EHS and Sustainability Director

Ashland Inc. seeks an EHS and Sustainability Director to lead its global Environmental, Health and Safety and Sustainability team. This role involves managing EH&S programs, supporting a Zero Incident Culture, and engaging with various manufacturing sites. The ideal candidate should have global EH&S experience and a focus on workplace safety. While the position can be remote, preference is given to candidates near Wilmington, DE.
Ashland Inc.

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious? Are you always solving? Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for an EHS and Sustainability Director to join our Ashland LLC business. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Operations function. This position will report to the SVP of Operations for Ashland.

This role will lead Ashland’s global Environmental, Health and Safety and Sustainability team. This person will be responsible for managing a global team with oversight of Ashland’s EH&S and sustainability programs. This leader will provide cross functional support of Ashland’s process safety management program, asset integrity and reliability program, and will engage directly and through team support with 21 labs and 19 manufacturing sites to drive engagement and support Ashland’s Zero Incident Culture. This role is open at an exciting time in Ashland’s EH&S journey when there is active efforts underway to update Ashland’s EH&S programs and culture to drive increased focus on behavior based safety and risk reduction measures. The ideal candidate will have experience and a desire to drive and manage programmatic change with a lean manufacturing focus. Candidate should have demonstrated leadership ability and global EH&S experience with a passion and focus on workplace health and safety. Familiarity with ESG programs is preferred with specific engagement in setting science based targets, adhering to standard GHG accounting protocols, and voluntary submittals such as Ecovadis and CDP.
• This position can be remote for the right candidate but preference for someone in the Wilmington, DE area*

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:
• lead a high performance zero incident culture and Drive a “see something do something” attitude with global operations team
• Develop and support execution of EH&S program improvement plan, with a focus on program streamlining, reporting efficiency, and behavior based safety.
• Strategic vision and proven ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership on strategy and performance
• Ability to manage and prioritize across a large number of activities and actions/needs
• Understanding and support of global manufacturing compliance requirements with a focus on US sites- ability to travel and perform site visits to engage with teams.
• Ability and experience with leading cross functional teams on a project/program basis
• Support and oversee regular engagement meetings with global leadership teams on EH&S and sustainability
• Tracking and management of an annual EH&S and sustainability budget to meet budgetary spend and performance targets
• Understand mandatory and voluntary ESG reporting frameworks (primarily in Europe and the EU) and emerging regulations and oversee work with Ashland work groups to develop and implement strategic response plans.
• Communicate strategic initiatives related to sustainability and oversee execution

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or a related science field (Master’s preferred)
• 10-15 years experience in manufacturing EH&S and Sustainability
• CSP/CIH Certification
• Strong background knowledge in EH&S compliance requirements and current/emerging sustainability compliance requirements
• Experience in project management and continuous improvement
• Leadership experience and ability to communicate effectively with leadership teams and executive teams
• Proficiency in SAP, MS Office Suite, Sharepoint, and LCA software (SimaPro preferred)
• Strong project management skills, ability to manage global cross functional teams and organize, plan, and meet goals

The following skill sets are preferred by the business:
• Experience with Responsible Care requirements
• Specialty chemicals industry experience
• Previous experience presenting at Board meetings and Board reporting

#LI-REMOTE

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.

Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.

Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.