🚀 Global Health & Safety Leader

Johns Manville – Global Health and Safety Leader

Johns Manville (JM) is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium‑quality insulation and commercial roofing, along with glass fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. Our products are used across building products, aerospace, automotive and transportation, filtration, commercial interiors, waterproofing and wind energy. As a proud Berkshire Hathaway company we serve customers in more than 80 countries and are committed to delivering positive experiences for employees and customers.

Pay Range

$128,400.00 – $176,600.00 annual base salary, plus incentive bonus.

Role Overview

The Global Health and Safety Leader provides centralized oversight to the JM Health and Safety Management team, designing, implementing and maintaining world‑class health and safety programs, and coordinating strategies, goals and tactical objectives across all JM business units.

Your Day To Day

• Establishes and coordinates the overall company philosophy, strategy, policies and organizational priorities for Health, Safety, and Product Stewardship. Ensures activities are consistent with company, local, state, federal, and international laws, regulations, requirements, and voluntary standards.
• Achieves results through collaboration with senior executives, peers, and subordinates.
• Performs the management functions of planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating, communicating, and coaching.
• Provides sites with technical support, expertise, direction, and leadership to achieve health and safety objectives.
• Leads the health and safety team and presents to large groups during company Town Hall meetings, the Executive Leadership Conference, and other business unit meetings.
• Actively participates as a member of the Manufacturing Council to drive improvements and influence the organization across business units.
• Provides key trending and analysis of safety performance to inform leadership and make data‑driven decisions for improvements.
• Oversees effective corrective actions following injuries and near misses.
• Identifies and promotes best practices.
• Leads the development and implementation of strategic action plans and tactical measures to reduce or eliminate risks that lead to employee injuries/illnesses and protect company assets and reputation.
• Supports employee engagement at all levels regarding health and safety initiatives.
• Manages Corporate Health, Safety, and Product Stewardship budget, performance to plan, and reporting.
• Defines the need for and develops safety policies, practices, procedures, and training. Ensures standardization across business units and uses systems such as ANSI, ISO.
• Ensures systems are in place to address and monitor compliance on a regular basis.
• Practices continuous improvement to ensure the company uses the most up-to-date safety methodologies, processes, and tools; simplifies activities for plant personnel.
• Drives hazard identification, risk understanding, and reduction efforts utilizing the Hierarchy of Controls.
• Analyzes trends and recommends pragmatic solutions to reverse trends leading to injuries.
• Ensures regulatory compliance of all JM products overseeing the product stewardship function to gather, interpret, and communicate regulatory compliance of products.
• Oversees the product labeling review committee and process for the company's products.
• Manages the Industrial Hygiene function that anticipates, recognizes, evaluates, and controls workplace conditions that may cause worker injury or illness.
• Manages the Occupational Health function that provides injury/illness prevention, compliance with health‑related standards, medical treatment, workers’ compensation reporting, and OSHA recordkeeping.
• Mentors and develops EHS staff.
• Manages performance evaluations, pay reviews, hiring, and termination.
• May perform other related duties as assigned.

What You Bring To The Team

• Bachelor of Science in occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene, environmental science, or a closely related discipline. Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience, including manufacturing environment experience (preferably in a global company).
• In‑depth knowledge of health and safety management, regulations, and standards.
• Ability to direct teams and develop EHS professionals; experience in a matrixed environment.
• Experience with global health and safety programs; international experience preferred.
• Experience operating within an EHS management system (e.g., ISO 45001).
• Certifications in health and safety preferred (e.g., CIH, CSP).
• Proven leadership skills that positively impacted health and safety performance, regulatory compliance, and risk reduction.
• Significant knowledge of regulatory and consensus standards related to health and safety, including OSHA recordkeeping.
• Demonstrated ability to interface with regulatory agencies (OSHA, state agencies, EPA offices, ECHA, etc.).
• Strong execution, planning, and organizational skills; successful project management in manufacturing environments.
• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct line‑of‑reporting authority.
• Ability to learn new concepts and risk‑reduction skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage a dispersed staff of salaried employees, set direction, and deploy resources.
• Moderate travel required (approximately 35‑50%) including occasional international travel.

Work environment is typical of an office setting but must also be able to walk around a manufacturing setting. Physical demands include walking, climbing stairs, using ladders and wearing personal protective equipment, including respiratory protection, in hot temperatures as needed.

Please Keep in Mind

If you do not meet 100% of these requirements, we at JM still want to hear from you. If you are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply so we can learn how your skills and talents can contribute to our team.

Benefits

Johns Manville offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee‑paid. Health benefits include comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan, wellness program and critical illness insurance. JM sponsors a 401(k) plan that includes a sizeable company match, and offers paid vacation, sick leave and parental leave for eligible employees. Additionally, Johns Manville provides basic life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage. Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well. The company also offers a variety of tax‑saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account. JM also offers a tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.

Johns Manville supports employee growth with vast educational opportunities and a company‑wide mentoring program that pairs employees and leaders to build skills, strengthen internal networks and support succession planning. Johns Manville also offers soft and hard skills training facilitated by internal and external presenters. Our talent management team prioritizes holistic growth of our workforce.

Diversity & Inclusion

Johns Manville believes diversity and inclusion in our workplace is critical for the long‑term success of our company. We are committed to retaining, developing and attracting a diverse workforce that fosters an inclusive work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. This is the right thing to do for our employees, our company and our communities.

Incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We maintain a drug‑free workplace and perform pre‑employment substance abuse testing.

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