Global Environmental, Health, and Safety Director

The Global Director of Environmental Health, Safety, Sustainability & Engineering is responsible for developing, managing, and executing strategic initiatives and priorities across all PCG divisions worldwide. This role leads a global team operating in the USCA, LATAM, EMEAI, and APAC regions and provides compliance and risk management support to Sherwin-Williams operations and customers utilizing Sherwin-Williams products.

This position drives initiatives across PCG facilities, automotive branches, R&D laboratories, and Repair Centers. The Director ensures business continuity by maintaining compliance with local, state, federal, global, and company standards. Additionally, the role oversees fire safety engineering and asset maintenance for all PCG facilities and automotive branches in North America.

Travel is up to 20%.

This role will report to the Sherwin-Williams Global Headquarters located at: 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, OH 44113.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

• Define and execute strategic initiatives to protect employees and safeguard the Sherwin-Williams brand while supporting global operations and customer service.
• Develop and implement safety and risk mitigation programs, plans, and processes that significantly reduce operational risk.
• Drive engineering solutions and foster a culture of safety and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders in sales, marketing, operations, HR, and legal to ensure alignment with corporate objectives.
• Manage global contractors to ensure projects comply with local requirements and are executed effectively.

• Implement and maintain an Environmental Management System (EMS) to ensure compliance with local regulations and Sherwin-Williams standards.
• Coordinate with the North America Corporate Environmental team to ensure timely submission of annual waste management reports.
• Respond promptly to government inspections and provide formal, compliant responses within required timelines.
• Oversee and manage contractors across multiple countries to ensure environmental compliance and successful execution of tank removals and other decommissioning projects in accordance with Sherwin-Williams standards.

• Develop and implement an occupational health monitoring strategy for all PCG operations.
• Coordinate with corporate occupational health teams and external consultants to ensure timely and accurate employee exposure testing.
• Implement measures to minimize chemical exposure, including the design and maintenance of effective ventilation systems.

• Develop and implement safety policies and procedures in alignment with local, state, federal, and global regulations.
• Monitor and stay current on global regulatory changes to ensure proactive compliance.
• Provide crisis management leadership across all PCG divisions during emergencies, including natural disasters, ensuring employee support, environmental cleanup coordination, and rapid business recovery.
• Design and deliver training materials for managers, blending operations, and automotive branch leadership.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of Safe Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) to promote consistent safety practices.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date training documentation, facility layouts, and other critical compliance records.
• Ensure all operational and fire permits are properly documented and accessible to support inspections.
• Identify and implement appropriate equipment and training solutions to reduce safety-related incidents; evaluate and recommend new processes for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with engineering teams across all divisions to support projects, contractor hiring and training, and budget…