Environmental Health & Safety Director

**Job Title**: Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Director **Job Location**: Richmond VA or Norfolk VA **Travel**: Approximately 40-50% **FLSA Status**: Exempt **Salary Range**: $125-150k Bonus Eligible **Director, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS)** **About AIR:** AIR Control Concepts is a leading commercial HVAC platform comprised of more than 55 operating companies across North America and Europe. Through our family of best-in-class businesses, we provide engineered solutions, HVAC equipment, controls, service, building automation, and lifecycle support to customers across commercial, healthcare, industrial, education, data center, and institutional markets. Backed by Blackstone, AIR is one of the fastest-growing HVAC platforms in North America, driven by both organic growth and strategic acquisitions. As we continue to expand, safety remains one of our core values and a critical component of our operational excellence. **Position Summary:** The Director of Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) is responsible for developing, leading, and continuously improving AIR's enterprise-wide safety strategy across more than 55 operating companies throughout the United States and Canada. This executive leadership role partners closely with Operating Company Presidents, Regional Vice Presidents, Operations leaders, Human Resources, Risk Management, Fleet, Facilities, and Executive Leadership to establish a world-class safety culture while ensuring compliance with OSHA, provincial, state, local, and environmental regulations. The Director will provide both strategic leadership and operational support, driving consistency across operating companies while respecting the entrepreneurial culture that makes AIR successful. The position will focus on reducing injuries, improving employee engagement, strengthening regulatory compliance, lowering workers' compensation costs, improving EMR performance, and creating scalable safety programs that support AIR's continued growth through acquisition. **Essential Responsibilities:** **Enterprise Safety Leadership** Partner with operating company leadership to: - Establish annual safety objectives and performance metrics. - Develop and execute AIR's enterprise-wide Environmental Health & Safety strategy. - Establish standardized safety policies, procedures, and best practices across all operating companies. - Build a proactive, employee-driven safety culture focused on prevention and accountability. - Lead the enterprise Safety Committee and regional safety councils. **Regulatory Compliance & Governance** - Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, provincial, state, and local regulations. - Develop enterprise standards for regulatory compliance across all operating companies. - Monitor changing regulatory requirements and implement necessary updates. - Oversee OSHA recordkeeping, reporting, and compliance processes. - Serve as the corporate subject matter expert for safety and environmental compliance. **Risk Management & Operational Excellence** - Analyze injury trends and identify enterprise-wide opportunities for risk reduction. - Develop programs that reduce TRIR, DART, workers' compensation claims, vehicle accidents, and property losses. - Lead significant incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action initiatives. - Partner with Insurance, Legal, HR, and Operations on claims management and loss prevention strategies. **Field Operations & Fleet Safety** - Establish safety standards for field technicians, construction sites, warehouses, fabrication facilities, and offices. - Lead fleet safety initiatives, driver qualification programs, MVR reviews, and vehicle accident reduction efforts. - Standardize contractor safety qualification processes. - Develop jobsite inspection and field audit programs. **Training & Leadership Development** - Develop enterprise safety leadership training for supervisors, managers, and executives. - Standardize onboarding and recurring safety training…