Director, EHS - Electric

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team. At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it. Purpose This position provides strategic leadership for occupational health, safety, and environmental (OHSE) performance across an assigned commodity across the Liberty footprint (East, Central, West, or other designated region). The Director is accountable for advancing a strong safety culture, strengthening employee engagement, and improving OHSE performance across all operations and locations within the region. Working closely with regional leadership and a team of EHS professionals, the role drives alignment between operational priorities, risk management, and continuous improvement. Key responsibilities include implementation of Liberty’s OHSE management system; oversight of occupational hazard identification, risk assessment, and control; and stewardship of the regulatory compliance framework, including applicable occupational regulations, environmental requirements, and industry standards relevant to the region’s operating businesses. The Director leads, develops, and mentors a team of EHS professionals. Team size and organizational structure will be aligned with the scope, complexity, and risk profile of the region’s operations. The role provides enterprise-level leadership to strengthen safety performance, reduce incidents, and advance next-generation approaches that improve both OHSE outcomes and operating efficiency. The Director brings broad experience leading both behavior-based and process-based safety programs and uses data-driven insights to achieve continuous improvement in key performance indicators such as LTIR, RIR, motor vehicle incidents, near misses, and safety observations. The Director also champions innovation in modern OHSE practices, including the application of advanced digital tools, data analytics, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and emerging technologies such as augmented reality to improve operational effectiveness and safety performance across Liberty. Accountabilities

• Lead implementation of Liberty's 5yr Strategic EHS Plan within the assigned Region to develop an interdependent culture reflective of a commitment to an illness and injury-free workplace.
• Foster collaboration within the assigned Region for the development and implementation of all Liberty EHS policies and procedures and integration of local procedures and work practices, job-specific, modality-specific, etc. with all affected functions including but not limited to: Operations, Engineering, Customer Care, etc.
• Prioritize tactical and oversee strategic direction on all Environmental, Health and Safety policies and programs which bear critical importance to overall corporate objectives, operations, and profitability of the various divisions within the assigned Region.
• Implement and support incident investigation protocols to prevent recurrence of incidents and to ensure information on incidents is shared appropriately within the assigned Region and across all Regions as applicable.
• Support the updating of Liberty EHS standards, policies and procedures as needed.
• Arrange technical support and training as needed to ensure daily optimal function of EHS Systems (Gensuite, MSDSOnline, ISNetworld, etc.)
• Handle planned and unplanned regulatory events such as but not limited to: requests for information, inspections, complaints, and any correspondence from governing bodies (ie. OSHA, Departments of Labor, Public Utility Commissions, Department of Transportation, etc.) and industry organizations to which Liberty is a member company (ie. AGA, EEI, ACPA, etc.)
• Participate in decision-making with regional leadership to ensure compliance with occupational regulations, corporate standards, and industry best practices where applicable.
• Support Corporate and Regional EHS teams as a liaison for projects, updates and modifications to EHS Systems as needed.
• Support due diligence efforts to evaluate prospective new assets for enterprise risk and compliance with EHS-related regulations.
• Lead coordination, teamwork and integration between internal and external stakeholders for a seamless asset transition with EHS operations within the assigned Region.
• Coordinate EHS metrics for Regional operating divisions to ensure accurate and timely EHS Reporting across the assigned Regi

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