Director of Environmental Health and Safety Services

Position Summary

Schwarz Partners is seeking a Director of Environmental Health & Safety Services to provide strategic EHS leadership across our family of businesses. This role serves as an enterprise resource and trusted advisor to operations leaders, plant leadership teams, and executive leadership across multiple manufacturing and operational environments.

The Director of EHS Services is responsible for helping our businesses continuously improve safety performance, strengthen regulatory compliance, reduce risk, and build sustainable processes that support operational excellence. While the role does not directly manage EHS activities at each location, it serves as a center of expertise, providing guidance, coaching, systems, tools, and support that help our teams become safer and more effective.

This position reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer and works closely with business leaders across Schwarz Partners, including our corrugated packaging, sheet feeder, display, logistics, recycling, and manufacturing operations.

Schwarz Partners, LP. is one of the largest independent manufacturers of corrugated sheets and packaging materials in the U.S. Through our family of companies, we continuously build and strengthen our capabilities. You’ll find our products wherever goods are packaged, shipped, and sold—from innovative retail packaging to colorful in-store displays at pharmacies and grocers. Schwarz Partners is built around the idea that independence and innovation go hand in hand. Our structure allows us to adapt to change quickly, get new ideas off the ground, and thrive in the marketplace. Our people are valued as individuals and empowered to tap into their talents, build their skills, and grow with us.

What Success Looks Like

The successful candidate will:

• Foster a safety culture where every employee returns home safely each day.
• Partner with business leaders to set objectives to continuously improve EHS performance and reduce organizational risk.
• Develop practical processes and systems that support safe and efficient operations.
• Serve as a trusted resource during significant incidents, investigations, audits, and regulatory interactions.
• Build strong relationships across all businesses and influence without direct authority.
• Help create consistency in EHS standards while recognizing the unique needs of each operating company.
• Support leaders in identifying opportunities to improve safety, compliance, training, and overall operational discipline.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise EHS Leadership

• Provide strategic EHS leadership across multiple operating companies.
• Develop and maintain company-wide EHS programs, standards, and best practices.
• Monitor emerging regulatory requirements and communicate impacts to business leadership.
• Promote continuous improvement through effective measurement, reporting, and accountability.

Risk Management & Compliance

• Oversee compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, DOT, and related regulatory requirements.
• Support facilities during inspections, audits, investigations, and regulatory interactions.
• Partner with business leaders to identify and mitigate operational risks.
• Coordinate responses to significant incidents and ensure appropriate follow-up actions are implemented.

Business Partnership

• Serve as a consultant and advisor to business leaders, plant managers, and local EHS professionals.
• Provide guidance on safety strategy, training initiatives, environmental compliance, and risk reduction efforts.
• Help leaders implement practical solutions that improve outcomes without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Share best practices and lessons learned across the organization.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Drive consistency in reporting, training, investigations, audits, and corrective action processes.
• Lead initiatives that improve operational discipline and strengthen EHS management systems.
• Utilize data and analytics to identify trends, opportunities, and emerging risks.
• Support the development and implementation of technology and tools that enhance EHS performance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or related field.
• 10 years of progressive EHS leadership experience.
• Experience supporting multiple facilities, regions, or business units.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, and related regulations.
• Manufacturing, packaging, logistics, recycling, paper, or industrial operations experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and drive change across complex organizations.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills.
• CSP, CIH, CHMM, or similar professional certification preferred.

Why This Role Matters

At Schwarz Partners, we believe safety and operational excellence go hand in hand. This role provides a unique opportunity to impact multiple businesses and thousands of employees by helping our operating companies strengthen their safety culture, improve compliance, reduce risk, and build better systems for the future.

The Director of EHS is more than a compliance leader. This individual helps our businesses become better, stronger, and safer organizations.