North America EHS Director & Safety Leader

Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America; De Soto (KS); On-site; USD 230,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

401(k) plan with company matching

Annual bonus program

Job summary

Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America is seeking a Senior Director of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) to lead enterprise EHS strategy across North American operations, including regulatory compliance, risk management, and safety culture.

This executive leads a centralized EHS team, partners with site and functional leaders, and collaborates with Japan-based stakeholders to align priorities and drive continuous improvement at Sparks, NV and De Soto, KS sites.

Qualifications

• Enterprise EHS strategy, governance, and risk management in complex manufacturing environments
• Expert knowledge of environmental, occupational health, industrial hygiene, machine safety, and emergency response requirements and management systems
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance, permitting, audit, investigation, corrective action, and assurance processes
• Executive-level judgment with the ability to identify, prioritize, elevate, and mitigate material operational and compliance risks
• Ability to translate global and corporate standards into practical, consistent site-level operating requirements
• Data-driven leadership; able to use metrics, leading indicators, analytics, and trend analysis to improve EHS outcomes
• Strong cross-functional influence and stakeholder management across Operations, Engineering, HR, Legal, Facilities, EPC, and global teams
• Demonstrated capability leading organizational change, centralization, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Executive communication skills with the ability to communicate complex risks clearly and drive accountability at all levels
• Global collaboration and cultural agility, including effective partnership with Japan-based leadership and stakeholders
• Talent development, succession planning, and leadership capability building
• High standards of integrity, ownership, operational discipline, and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Set and execute PECNA's enterprise EHS strategy, vision, governance framework, and annual operating priorities across all North American operations.
• Serve as the principal advisor to executive and site leadership on EHS risk, regulatory obligations, emerging issues, and organizational performance; ensure EHS considerations are integrated into business, operational, capital, and expansion decisions.
• Lead and develop the centralized EHS organization spanning Environmental Compliance & Sustainability, People Safety, and Production/Machine Safety; clarify accountability, build capability, and evolve the organization as business needs and risk profiles change.
• Establish consistent PECNA standards, policies, management systems, and operating rhythms that translate enterprise expectations into effective site-level execution.
• Ensure compliance with applicable environmental, occupational health, and safety regulations, permits, corporate requirements, and global standards; maintain effective systems for compliance monitoring and assurance.
• Provide enterprise oversight for hazard identification, risk assessment, mitigation, incident management, corrective and preventive actions, emergency management, business continuity, and crisis response.
• Lead executive review of significant safety incidents, environmental events, regulatory matters, and systemic risks; ensure root causes are addressed and lessons learned are shared across sites.
• Provide strategic oversight for EPC and construction safety, contractor safety expectations, and construction-phase risk controls for current and future capital projects across PECNA sites.
• Serve as PECNA's primary EHS liaison with Japan headquarters and other global stakeholders, ensuring alignment on priorities, reporting requirements, global standards, and escalation protocols.
• Establish enterprise EHS metrics, dashboards, leading indicators, and review mechanisms that provide clear visibility to risk, compliance, and performance trends and drive accountability for results.
• Sponsor audits, assessments, benchmarking, and continuous improvement initiatives that reduce risk, improve compliance, strengthen operational effectiveness, and enable scalable growth.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Human Resources, Legal, Facilities, and other functions to embed EHS into daily management systems and operational excellence practices.
• Champion a proactive, prevention-focused safety and environmental culture in which leaders and employees understand, own, and act on their EHS responsibilities.
• Build leadership capability and succession depth within EHS while promoting cross-site learning, best-practice sharing, and recognition of performance improvements.

Skills

EHS strategy & governance

Regulatory compliance

Leadership & people management

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Executive communication

Global collaboration

Industrial hygiene & safety

Emergency response planning

Job description

Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America is seeking a Senior Director of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) to lead enterprise EHS strategy across North American operations, including regulatory compliance, risk management, and safety culture.

This executive leads a centralized EHS team, partners with site and functional leaders, and collaborates with Japan-based stakeholders to align priorities and drive continuous improvement at Sparks, NV and De Soto, KS sites.