Head of Environmental, Health

Job Description

Company: Addverb Technologies USA, inc.

Role: Head of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS)

Position: Exempt, Full Time, Hybrid

Location: Louisville, KY ; on-site

Travel Expectations: 50-60%

Reporting to: COO of Americas

About the role:

Addverb Technologies USA is hiring its first Head of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) to own safety for all US operations: our Irvine, CA / Louisville, KY / Fremont, CA offices, customer warehouses and distribution centers where our teams install, commission, and support automation systems - nationwide.

Addverb designs and deploys warehouse automation, including AS/RS, shuttles, mobile robots, sorters and conveyors. Our US business is about $40M today and is planned to grow to $100M over the next five years, with more sites, more field technicians and more resident engineers at customer facilities.

This person builds the EHS program that growth needs. They make sure every Addverb employee works safely on site, that every system we ship comes with the energy control documentation our customers need, and that Addverb meets OSHA and state-plan requirements wherever we operate. It is a hands-on role today with scope to build a team as the business grows.

What's in it for you:

• Premium Comprehensive PPO health insurance plans
• Dental, Vision, LTD, AD&D, Life coverages offered along with other extra optional coverages offered
• Monthly Dependent Medical Coverage Allowance
• Affluent Vacation & Sick Leave Package
• Major Paid Holidays
• 4% 401(k) Retirement company contribution, no waiting period
• Monthly Phone and Internet Allowance
• Corporate Credit Card
• Team Events & Trips
• Opportunities for career development as we’re expanding rapidly in the North American market

Key responsibilities:

Build and own the US EHS program

• Design, document and maintain Addverb US safety programs: energy control (LOTO), electrical safety (NFPA 70E), PPE, hazard communication, working at heights, powered industrial trucks, incident reporting and contractor safety
• Set the written policies, procedures and forms, and keep them current as regulations and operations change
• Own OSHA recordkeeping (300/300A/301 logs), incident investigations and root cause analysis

Regulatory compliance and agency response

• Serve as Addverb’s point of contact for federal OSHA and state-plan agencies (for example Cal/OSHA and IOSHA)
• Lead responses to complaints, inquiries, inspections and citations, including corrective action plans and follow-up
• Track regulatory changes across the states where Addverb operates

Field and customer-site safety

• Make sure Addverb technicians, resident engineers and subcontractors work safely at customer sites during installation, commissioning and service
• Coordinate with host employers on energy control, PPE and site rules, including the exchange of lockout procedures under 29 CFR 1910.147(f)(2)
• Conduct site audits and pre-job safety planning; stop unsafe work when needed

Machine and product safety

• Partner with engineering to develop machine-specific energy control procedures and LOTO placards for every Addverb system, delivered as a standard part of each installation
• Support risk assessments and conformance to relevant standards (for example ANSI B11, ANSI/A3 R15.06, ANSI/ASSP Z244.1, NFPA 79, ANSI/ITSDF B56.5)
• Review customer handover documentation so customers can adopt Addverb procedures into their own programs

Training and qualification

• Build the training matrix and certification records for all US employees, including authorized-employee LOTO, qualified-person electrical training and OSHA 10/30
• Run periodic inspections of energy control procedures and certify them annually

Metrics, reporting and customer requirements

• Report safety performance (TRIR, DART, EMR, near misses, audit findings) to leadership monthly
• Manage contractor prequalification platforms customers require (such as ISNetworld or Avetta) and respond to customer safety questionnaires in RFPs
• Work with insurance brokers on loss control and EMR

Scale with the business

• Build a plan for EHS headcount and tools as the business grows toward $100M, and hire and lead site safety staff when needed
• Work with Addverb’s global EHS funct