EHS Director at Stellar Energy Americas Inc – Jacksonville, Florida
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About This Position
Position Type: Full time, Exempt, Salary
Reports to: Site Director
Supervisory Responsibility: EHS Department
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Company Summary
Stellar Energy is a trusted provider of turnkey liquid-to-chip cooling solutions for the world’s leading data center and industrial manufacturing customers. As computing demand and industrial processes continue to grow, modern facilities require cooling infrastructure that can scale quickly, efficiently, and reliably.
Our modular approach enables high-volume production while maintaining the flexibility to customize each solution. From Central Utility Plants to Coolant Distribution Units, Stellar Energy delivers scalable cooling infrastructure designed to support the rapid expansion of data centers and mission-critical industrial operations. Backed by deep engineering expertise and large-scale manufacturing capability, Stellar Energy helps customers deploy critical infrastructure faster and with confidence.
Job Summary
The Environmental Health and Safety Director will be responsible for promoting and influencing a culture of EHS always, overseeing EHS programs, ensuring compliance with all state and federal regulations, and implementing best practices to minimize risks and accidents at our manufacturing, distribution, and office facilities in the Jacksonville area. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, as well as a thorough understanding of safety standards and regulations.
Essential Functions:
- Influence organization’s EHS culture, working collaboratively with other functions and leadership to integrate EHS into business operations
- Direct and coordinates activities of Stellar Energy's EHS operations.
- Mentor and develop site EHS personnel
- Analyze EHS data to inform continuous improvement initiatives
- Develop, implement, and enforce EHS policies and procedures to ensure compliance with company, industry, and regulatory standards.
- Identify potential hazards, conduct risk assessments, and implement effective control measures to mitigate risks.
- Provide guidance and support to employees on EHS-related matters.
- Conduct regular EHS inspections and audits to identify, report, and resolve non-compliance issues.
- Investigate accidents, near misses, and incidents to determine root causes and recommend preventive measures.
- Stay up to date with industry trends, best practices, and regulatory changes related to safety.
- Maintain accurate records and documentation related to EHS incidents, training, compliance, and metrics.
- Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure EHS is integrated into project planning and execution.
- Lead incident response and emergency preparedness activities, providing guidance and support during critical situations.
- Represent the company during safety audits, inspections, and interactions with regulatory agencies.
- Reviews and analyzes expenditure, financial, and operations reports to determine requirements for increasing safety.
- Prepares recommendations on findings for management evaluation.
- Recommends capital expenditures for acquisition of new equipment that would increase safety of operations.
- Prepares for ISO 9001 and other audits.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Competencies
- Analytical problem solving
- Oral and written communication
- Attention to detail
- Ability to influence change
Work Environment
This position is based at our manufacturing facility in Jacksonville- Normandy. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, loud noise and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions.
Physical Demands
The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Employee must be able to wear all required PPE (hard hat, gloves, steel toe/composite shoes, safety glasses, and hearing protection)
Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Standard days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., however this is subject to change due to business needs.
Travel
10% Travel is expected for this role.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in occupational health and safety or related field.
- 10+ years of EHS experience with 5+ years in a leadership role
- Managed a team of at least 3-5 people
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Extensive knowledge of EHS regulations and compliance standardsStrong leadership and team management skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively
- Deep domain expertise in evaluation and mitigation of High Risk work activities (Lifting/rigging, Hot Work, LOTO, PIV)
Preferred Education and Experience
- Experience in an ISO 45001 certified organization.
- Professional certification (ex: CSP, CIH, CSHM)
Additional Skills
Work Authorization
Must be authorized to work in USA.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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Job Location
Job Location
This job is located in the Jacksonville, Florida, 32221, United States region.