Global EHS, Sustainability & Facilities Director

A Career at HARMAN
As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do every day.
Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Automotive
We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.
Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment
What You’ll Be Part Of
The EHS, Sustainability & Facilities Management Leader is responsible for establishing and executing the company’s strategy for Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS), sustainability, facilities, utilities, and physical infrastructure across global automotive manufacturing operations.
This role ensures that manufacturing facilities are safe, compliant, reliable, cost-effective, environmentally responsible, and capable of supporting current and future production requirements.
The position combines operational leadership with strategic planning, overseeing EHS compliance and performance, environmental sustainability and carbon reduction, facility infrastructure, utilities, maintenance of critical building systems, energy management, and capital investment planning.
The leader will establish global standards and compliance while ensuring that individual manufacturing sites meet applicable local regulatory requirements and business needs.
How You’ll Make An Impact
EHS
Establish and deploy global EHS strategy, standards, policies, objectives, KPIs, and reporting.
Provide functional leadership and build a high-performing, accountable global EHS organization.
Ensure compliance with applicable safety, health, environmental, and local regulatory requirements.
Promote a zero-incident, risk-elimination culture focused on injury prevention and high-risk hazard reduction.
Lead EHS certifications, audits, assessments, corrective actions, and continual improvement programs.
Integrate EHS requirements into new products, processes, equipment, technologies, expansions, and plant launches.
Oversee environmental compliance, including emissions, wastewater, hazardous materials, waste, permits, spills, and emergency response.
Embed EHS risk assessment into PFMEA, equipment reviews, ergonomics, machine safety, fire protection, and high-voltage operations.
Establish emergency-preparedness and crisis-management standards, conduct drills, and apply lessons learned.
Set global EHS requirements for contractors and suppliers performing construction, maintenance, installation, and environmental services.
Implement digital EHS systems, dashboards, automated reporting, and analytics as a single source of performance data.
Develop organizational capabilities through clear roles, competency standards, training, certification, talent, and succession plans.
Sustainability
Develop and execute a global manufacturing sustainability strategy aligned with corporate objectives and site roadmaps.
Reduce greenhouse gas and CO₂e emissions, energy use, water consumption, waste, and hazardous materials.
Increase renewable energy, recycling, material recovery, facility electrification, and sustainable design practices.
Establish measurable sustainability and energy KPIs, including energy and water use per unit produced.
Benchmark sites and identify high-impact processes, infrastructure, and opportunities for performance improvement.
Develop business cases that balance environmental impact, financial return, operational risk, and regulatory requirements.
Evaluate solar, battery storage, renewable-energy sourcing, electrification, and other appropriate technologies.
Optimize infrastructure through monitoring and sub-metering.
Integrate energy efficiency and sustainability requirements into capital planning, expansions, and new-facility standards.
Maintain environmental and energy management systems supporting ISO 14001, ISO 50001, and related standards.
Collaborate with suppliers and internal functions to advance supply-chain sustainability and responsible operations.
Track, analyze, and report progress through carbon accounting, dashboards, environmental data systems, and analytics.
Facilities
Provide strategic oversight of facility master planning, buildings, utilities, infrastructure, security, and maintenance systems.
Ensure facilities support production uptime, employee safety, regulatory compliance, cost effectiveness, and asset life.
Identify critical assets, assess infrastructure risk, and prevent facility systems from constraining manufacturing operations.
Develop business-continuity and recovery plans for utility loss, equipment failure, severe weather, flooding, fire-system impairment, and other disruptions.
Lead long-range facility capital planning, budgets, business cases, expansions, and standardized design requirements.
Prioritize investments by safety, compliance, production risk, reliability, sustainability, cost, and return on investment.
Establish asset inventories, criticality ratings, life-cycle plans, and replacement and refurbishment strategies.
Define preventive and predictive maintenance standards; monitor condition, reliability, cost, spare parts, and performance.
Set global requirements for facility contractors and suppliers based on safety, technical capability, quality, sustainability, cost, and compliance.
Develop and deploy global standards for facility design, utilities, fire protection, maintenance, emergency response, and KPIs.
Scale site best practices and strengthen collaboration among Plant Management, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and other functions.
Use building-management systems, IoT sensors, condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, dashboards, and analytics to improve reliability and decisions.
What Makes You A Strong Fit
Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Safety Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Facilities Management, Industrial Engineering, Environmental Science, Occupational Health & Safety, or a related discipline. An MBA, master’s degree, or equivalent advanced education is preferred.
10+ years of progressive experience in EHS, facilities, engineering, manufacturing, sustainability, or related disciplines.
Automotive manufacturing or automotive supply-chain experience strongly preferred.
Experience managing multiple manufacturing sites and working in a global matrixed organization.
Demonstrated experience with facility capital planning, infrastructure, environmental and safety regulations, and sustainability-program implementation.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and major capital projects.
Strategic thinking and global leadership
Manufacturing knowledge and financial/business acumen
Risk, project, change, and crisis management
Continuous improvement and data-driven decision making
Strong communication, problem solving, and influencing without direct authority
Cross-cultural leadership
Things To Know
Ability to work from an office in Querétaro or Juarez, Mexico, 3+ days per week (hybrid).
What You Can Expect
HARMAN offers a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities, professional training and competitive market base compensation. You will also receive top-notch employee discounts on Harman’s Consumer Audio (JBL, AKG, HARMAN Kardon) and Samsung products.
Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global friendly working atmosphere and good work-life-balance.
Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies which also includes extensive technical trainings.
Internal talent management leadership acceleration programs.
“Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.
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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.