Vice President of Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Beacon Mobility is currently seeking a people focused safety professional with a diverse background and successful track record in driving sustained injury and risk reduction. The right candidate for the Vice President of Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) will drive the execution of the organization's enterprise strategy across transportation operations. This leader will support and enhance a culture where safety is the outcome of demonstrating Beacon Mobility's core values We Care, We Do the Right Thing, We Collaborate, and We Have Fun! The Vice President will establish and leverage strong relationships with Operations, Fleet Maintenance, Human Resources, Risk Management, Legal, and senior leadership to reduce incidents, strengthen visibility, mitigate risk, and improve employee engagement across a geographically dispersed workforce. This role serves as the senior subject matter expert for occupational safety, driver safety, crisis response, and regulatory affairs while advancing an engaged, data-driven safety culture focused on creating the best rider experience. Leadership Philosophy Creating the best rider experience by leveraging people focused technology. The Vice President will use data, artificial intelligence, telematics, and modern safety tools to enhance human judgment, strengthen prevention in support of a caring, reliable, and connected transportation experience. Strategic Leadership Execute and improve an enterprise EHS strategy aligned with business priorities, growth, and operational goals. Leverage a team of directors to drive clarity and alignment on safety expectations, scalable processes, and continual improvement conversations. Serve as a trusted advisor to operations leadership and the executive team on safety, health, and risk. Safety Management & Risk Reduction Partner with safety, operations and people team leaders to achieve measurable injury improvements. Drive measurable reductions in vehicle incidents and workers' compensation claims. Leverage analysis models to drive corrective action, and verification of sustained improvements. Environmental Compliance & Sustainability Support compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental requirements. Oversee programs related to industry relevant OSHA regulations and injury risks. Partner with Fleet, Facilities and Operations on electrification, emissions reduction, and environmentally responsible operating practices. Incident Response & Crisis Management Serve as the lead for serious collisions, injuries, environmental events, and other significant incidents. Ensure timely escalation, investigation, reporting, communication, and corrective action. Partner with Legal, Risk, People, Facilities, Fleet, and Operations during major events. Maintain emergency preparedness, response protocols, and business continuity coordination. Training & Safety Culture Support effective safety onboarding, required certifications, recurrent training, and field coaching. Promote employee engagement, behavioral safety practices, recognition, and shared accountability. Equip leaders to communicate safety expectations clearly and reinforce them consistently.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, environmental management, engineering, industrial hygiene, risk management, business administration, or a related field. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered.12 or more years of progressive EHS, safety, risk, or operational leadership experience, including senior leadership responsibility in a complex, multi-site organization. Proven success leading safety transformation, regulatory compliance, incident reduction, and culture change across geographically dispersed operations. Strong working knowledge of transportation safety, occupational safety, environmental compliance, fleet risk, and crisis management. Executive communication skills with the ability to influence operators, functional leaders, senior executives, regulators, and external partners.
Preferred Credentials:
Master's degree in a relevant discipline.
Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), or comparable credential.
OSHA 30-hour General Industry training and advanced incident investigation training.
Core Competencies:- Executive leadership
- Strategic planning
- Regulatory compliance
- Environmental stewardship
- Risk reduction
- Crisis leadership
- Data-driven decision making
- Safety culture development
- Change management
- Operational partnership
- Continuous improvement
- Executive communication
- Measures of Success
- Reduced vehicle incidents and severity
- Reduced employee injuries and workers' compensation cost
- Strong regulatory, audit, and corrective action performance
- Improved employee engagement and leader accountability for safety
- Effective executive and board visibility into EHS performance
Salary Range: $200,000 - $225,000 base salary plus 25% bonus
Beacon Mobility is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Beacon Mobility makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. Beacon Mobility is a growing family of companies committed to serving the diverse needs of our customers. Experienced, compassionate, and inspired, we take pride in our ability to create customized, mobility-based solutions that empower people to get where they need to go. Our purpose is simple - MOBILITY WITHOUT LIMITS: Transporting people to live, learn, and achieve. We are dedicated to providing those we serve with the opportunities, resources, and support to confidently move ahead. We support safe, compassionate, and inclusive environments that provide our communities with the mobility solutions they need to flourish and succeed. Backed by nearly 70 years of experience, Beacon Mobility operations can be found in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Minnesota providing support to over 10,000 employees in over 1,300 communities through the delivery of Paratransit and School Bus services leveraging a fleet of over 6,500 vehicles.
