HSE Director

Company Description

BlueScope Coated Products is one of the largest coil coating companies in the United States, with facilities across the country. With more than four decades of expertise providing painted metal coils and toll processing services for industries in the construction and consumer product markets, we pride ourselves on delivering premium quality, reliable service, and ongoing innovation to our customers. 

The Director of HSE is responsible for providing expert health and safety leadership across the BCP business with an overall focus on improving and sustaining the health and safety of BCP employees.  In addition, this role partners with the North America regional Environmental leadership and ensures environmental plans and goals are achieved.  This position will influence behavior at all levels of the organization; challenging the status quo to drive continuous improvement to foster a positive culture that aligns with BlueScope’s Purpose and Bond.  

Key Focus Areas

• Health, Safety, & Environmental Leadership
  • Provide expert and technical advice to BCP leaders on all health, safety, and environmental functions and stewardship elements.
  • Provide functional leadership to the HSE team to drive the development of the BCP health, safety, and environment strategies.  Partner with business leaders and the HSE team to implement BCP's health, safety, and environment strategies and systems.
  • Ensure compliance with legislative and BlueScope Corporate requirements, development, and implementation of HSE policies, procedures, performance standards, management systems, and guidelines ensuring compliance as required by legislation and BlueScope Corporate across all BCP business units and sites.             
  • Drive the continuous improvement of the health and safety culture across BCP, lead the development and implementation of leadership, behavioral, and engagement initiatives to deliver improved health and safety leadership, engagement, and behaviors and ultimately improved health and safety performance across the BCP business.   This includes improved workers' compensation outcomes.
  • Actively build on and improve the overall capability of the BCP HSE team, ensuring adequate resources with the required capability exist within the business to deliver on HSE plans and goals.

Foundational Experience

Required Qualifications & Experience: To be considered for this position, you must possess the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health, Safety or Environmental Science, or related field 
• 10+ years of experience as HSE Professional. 
• 5+ years of leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience in building an effective HSE Program. 
• Demonstrated success in improving health and safety performance in a complex organization.
• Demonstrated success in improving health and safety culture including safety leadership, behaviors, and engagement. 
• Ability to travel across BCP locations (~50%)

Desired Qualifications: To be considered an ideal candidate, you should possess some or all the following qualifications:

• Master’s degree in business or related field.
• HSE Qualification, e.g. Professional Engineer, Certified Safety Professional.

Skills and Abilities

At BlueScope we believe in investing in our employees through our Leading at BlueScope Attributes.  Below are attributes that will key to your success at BlueScope:

• Driver of Future Readiness – Takes a strategic orientation to shape the direction; ensures impact-driven strategy; Is a thought leader in their own way.
• Creative Problem Solver – Seeks and leverages diverse perspectives; fosters innovation and creative solutions; finds smarter solutions and uncovers value.
• Change Facilitator – Models continual improvement; seizes opportunities to adapt; is optimistic about change and motivates others in the change journey.
• Results Achiever – Delivers against continually higher levels of performance; strives for constant improvement; looks for ways to work smarter; pushes forward despite ambiguity.
• Collaborative Partner – Seeks to understand; shares knowledge; builds/uses diverse networks for greater impact; uses a range of skills and approaches to influence others.
• Leader of People and Teams – Clarifies purpose; builds team identity and spirit; inspires team members to work together; is fair, transparent, and thoughtful about others.
• Capability Builder – Prioritizes learning and development and stretch outside comfort zones; invests in strengthening capability; makes judgements that allow others to achieve their full potential.

Work Environment

• Office / cubicle workspace with moderate noise level.
• BlueScope embraces flexible working arrangements where possible and mutually agreed.
• Travel expectations 50%

Additional Information
The preceding job responsibilities and tasks were designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by associates in this job.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job duties and responsibilities required of associates assigned to this job.  Associates may be required to perform other duties as assigned.  Additional job competencies, individual goals, and performance measurements are set at the department level.

The benefits are just as rewarding as the work at BlueScope.  To support our goal, we offer a total compensation plan and an outstanding benefits package that includes health insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability, paid time off, and retirement. 

EEO: Employer/M/F/Disabled/Protected Veteran

BlueScope is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status, as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.