Director, Occupational Health- Americas

Henkel

Henkel

Westlake, OH, USA

USD 150k-180k / year

Posted on Apr 11, 2026

What you´ll do

  • This role elevates occupational health to an enterprise risk discipline ensuring consistent governance, executive visibility, and accountable performance across 48 sites across North America and Latin America.
  • This leader will set the strategy, standards, and operating cadence required to measurably reduce exposure-related risk and liability, lower incident frequency and severity, and strengthen regulatory compliance, while enabling operational continuity.
  • The role will drive execution through industrial hygiene including enterprise exposure risk assessments, monitoring strategies and sampling plans, critical program governance (e.g., chemical hygiene, respiratory protection, and ergonomics).
  • Operating within a lean model, this role influences site teams and external partners while providing direct Safety, Health, Environmental (SHE) support to a defined network of sites.

What makes you a good fit

  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred in Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, or a closely related discipline.
  • Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) required; additional credentials (e.g., CSP, COHN/COHN-S) a plus.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in occupational health/industrial hygiene, including multi-site leadership and program standardization in complex, regulated environments.
  • Willingness to travel 40%

Some benefits of joining Henkel

  • Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
  • Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
  • Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
  • Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $150,000.00 - $180,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

JOB ID: 26093836

Job Locations: United States, CT, Rocky Hill, CT | United States, MI, Madison Heights, MI | United States, NJ, Bridgewater, NJ | United States, OH, Westlake, OH

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