Global EHS Executive Director

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2023, Sealed Air generated $5.5 billion in revenue in 2023 and had approximately 17,000 employees operating out of 46 countries/territories and distributing products in 115 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.

Job Description

ROLE OVERVIEW
The EHS Director is responsible for the definition, implementation and monitoring of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) programs across the entire Sealed Air Corporation. This person leads a team of regional EHS professionals, working with plant-based employees globally to ensure all programs are brought to maturity, frequently refreshed, and constantly re-evaluated to guarantee site environmental compliancy as well as the safety and wellbeing of the company’s workforce. 

ESSENTIAL TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Formulate, own and drive the execution of the company’s EHS strategic plan.
•    Develop and continuously upgrade all health and safety policies and procedures.
•    Provide direction and support necessary to ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws in the EHS space. 
•    Establish work practices across manufacturing operations to meet or exceed internal and external safety & environmental standards.
•    Identify risks and implement process improvements across production operations to enable an incident-free workplace.
•    Mitigate unsafe working conditions and unsafe employee behaviors through improved machine design, engineered controls, preventative machine guarding, and best in class employee training programs.
•    Ensure objectives are constantly refreshed and align with best practices for environmental health and safety.
•    Monitor performance of the company’s EHS programs and refresh as needed to remain compliant with internal and external regulations.
•    Drive EHS performance through continuous improvement on all Key Performance Indicators. 
•    Perform thorough root cause analysis and implement proper corrective actions across global networks for all EHS recordables.
•    Capable of establishing a sustainability roadmap to deliver on SEE’s sustainability commitments by individual manufacturing location and for the total company.
•    Set measurable sustainability goals and track progress.
•    Monitor company’s environmental impact and follow through on commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, minimize waste of resources and reduce the overall carbon footprint of operations.
•    Guarantee compliancy with all state and federal environmental regulations by ensuring that compliancy is owned locally at all Manufacturing sites.
•    Coach, mentor, and develop a team of diverse and experienced EHS professionals and leaders. 
 

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
•    BS in Occupational Health or Engineering, MS, MBA, and/or CSP preferred.
•    Proven experience in administering and auditing critical safety programs in manufacturing environments. 
•    10 or more years of experience in managing EHS in a manufacturing environment.
•    5 Years’ experience as a regional or global EHS Director. 
 

 

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS
•    Prior experience in successfully building and leading teams and developing talent across the EHS and Sustainability functions. 
•    A team builder, able to coach and mentor team members and work closely with employees on their continued development.
•    Develops and maintains good relationships, gains the confidence of others and works effectively in a multidisciplinary matrixed environment.
•    Strategic thinker with creative and excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.
•    Resilient, self-starter, who can act independently and learn quickly within a rapidly evolving env