Director, Safety

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Job Title

Director, Safety – AES Indiana & AES Ohio

Location

Indianapolis, IN and/or Dayton, OH with regular travel to operational sites across Indiana and Ohio. Hybrid/On-site presence expected based on business needs.

Reports To

COO, US Utilities

Position Summary

The Safety Director leads health & safety strategy and execution for AES Indiana and AES Ohio across Generation, Transmission & Distribution (T&D), operational/field sites, and all Construction - including Growth projects and programmatic capital programs. This leader is accountable for building and sustaining a strong safety culture, ensuring safety compliance, strengthening serious incident prevention, and improving health & safety performance through standardized systems, disciplined governance, and field-focused leadership.

This role partners closely with Operations leaders, T&D, Generation, Program/Project teams, Central Operations, HR, Legal, Supply Chain, Finance, and the enterprise EHS Center of Expertise (CoE) to ensure AES’s safety management system is implemented consistently while enabling local execution excellence and risk reduction across both company and contractor workforces.

Scope

• Two regulated electric utilities with diverse operational risk profiles
• Coverage includes:
  • Power generation facilities and associated operational sites
  • T&D field operations (line work, substations, vegetation, construction)
  • Fleet, warehouses, service centers, storm response operations
  • Contractor and vendor workforces supporting O&M and capital delivery
• All safety oversight for Construction across both utilities, including:
  • Growth projects (ongoing and new generation as applicable, interconnections, substations, large load enablement, major reliability upgrades)
  • Programmatic programs (Smart Grid,  system hardening, reconductoring, substation upgrades, fleet/facilities projects)
  • Major contractor mobilizations, EPC/GC-led work, and multi-site execution

Key Outcomes / Success Measures

• Sustained improvement in serious injury and fatality prevention performance (SIP) and critical risk control verification
• Strong compliance performance with OSHA and state/local requirements (no significant findings; timely corrective actions)
• Improved leading indicators: field observations, hazard reporting, corrective action closure, training completion, contractor compliance
• High-quality investigations and learning dissemination with measurable recurrence reduction
• Increased consistency of health & safety standards, tools, and routines across both utilities and across capital delivery portfolios

Key Responsibilities

1) Safety Leadership & Culture

• Lead a “safety-first” culture across Generation, T&D, and Construction, reinforcing visible field leadership and consistent expectations.
• Coach operational and project leaders on safety leadership behaviors, accountability, and decision-making under risk.
• Establish and sustain effective engagement routines: site visits, safety stand-downs, leadership briefings, and field verification of critical controls.

2) Serious Incident P