Director, Environmental Health & Safety

Position Objective

The Director, Global Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) serves as Artivion's global functional leader for EHS and is responsible for establishing and driving the Company's EHS strategy, governance, standards, and management systems across all Artivion locations worldwide, including manufacturing facilities, offices, laboratories, warehouses, and other company-controlled workplaces.

This role provides leadership and oversight to ensure compliance with applicable environmental, occupational health, and workplace safety laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which Artivion operates. The Director establishes global EHS policies and minimum standards, provides subject-matter expertise and guidance to site and functional leadership, and ensures effective systems are in place for risk identification and mitigation, regulatory compliance, incident management, emergency preparedness, training, auditing, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Artivion's global EHS strategy, management system, policies, standards, and programs across all Company locations worldwide.
• Establish global EHS requirements and minimum standards while partnering with site and functional leadership to ensure effective local implementation and compliance with applicable country, federal, state, provincial, and local environmental, occupational health, and workplace safety laws and regulations.
• Serve as Artivion's principal EHS subject-matter expert and advisor to senior leadership, site leadership, and functional teams on EHS regulatory requirements, significant risks, compliance matters, and emerging EHS issues.
• Establish and maintain a global process for identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and mitigating EHS risks.
• Provide governance and oversight of occupational health and workplace safety programs, including hazard communication, chemical safety, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, machine safety and guarding, lockout/tagout, electrical safety, personal protective equipment, contractor safety, fire/life safety, and other workplace hazards.
• Lead the Company's environmental compliance framework, including management of hazardous materials and waste, chemical management, spills and releases, environmental permits, air and water requirements, pollution prevention, and other applicable environmental obligations.
• Establish and maintain the Company's global EHS incident management process, including requirements for timely reporting, investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, regulatory reporting, and escalation of significant incidents and near misses.
• Establish EHS requirements for emergency preparedness and response across Company locations, including plans, training, drills, and coordination for fire, medical emergencies, chemical releases, severe weather, evacuation, and other applicable emergency scenarios.
• Develop and oversee a risk-based global EHS audit and compliance-assurance program.
• Establish and maintain global EHS performance metrics, objectives, and reporting.
• Develop and oversee global EHS training requirements and ensure appropriate programs are established.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Human Resources, Facilities, Engineering, R&D, Supply Chain, and other functions to integrate EHS requirements and risk management into business processes.
• Promote a proactive EHS culture throughout Artivion by engaging leaders and employees, strengthening accountability, encouraging identification and reporting of hazards and near misses, sharing best practices, and driving continuous improvement.
• Provide EHS leadership and due diligence support for acquisitions, integrations, new facilities, facility expansions, relocations, and other significant business changes.
• Serve as a key Company representative for EHS matters with regulatory authorities and other external parties, and coordinate the Company's response to EHS inspections, inquiries, citations, or other regulatory actions.
• Maintain awareness of changes in EHS laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices globally.
• Provide leadership, functional direction, coaching, and technical guidance to site and regional EHS resources and other personnel with EHS responsibilities.
• Exercise appropriate authority to escalate significant EHS concerns and recommend suspension or modification of activities when conditions present an imminent or unacceptable risk.

Qualifications

• 8 years of EHS experience with a Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Proven ability to lead, manage, and influence teams, motivate employees to adhere to safety protocols, and implement new policies and procedures effectively
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are a must
• In-depth knowledge of local, state, and federal EHS regulations
• A master's degree or certifications, such as an Environmental, Health, and Safety Certification, the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) are a plus