Harmon, Inc.

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOG), founded in 1949 and headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Apogee is a growing, profitable company with annual revenues approaching $1.3 billion. It provides distinctive metal and glass solutions for enclosing commercial buildings, and glass and acrylic solutions for picture framing and display applications. Brands in the Apogee family are Alumicor, EFCO, Harmon, Linetec, Tru Vue, Tubelite, Viracon, and Wausau. www.apog.com

Architectural Services (Harmon)is a segment within Apogee which is a leading glass and glazing subcontractor, serving customers across the U.S. We bring together technical capability, project management skills, and field installation services to manage our clients' building façade projects.

Position Summary

The Harmon Environmental Health & Safety Director is responsible for providing segment-wide leadership, strategy, governance, and accountability for safety, health, and environmental compliance across manufacturing facilities, field installation operations, and operational support groups.

In partnership with Harmon operations and manufacturing leadership, this role drives a proactive, world-class safety culture that protects employees, ensures regulatory compliance, and supports operational excellence across all areas of the business, including curtainwall fabrication and field installation.

Key Responsibilities

Harmon EHS Strategy
- Develop and lead the Harmon safety vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap aligned with business objectives
- Establish annual safety goals, KPIs, and leading and lagging indicators
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including behavior-based safety programs
- Lead enterprise risk identification, assessment, and mitigation strategies across manufacturing and field environments
- Integrate design-for-safety principles into engineering, fabrication, and installation processes
Governance and Compliance
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations across all locations and job sites
- Develop, implement, and maintain corporate safety policies, standards, and procedures
- Oversee incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action processes
- Lead enterprise audit and inspection programs across manufacturing sites and field operations
- Maintain compliance programs
- Establish and oversee plant protection and site safety/security programs
Leadership and Culture
- Drive leadership accountability and ownership of safety performance at all levels
- Foster a proactive safety culture focused on hazard recognition, prevention, and employee engagement
- Work with Territory regional superintendents, foster, support, train, to build a world class safety program on our jobsites.
- Engage as needed with General Contractor Safety leaders to build peer-to-peer relationships on jobsites, for an engaging safety program that works for both Harmon and the GC.
- Develop Safety leaders
- Review current org structure with Safety Reps and provide better or updated role clarity for that position
- Lead enterprise safety communications, engagement strategies, and cultural transformation initiatives
Segment Oversight
- Review and evaluate safety performance across manufacturing facilities and field projects
- Analyze trends, leading indicators, and incident data to reduce risk and prevent injuries
- Standardize safety reporting, dashboards, and performance metrics
- Escalate significant risks and incidents to executive leadership
- Benchmark and implement industry best practices to continuously improve safety performance
Training and Development
- Establish enterprise-wide safety training standards for plant, operations Project Managers and field employees Ensure comprehensive onboarding safety programs for all new hires and Harmon Hired subcontractors
- Oversee task-specific training
- Develop leadership safety competency programs and ongoing training requirements
Other Responsibilities
- Provide leadership for budget development to support EHS business objectives.
- Conduct audits, inspections, and hazard assessments across all locations
- Support environmental and sustainability initiatives
- Provide leadership across multiple sites and ensure consistency of EHS systems

Experience & Skills

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field,
Preferred OSHA 500/502 Training

Experience:

10+ years of construction or manufacturing experience required with a large matrixed company environment
7+ years in EHS
7+ years of management experience including training and development

Required Skills:

Excellent communication skills
Strong negotiation skills
Excellent leadership and management skills
Extensive industry knowledge
Strong cross-functional collaboration and effective business partnering capabilities.
Strong customer focus and interpersonal skills.
Excellent analytical, problem solving, planning, and organizational skills.
Knowledge of industry trends and best practices in EHS to continuously improve the organization’s EHS programs

Travel requirement is 30-40%.

The salary range for this position is $165,000-$200,000 + annual bonus opportunity.

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Our Benefits

We care about and invest in our employees. We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support their well-being and foster professional development. Here is a glimpse of what you can look forward to if you join our team.

Competitive Benefits Package for employees and their dependents (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability)
Incentive Plans
401(k) with employer contribution and match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan with employer match
Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Time)
Paid Holidays
Tuition Reimbursement Program
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Wellness Program
Training and Career Progression

Apogee and our brands are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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