safety culture that prioritizes employee well-being and operational excellence.
• Work with cross-functional teams to integrate EHS into all aspects of operations serving as a clear partner to the North America OM&U organization
• Inspire and develop a high-performing EHS team across North America, fostering collaboration and accountability
• Develop and own standard work for high-performing team inclusive of talent development, audit schedule and capability building
• Attract and retain top EHS talent; manage medium to large teams with senior professional direct reports.

Customer & Contractor Engagement

• Interface with customers and contractors to communicate EHS performance, expectations, and compliance requirements.
• Attend and support routine customer meetings with key accounts based on defined standard work
• Support front-line EHS professionals in resolving customer issues and liaise with customer leaders to communicate safety priorities and performance.

Strategic Alignment & Structure

• Define and implement clear roles and responsibilities for the EHS field team to ensure consistency and efficiency.
• Align regional EHS priorities with global standards and business objectives.
• Support regional strategy are growth priorities and assess risk

Performance Improvement & Data-Driven Insights

• Utilize analytics and leading indicators to identify trends, predict risks, and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop and monitor key performance metrics to measure progress and impact.
• Implement innovative tools and technologies to enhance safety performance and reporting accuracy.

• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve processes and services.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, company policies, and industry best practices.
• Lead incident investigations and root cause analyses, driving corrective actions and knowledge sharing.
• Oversee audits and assessments to maintain compliance and mitigate operational risks including maintaining quarterly audit program of wind farms and high risk work

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in the field of EHS or engineering.
• 15+ years of EHS leadership experience, ideally in renewable energy or industrial sectors.
• Proven ability to lead distributed teams and influence across a matrix organization.
• Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging data for decision-making.
• Communicate complex messages and negotiate internally and externally to influence outcomes.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Passion f