Director, Environmental Health & Safety

Overview

The Director, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) is responsible for driving EHS strategy, compliance, and performance across multiple manufacturing sites in North America for the Silent‑Aire business unit. This role provides leadership to site‑level EHS Managers and ensures alignment with corporate objectives while fostering a Zero Harm culture.

Safety Through Lean Business Systems

• Embed safety as a core pillar within the Lean Business System across all sites.
• Drive structured problem solving using A3 thinking, root cause analysis, and validated countermeasures.
• Implement tiered accountability (Tier1–Tier5) with safety embedded into daily tier board reviews and escalation processes.
• Ensure visual management systems clearly communicate safety KPIs, abnormalities, and action plans.
• Establish robust action planning with clear ownership, due dates, and disciplined follow‑up.
• Deploy leader standard work to ensure consistent safety behaviors including Gemba walks, layered audits, and engagement with frontline teams.
• Leverage layered process audits to verify compliance and sustain standards.
• Drive safety Kaizen events and continuous improvement aligned with operational excellence goals.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute North America EHS strategy aligned to corporate objectives.
• Establish multi‑year roadmaps for safety, compliance, and sustainability.
• Own regional KPI performance (TRIR, LTIR, leading indicators).
• Advise senior leadership as EHS subject‑matter expert.

Multi‑Site Operational Oversight

• Lead EHS Managers across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Standardize EHS systems and best practices.
• Conduct audits, Gemba walks, and leadership reviews.
• Ensure consistent execution across all North American facilities.

People Leadership

• Coach and develop EHS Managers and regional staff.
• Build succession plans and leadership capability.
• Engage workforce and safety committees.

Regulatory & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with OSHA, OHS, EPA, and all other respective national regulations.
• Oversee environmental reporting (TRI, TierII, emissions, wastewater).
• Maintain ISO14001 and ISO45001 systems.
• Lead audit readiness and compliance processes.

Risk & Continuous Improvement

• Lead risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
• Drive incident investigations and corrective actions.
• Implement predictive safety tools and analytics.Partner with engineering for safe design and capital projects.

Environmental Stewardship

• Drive sustainability initiatives and pollution prevention.
• Ensure proper hazardous waste management.
• Improve emissions, waste, and energy performance.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Environmental, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years progressive EHS leadership experience.
• Multi‑site leadership with direct management of EHS Managers.
• Strong regulatory expertise across North America.
• Proven safety culture transformation experience.
• Preferred: CSP, CHMM, or equivalent certification.
• Experience with ISO systems at scale.
• Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement expertise.
• Cross‑border leadership experience.

Scope of Role

• Oversight of multiple North American manufacturing sites.
• Direct leadership of site EHS Managers.
• Accountability for regional EHS performance and compliance.

Hiring Salary Range

$150,000 - 180,000 CAD (Salary determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location, and alignment with market data.)

Equal Opportunity and Accommodation Statement

Johnson Controls’ Canadian subsidiaries are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants, candidates and employees with disabilities, in accordance with applicable human rights legislation, and in Ontario, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (\"AODA\"). When requested, accommodation will be provided throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. To request accommodation, please contact us. Any information you provide related to accommodation measures will be treated as confidential. A copy of Johnson Controls’ applicable AODA policies is available on our website at for your reference, and can be made available in accessible formats upon request.