Director, Industrial EHS
Functional leader
Career Explorer · Real Estate, Workplace, Facilities & EHS · Industrial EHS Management
Standard where organizational scale supports the level
What the role involves
- Autonomy
- Department / major product or regional function
- Scope
- Department / major product or regional function
- Time horizon
- 1-2 years
- Expertise and judgement
- Sets functional strategy, operating model and investment priorities
- Expected impact
- Department/business outcomes
Expected skills (23)
Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.
Human (12)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Decision making Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Delegation Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Executive communication Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Feedback delivery Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Risk judgment Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Stakeholder management Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Strategic thinking Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Talent development Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Conflict resolution Communication & Influence | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Inclusive leadership Collaboration & Leadership | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Safety-first judgment Operational Human Skills | Supporting | P4 | Models and institutionalizes Safety-first judgment across teams. |
Professional (11)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Financial acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Performance management Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Ergonomics Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Ergonomics, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| ISO 14001 Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for ISO 14001, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| ISO 45001 Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for ISO 45001, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Incident investigation Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Incident investigation, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Industrial hygiene Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Industrial hygiene, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Job Safety Analysis (JSA), integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Resource management Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Safety management systems Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Safety management systems, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
Career ladder
Reached from
Next steps
- Senior Director, Industrial EHSM4Management promotion
Move from department leadership to large multi-portfolio leadership; integrate functions, influence enterprise decisions and strengthen the leadership pipeline.
What changes to advance
Move from department leadership to large multi-portfolio leadership; integrate functions, influence enterprise decisions and strengthen the leadership pipeline.
Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; SFIA; PMI · MF377-M3