Vice President, Environmental Health & Safety (Hybrid)

The Vice President of Environmental, Health & Safety will serve as the enterprise leader responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving the company’s global EHS strategy, governance, and compliance programs. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, this executive will partner closely with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Sustainability, Risk Management, Internal Audit, and executive leadership to ensure the company maintains world-class standards for employee safety, environmental stewardship, regulatory compliance, and operational risk management.

The VP of EHS will lead a global EHS organization and drive a culture in which safety, compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement are embedded across all regions, facilities, and business units. This leader will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable environmental, occupational health, and safety laws and regulations; reducing workplace injuries and environmental incidents; strengthening EHS management systems; and advising senior leadership and the Board as appropriate on material EHS risks, trends, and performance.

Key responsibilities:

Global EHS Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and execute a global EHS strategy aligned with the company’s business objectives, risk profile, operating model, and public company governance expectations.
• Serve as the senior executive advisor on EHS matters to the Chief Legal Officer, executive leadership team, and relevant Board committees.
• Establish enterprise-wide EHS priorities, standards, metrics, and accountability mechanisms across all global operations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global EHS team, ensuring appropriate capabilities, resources, and succession planning.
• Drive a proactive EHS culture that promotes ownership at every level of the organization, from senior leaders to frontline employees.

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management

• Oversee global compliance with applicable environmental, occupational health, safety, industrial hygiene, and related regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Legal and Risk Managementto identify, assess, and mitigate EHS-related legal, regulatory, reputational, and operational risks
• Ensure effective management of inspections, audits, investigations, citations, enforcement actions, permits, reporting obligations, and agency interactions.
• Support of EHS-related litigation, claims, and investigations in partnership with Legal, Risk Management, and external counsel as needed.
• Develop and maintain robust EHS governance frameworks, policies, procedures, and controls suitable for a global public company.

Operational Safety & Environmental Performance

• Lead efforts to reduce workplace injuries, illnesses, serious injuries and fatalities, environmental releases, and other EHS incidents.
• Implement leading and lagging performance indicators to measure EHS effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Oversee enterprise incident reporting, root cause analysis, corrective action management, and lessons-learned processes.
• Partner with operations leaders to integrate EHS into daily management systems, capital projects, process changes, acquisitions, and facility expansions.
• Ensure effective programs for occupational safety, process safety, environmental compliance, hazardous materials, waste management, air and water permitting, ergonomics, contractor safety, emergency response, and industrial hygiene.

Management Systems, Auditing & Continuous Improvement

• Design, implement, and improve global EHS management systems, including standards aligned with recognized frameworks such as ISO 14001, ISO 45001, or equivalent.
• Establish and oversee a global EHS audit and assurance program to evaluate compliance, control effectiveness, and risk mitigation.
• Ensure timely completion and validation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Use data analytics, technology, and reporting tools to improve visibility, decision-making, and accountability across the enterprise.
• Benchmark against industry best practices and identify opportunities to elevate EHS maturity and performance.

ESG, Sustainability & Public Company Reporting Support

• Partner with Sustainability, Legal, Finance, and Investor Relations on EHS-related aspects of ESG strategy, disclosures, regulatory reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
• Support accurate and timely reporting of environmental metrics, safety performance, risk factors, and other EHS-related disclosures as required.
• Contribute to climate, environmental impact, resource conservation, waste reduction, and emissions-related initiatives as applicable.
• Ensure alignment between operational EHS programs and the company’s broader sustainability and corporate responsibility commitments.

Crisis Management & Business Continuity

• Provide leadership during significant EHS incidents, emergencies, regulatory events, natural disasters, or other crises affecting employees, operations, or communities.
• Ensure effective emergency preparedness and response plans are in place globally.
• Partner with Security, Risk, Communications, Legal, and Operations to manage incident response, internal communications, external messaging, and post-event remediation.

Required Skills / Qualifications / Certifications / Tech Stack

• 15+ years of progressive EHS leadership experience, including significant experience leading EHS in a complex, global, multi-site organization.

• Experience operating at the executive level in a public company or similarly regulated global enterprise.

• Demonstrated success building and executing global EHS strategies that measurably improved safety, environmental compliance, and risk management performance.

• Strong knowledge of global environmental, health, and safety regulatory frameworks and enforcement practices.

• Experience managing EHS compliance in manufacturing, industrial, chemical, energy, logistics, life sciences, technology hardware, or similarly complex operational environments.

• Proven experience advising senior executives and Board-level stakeholders on EHS risks, performance, and strategy.

• Track record of leading global teams, influencing cross-functional leaders, and driving change across diverse geographies and cultures.

• Experience managing regulatory inspections, enforcement actions, incident investigations, audits, and corrective action programs.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline required.

• Advanced degree such as MBA, MS, JD, or relevant technical master’s degree preferred.

• Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, PE, CPEA, or equivalent strongly preferred.

• Willingness to travel regularly (50%) across a global operating company portfolio.

  Your actual base salary will be determined based upon numerous factors which may include relevant experience, skills, location (labor market data), credentials (education, certifications), and internal equity.

For this specific role, you may be eligible to participate in annual and long-term incentive plans.

Vontier partners with you and your family on your health and wellness journey. Visit VontierBenefits.com to view our benefits. We offer a premium suite of health and wellness programs for you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. With programs for family planning from Maven Clinic to managing diabetes like Livongo, coverage for women's health, support for adult and elder care, paid parental leave, a generous 401(k) plan with matching company contributions, and more. Vontier is here for all stages of life. We also offer paid time off up to 15 days, 13 paid holidays (including 3 floating holidays) per year and paid sick leave.*

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Sick leave amount may vary based on state or local laws applicable to the applicant’s geographic location. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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