Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Your role

The Associate Director for EHS is a critical position within Vantive’s Global Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) organization, primarily responsible for best-in-class performance across Vantive’s sites globally in the U.S, LATAM, Europe and Asia.

Location: Germany (Fully Remote)

What you'll be doing

• Guiding other EHS professionals overseeing compliance with applicable safety and occupational health regulations worldwide

• Acting in a leadership capacity across all business areas to ensure effective implementation of global safety and occupational health programs and driving a harm-free workplace culture

• Developing and driving consistent application of policies, procedures and programs worldwide

• Lead the organization’s ergonomic design strategy to further mitigate long-term risk

• Developing safety and occupational health programs based upon data and trends to mitigate risk of injury / illness

• Participate in audit programs to evaluate conformance to corporate and regulatory standards

• Recommending approaches to improve safety and occupational health outcomes and communicating technical solutions in layman’s terms

• Interacting collaboratively with global and site EHS leadership to drive continuous improvement; Serve in a leadership role supporting business unit leaders, engineering, and local operations to ensure effective execution of Safety and Occupational Health programs

• Providing data and trend analysis to effectively lead changes where needed and drive alignment of local site Safety and Occupational Health programs with business objectives

• Overseeing adoption and implementation of Safety and Occupational Health policies and programs at new operational sites and R&D locations

• Manage integration of safety and occupational health (e.g. ergonomic) design criteria into capital engineering designs

• Manage global programs such as Machine Guarding, Powered Industrial Trucks, Lockout / Tagout, Industrial Hygiene and others

• Support implementation of digital management systems

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in safety, science, or engineering required; Master’s degree preferred

• Minimum of 10 years of safety, occupational health or related experience and 5 years in management as a people leader

• Deep technical experience in safety and occupational health

• Experience managing and/or leading safety and occupational health programs at international level

• Ability to translate safety and occupational health knowledge into concrete business plans

• Ability to lead global cross-site and cross-functional teams

• EHS related certifications preferred

• Fluent in English

Have we sparked your interest?

If you like the sound of the above role, can thrive in a fast-paced working environment and are excited about working in a learning and growth culture, then we’d love to talk to you. Apply directly on our Online System.

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