Vice President of Health, Safety and Environmental

Job ID:  526193

CRH's Americas Materials, a division of CRH, is the leading vertically integrated supplier of aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete and paving and construction services in North America.  Our operations span North America with over 28,000 employees at close to 1,600 locations in 43 US States and 2 Canadian provinces.

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Position Overview

 

The Division VP of Health, Safety and Environmental is a hands-on, field‑oriented player‑coach role that drives step‑change improvement in safety performance by influencing leaders, coaching frontline teams, and leading change where work happens.

This role is less about serving as an enterprise policy steward and more about making safety real, practical, and lived every day across operations. The leader sets clear expectations aligned with CRH and AMAT standards, but wins through presence, credibility, and the ability to move the organization forward. This position reports to the Division President.

 

Key Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Functions)

 

Visible Safety Leadership (Player–Coach)

• Act as a consistent, credible presence in plants, yards, and jobsites
• Coach leaders to own safety as part of running the business
• Model expected behaviors and build leadership capability at all levels

 

Culture & Performance Improvement

• Lead safety as a behavior-driven culture, not a compliance exercise
• Challenge legacy practices and close gaps between expectations and execution
• Translate incidents and trends into meaningful learning and behavior change

 

Practical Standards & Risk Focus

• Ensure HSE standards are clear, simplified, and effectively applied
• Focus the organization on highest-risk exposures (e.g., energy isolation, transportation, slips/trips/falls)
• Drive consistency while maintaining operational practicality

 

Execution Discipline & Leading Indicators

• Establish a safety operating rhythm with clear accountability and follow-through
• Prioritize meaningful leading indicators (field engagement, pre-task planning, fatigue risk)
• Use data to drive insight, decisions, and action—not reporting volume

 

Leadership Capability & Integration

• Develop supervisors and managers to strengthen safety ownership
• Position safety teams as coaches and enablers to the business
• Embed safety into onboarding, leadership development, and performance management

 

Serious Risk & Incident Leadership

• Maintain strong focus on serious injury and fatality prevention
• Lead high-potential incident response and ensure rapid, practical learning
• Strengthen emergency preparedness and response capability

 

Growth, Risk & Governance

• Lead HSE strategy, programs, and performance across the division
• Oversee compliance, incident management, audits, and regulatory relationships
• Support acquisitions and integrations with a practical, field-based approach

 

Qualifications

 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

 

Education/Experience

 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Hygiene or Safety/Health related field and over 10 years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Master’s Degree is preferred.

 

Knowledge/Skill Requirements

 

• Ability to read and comprehend complex written and verbal instructions, correspondence, and memos. 
• Ability to write complex correspondence. 
• Ability to carefully articulate and clearly communicate both specific technical information and creatively compose development strategies. 
• Ability to effectively participate in and speak to large groups.  Advanced presentation skills required.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 
• Ability to comprehend scientific formulas.  
• Detailed working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. 
• Ability to effectively navigate and research regulatory agency and industry related web content.

 

Competencies

 

• Effective communication, leadership skills, strategic mindset, ability to drive vision, creative writing, clear and analytical thinking, creative presentation abilities, speaking clearly and effectively in front of large and small groups, and organization abilities.
• Demonstrated success leading safety improvement in heavy industry or field‑based operations
• Track record of influencing behavior and culture—not just systems
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and through change
• Experience in multi‑site or matrixed organizations preferred

 

 

Physical Requirements

 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear. 
• The employee is frequently required to sit, climb, and use hands to handle or feel.  The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, crawl, kneel, bend, and reach with hands and arms above their shoulders. 
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move anywhere up to 40 lbs. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

 

Work Environment

 

Office Environment and Field Visits including Plants, Pits, Shops and job sites, hotels and conference rooms. This position will require 40% to 60% travel.

 

 

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

 

 About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

 

 If you’re up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!

 

CRH Americas Materials Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

 EOE/Vet/Disability

 

CRH is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

 

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