Director, Safety Health & Environmental

Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow. 
 
At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

 

Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.

 

 

Role Overview:

The Director SH&E role is critical to the success of our safety, health & environment initiatives on our Journey to Zero. The primary objective of this role is to provide leadership with the skills to enhance the safety of our employees and our environmental footprint with a focus on prevention, fostering a culture where safety, health and environment are ingrained as core values. Additionally, this role leads the design, development and implementation of corporate Safety, Health, and Environmental policies, plans, training, and programs in support of Corporate and/or Division strategic goals, performance, and objectives. This role collaborates closely with the various Nestlé stakeholders to inspire and empower SH&E leadership by all employees. The Director SH&E has direct responsibility for select categories of sites and for Nestlé USA and other supported affiliates (e.g., Professional, Health Science, Nutrition, etc.) and provides support as requested / appropriate for other Nestlé businesses as required. 

 

​Travel 50-75%.

 

This role will work a hybrid schedule (3 days in office / 2 days from home) out of our office in Solon, Ohio or Bridgewater, New Jersey.

 

Job Responsibilities:

People Development & Capability Building 

• Support, coach, and guide the site leadership teams to be effective SH&E leaders/coaches in their respective positions.
• Lead/manage corporate team members/direct reports as required. Dotted line responsibility for all facility SH&E staff.
• Hold sites accountable to ensure all actions to prevent recurrence of incidents are effectively implemented while also ensuring effective injury case management process is fully implemented, well understood, and functioning as desired.

 

Strategy Management and Development 

• Ensure establishment, interpretation and reporting of relevant KPIs, with appropriate leading and corrective actions based on them.
• Partners with Site leadership team to develop Site SH&E key priorities, drivers, and activities with key performance indicators to drive Site SH&E performance improvement.
• Develops SH&E best in class programs, systems, and processes, including training and mentoring to establish clear procedures for SH&E measures and precautions.

 

Liaison and Technical Expertise 

• Work with legal counsel to ensure understanding and to develop corporate interpretation of legislation and regulation.  Working with legal and government relations, provided awareness and educational support and interaction to third parties on existing and proposed rules.
•  Support remediation activities internally and by third parties to achieve site cleanups and closures.
• Provides technical expertise/coaching as needed in all SH&E areas and initiatives in partnership with other functions as applicable.
• Act as multi-site lead for implementation and adoption of SH&E components of Nestle Continuous Excellence (NCE).

 

Compliance 

• Partner with site leadership teams and other functions to ensure sites maintain a continuous “audit ready” state of compliance with company SH&E policies and procedures as well as all applicable external regulatory requirements.
• Drive site accountability for adherence to ISO 45001 and ISO 14001, as well as relevant OSHA, state, and local regulations. This role requires expertise in risk assessment, safety culture promotion, and emergency pre