Vice President Global Health, Safety, Environmental & Sustainability

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Chicago, IL - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

As an S&C Electric team member youll work on projects that have real-world impact. Youll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer more reliable and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. Were big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively.

Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrows energy challenges and become an employee-owner!

Hours

  • 8:00 am 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) Hybrid

Compensation

At S&C we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members and we are committed to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated annual base salary range for this position in the United States is $227360 - $301252 . Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors including performance knowledge job-related skills and experience and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for S&Cs annual incentive plan (AIP) subject to eligibility criteria.

Join Our Team as Vice President of Global Health Safety Environmental and Sustainability (HSES)!

The Vice President Global Health Safety Environmental & Sustainability (HSES) is the executive leader responsible for defining and executing S&C Electric Companys global HSES and sustainability strategy. This role establishes enterprise governance drives regulatory compliance mitigates operational and enterprise risk and embeds a Safety First and Injury-Free Workplace culture across all manufacturing engineering supply chain and field-service operations worldwide.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer the VP leads a global HSES organization partners closely with senior leaders and serves as a trusted advisor to the Executive Leadership Team on safety environmental stewardship sustainability ESG priorities and long-term risk management. The role delivers measurable improvements in safety performance environmental impact reduction and sustainability outcomes while ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and stakeholder expectations.

Key Responsibilities

Board/Executive Reporting: Regularly brief executive leadership and Board-level stakeholders on HSES risk performance and strategic initiatives. Support Executive Leadership Team and Board committees as required on HSES governance enterprise risk and sustainability matters.

External Representation: Represent S&C with regulators customers industry associations and external stakeholders on HSES and sustainability matters.

Advance a best-in-class HSES culture: Establish and sustain an enterprise-wide culture that delivers measurable improvements in health safety environmental stewardship and sustainability performance while balancing operational excellence and fiscal responsibility.

Sustainability & ESG Leadership: Lead environmental sustainability and ESG-related initiatives including emissions reduction resource efficiency regulatory disclosures and alignment with evolving stakeholder customer and investor expectations. Partner with executive leadership on sustainability strategy goals and transparency.

Cross-Functional Safety Health Environmental and Sustainability Leadership: Partner with production and central function teams to embed safety into operational processes ensuring alignment on safety standards compliance and performance goals.

Thought Leadership: Provide enterprise-wide thought leadership on HSES best practices ensuring alignment with operational excellence quality outcomes and enterprise risk objectives.

Crisis & Enterprise Risk Leadership: Lead enterprise response to critical incidents crises and emerging HSES risks.

Health Safety Environmental Sustainability Strategy: Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for HSES ensuring alignment with corporate goals and regulatory requirements including OSHA and EPA standards. Leverage customer feedback to influence company-wide HSES objectives.

Strengthen organizational performance: Establish and govern enterprise policies that support HSES and sustainable practices ensuring consistent global execution and oversight.

Drive continuous improvement: Establish global performance metrics dashboards and analytics to identify trends set enterprise targets and drive sustainable corrective actions. Leverage data-driven insights industry benchmarks and emerging technologies to continuously enhance HSES effectiveness and efficiency.

Ensure readiness and responsiveness: Oversee occupational health services and ensure effective management of health-related cases with discretion and care. Lead and maintain the Emergency Response Team to ensure preparedness for incidents rapid response and recovery across all operational sites.

Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the companys senior executive authority on Health Safety Environmental & Sustainability staying abreast of industry best practices standards and technological advancements and ensuring the greater Health Safety Environmental and Sustainability function is well-versed in the latest methodologies and tools facilitating a high level of technical proficiency.

Customer Escalation and Resolution: Oversee the resolution of critical customer safety health environmental and sustainability issues ensuring timely and effective corrective actions. Lead high-visibility projects to address systemic safety health environmental and/or sustainability challenges and foster trust with key stakeholders.

Root-Cause Analysis: Lead an advanced problem-solving process that uses various systematic techniques to identify root causes of safety issues communicating necessary enhancements to cross-functional teams to implement effective countermeasures.

Monitor prioritize and coordinate the workflow of direct reports based on strengths in the achievement of organizational goals and objectives

Establish monitor and hold team members accountable to clear responsibilities and accountabilities providing ongoing performance feedback both positive and developmental and addressing performance gaps in a timely manner

Foster a culture that supports the growth and development of team members by using appropriate coaching and mentoring techniques training and participation in development opportunities aligned to their role and development plan

Build a sense of ownership and shared responsibility within the team encourage employee feedback and involvement in team decisions and address/mediate conflicts to restore harmony

Empower and motivate team members by fostering an inclusive and healthy work environment and positive team morale recognizing and rewarding achievements and celebrating successes

Manage administrative processes including but not limited to team/project budgets recruitment induction leave management performance reviews performance improvement plans and succession planning

Ensure compliance with all applicable company policies governance standards brand guidelines and regulatory requirements.

What youll Need To Succeed:

Bachelors degree in Occupational Safety Environmental Science Engineering Business or a related technical field.

Preferred

Masters degree or MBA

Executive education in global leadership sustainability or ESG




Required Experience:

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DescriptionAs an S&C Electric team member youll work on projects that have real-world impact. Youll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted...
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S&C Electric Company is a global provider of equipment and services for electric power systems. Founded in 1911, the Chicago-based company designs and manufactures switching and protection products for electric power transmission and distribution.

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