Vice President of HSE

POSITION OBJECTIVE

The Vice President of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) provides strategic leadership and direction for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of MICON Group, Inc.'s health, safety, and environmental programs and management systems.

This role leads a centralized HSE organization supporting all operating companies, with HSE personnel reporting through Senior Directors to the Vice President. The position is responsible for establishing a world-class HSE culture that protects employees, supports operational excellence, ensures regulatory compliance, and enables the successful execution of the Company's business objectives.

As a key member of the leadership team, the Vice President partners closely with operational and functional leaders to integrate HSE principles into decision-making, risk management, workforce development, and business planning.

The Vice President drives enterprise-wide HSE strategy, governance, and performance while fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement across all levels of the organization. Operations leadership owns safety performance, while the HSE organization, under the Vice President's leadership, owns the Company's HSE management system, enterprise standards, governance, and assurance processes.

Through visible leadership, strong business acumen, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, this position advances organizational capability, strengthens customer confidence, and supports safe, compliant, and profitable growth throughout the Company.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

An employee in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed below. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The following list reflects the general details necessary to describe the primary and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned.

1. Enterprise HSE Strategy: Establish and execute the Company's enterprise-wide Health, Safety, and Environmental strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, growth initiatives, operational priorities, and the Company's long-term vision.
2. Safety Culture and Leadership: Serve as the executive sponsor of the Company's safety culture, driving organizational accountability and reinforcing safety as a core value through visible leadership, strategic communication, and engagement with leaders at all levels of the organization.
3. Executive Advisement: Advise and influence executive leadership on HSE-related risks, opportunities, and business decisions, ensuring safety, environmental stewardship, and operational risk management are integrated into corporate planning and strategy.
4. HSE Governance and Management Systems: Provide executive oversight of the Company's HSE management systems, governance framework, policies, standards, and procedures, ensuring consistency, effectiveness, compliance, and continuous improvement across all business units, regions, and operating environments.
5. Enterprise Risk Management: Lead enterprise risk management efforts related to health, safety, and environmental performance. Proactively identify emerging risks and develop strategies that protect employees, customers, assets, business continuity, and the Company's reputation while enabling safe and profitable operations.
6. Performance Measurement and Accountability: Establish performance metrics, governance processes, and accountability frameworks that measure organizational effectiveness, drive data-informed decision-making, and promote continuous improvement through the analysis of leading and lagging indicators, industry benchmarking, and operational performance trends.
7. Organizational Leadership and Talent Development: Build, develop, and lead a high-performing HSE organization, fostering leadership development, succession planning, talent management, organizational effectiveness, and workforce capability to support the Company's evolving operational and strategic needs.
8. Incident and Crisis Management: Provide executive leadership and oversight during significant incidents, crises, regulatory matters, and high-risk events. Ensure appropriate response, investigation, stakeholder communication, root cause analysis, organizational learning, and implementation of corrective actions to pr