Regional EHS Director, Latin America (LAM) - Bilingual (Hybrid)

Location: Monterrey, NL Mexico

Come Build the World with Us

This is the career you’ve been waiting for your whole life. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven, and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in sixty countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black & Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems for thousands of Commercial & Residential Contractors, Advanced DYIers and Consumers with our DEWALT, Craftsman and Black and Decker power tool ranges. We are committed to delivering the best quality product to our users so that they can deliver quality results. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

What You’ll Do

This role was formed to provide centralized leadership and resources for individual site EHS functional teams to assure baseline compliance programs are in place and functioning, and that material compliance and SBD corporate obligations are consistently met.

As part of the Corporate EHS Team, the Regional EHS Leader has ownership of, management system program development, execution, and material regulatory compliance at all sites in the regional portfolio.

To achieve success all sites in the Regional EHS Leader's portfolio will meet all material EHS regulatory and SBD requirements. Regulatory compliance and safe work performance are core elements of the sites license to operate.

This role includes providing EHS managerial oversight of operations in their portfolio. Specifically, you’ll:

- Influence and collaborate with site and business leaders
- Provide sites with technical support, expertise, direction, leadership, strategic planning, and prioritization to achieve EHS performance objectives aligned to corporate goals
- Plan, direct, and execute on EHS initiatives to enhance the safety culture, and identify, evaluate, and control risks necessary to drive improvements in EHS performance and operating efficiency
- Drives hazard identification, environmental aspect identification,



and risk assessment programs to identify strategic risk improvement opportunities and gaps in health, safety, and environmental compliance obligations.
- Assess facility programs and corporate EHS audit program elements against performance standards and direct short-term planning actions to set targets and objectives for the site and drives actions to completion.
- Ensures ongoing compliance with all environmental permits, regulations, and reporting requirements for assigned facilities
- Ensure timely incident reporting and investigations completed to identify root causes with corrective and preventive action plans & lead Sustainable Corrective Action Reviews
- Support sites with incident and claim management
- Establish effective safety, energy, waste, and water data verification/validation processes (assurance)
- Report on regional EHS risks, KPIs and trends accurately with data and recommend constructive actions towards continuous improvements
- Interface with regulatory agencies on compliance matters to minimize impact to the business, prepare local teams for agency inspections and interactions, and support and lead site team on all information requests from government agencies
- Development and onboarding of Site EHS and Site Leaders
- Mentor and develop EHS staff and facility EHS resources
- Drive execution of M&A; activities, and ensure full integration of newly acquired sites into SBD EHS Management System
- Establish a sense of urgency to mitigate emergent high-risk matters, including on-site response to emergencies

This position reports directly to the VP, Environmental, Health & Safety, or as otherwise directed.

Note – The definition of a ‘Site’ shall include manufacture, distribution, service centre, office, laboratory and field service location or activities undertaken by or on behalf of Stanley Black & Decker.

Who You Are

You’re a curious problem solver who has the ability to bring big ideas to life. You’re creative and scrappy but can navigate a large organization with ease. You’re agile and adaptable and ensure we deliver top-notch customer experiences, always. You also have:

- 8+ years of relevant experience in Occupational Safety, Health,



and Environmental Management in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment (preferably integral diversified company), with 3-5 years leading program at the corporate level.
- Bachelor’s Degree in EHS management, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, Health & Safety, Environmental Engineering, or closely related discipline. Master’s degree preferred.
- In-depth knowledge of environmental compliance, health and safety management, regulatory, legal systems, and sustainability framework.
- The region leader interprets, translates, and supports the implementation for execution for EHS programs and policies at the site
- Ability to direct teams, manage and develop individuals. The regional leader works closely with site leaders and other department managers to execute the programs.
- Possess leadership skills, problem solving skills and an ability to take ownership.
- Flexibility is required to respond to emergencies. Domestic and occasional international travel required up to 50%.
- English and Spanish proficiency (speaking, reading and writing) required, Portuguese as a third language a plus.

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan.

How You’ll Feel

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our Lean Academy, Coursera® and online university.

Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools and storage company and #2 security solutions provider, with a leading presence in engineered fastening. We are visionaries. Industry 4.0 innovators. As successful as we have been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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📌 EHS Director LATAM (Monterrey)
🏢 Stanley Black & Decker
📍 Monterrey