Vice President, Environmental Health & Safety

The Vice President, Environmental Health & Safety at White Cap in North Carolina leads the enterprise EHS strategy for a large construction supply business. Responsibilities include developing EHS strategies, advising leadership, ensuring compliance with regulations, and overseeing safety programs. The role requires significant experience and involves 35-50% travel. The work environment is primarily indoor and comfortable, with occasional light physical tasks.
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Job Summary

Responsible for leading the enterprise-wide EHS strategy for a large, distributed construction supply business with branches, distribution centers, fulfillment centers, fleet operations, and field-based services. Set the vision for a proactive, data-driven safety culture that protects associates, customers, contractors, physical assets, and the organization’s brand and regulatory standing. Partner closely with internal cross-functional leaders to drive safety excellence, compliance, and operational integration.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities
• Develops and executes a multi‑year, enterprise EHS strategy aligned with operational needs and business growth, including M&A integration.
• Advises the Executive Leadership Team and Board on EHS performance, risks, compliance, and emerging trends; oversees enterprise EHS reporting and dashboards.
• Leads the enterprise EHS roadmap, including technology enablement, policy modernization, and major change initiatives.
• Sets clear expectations, accountability, and leadership ownership for a world‑class safety culture.
• Oversees incident prevention, investigation, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and transparent reporting; partners with Risk to reduce claims and workers’ compensation costs.
• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal environmental regulations and oversees environmental audits, permitting, reporting, and remediation.
• Provides oversight to operational sustainability efforts, including waste minimization and responsible materials handling.
• Plans training, coaching, and tools to strengthen frontline safety capabilities and ensures strong EHS field presence and technical expertise.
• Leads safety programs across branches, DCs, MFCs, fleet operations, and field services; drives TRIR and SIF reduction through leading indicators and analytics.
• Establishes consistent EHS policies, audit programs, and governance frameworks; leads enterprise EHS systems, documentation standards, and digital platforms.

Nature and Scope
• Problems are complex and difficult. Solutions require complicated, extensive analysis and detailed investigation.
• Sets or changes the operational plans/goals of an area/business.
• Leads major business processes or support functions to execute company strategies.

Work Environment
• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
• Typically requires overnight travel 35% to 50% of the time.

Education and Experience
• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 10+ years of experience in a related field with at least 8+ years of experience in a senior leadership role in a business unit or support organization.

Preferred Qualifications
• 12-15+ years of progressive EHS leadership in large, distributed, operationally complex environments.
• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s preferred. CSP, CIH, CHMM, or similar certifications strongly preferred.
• Experience with multi-site field operations and large transportation/fleet operations.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA, DOT, EPA, and state/local regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrated success leading or transforming an EHS function. Experience in high-growth or M&A environments preferred.

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Functional Area Corporate Operations

Work Type Remote

Recruiter Dibbern, Lexi

Req ID WCJR-031401

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