Group EHS Director - Military Aircraft Group

Location: Fully remote, or hybrid if local to Buffalo, New York, United States

Salary: $185,000–$215,000 annually for the Buffalo, NY location

Company

hirify.global develops aerospace and defense technologies and operates the Military Aircraft Group across multiple locations.

What you will do

• Lead the Military Aircraft Group’s environmental, health, and safety strategy, compliance framework, programs, and standard systems across all sites.
• Develop and manage EHS KPIs, reporting systems, change-management processes, and improvement plans for executive and site leadership.
• Provide technical guidance on capital projects, compliance notices, consent orders, acquisitions, divestitures, leases, customer contracts, and reportable incidents.
• Oversee environmental matters requiring SEC reserves and provide quarterly updates to Global EHS and Finance teams.
• Lead auditing, training, incident investigation, and collaboration with Centers of Excellence and MAG sites.
• Develop EHS talent, career paths, technical capability, and best-practice sharing across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science, Safety, or another relevant science or engineering discipline.
• Typically hold a CHMM, SMS, CSP, or similar professional certification.
• At least seven years of experience in a comparable manufacturing environment, including hazard evaluation and elimination, EHS training, compliance audits, legal matters, and lean EHS programs.
• At least five years of people leadership experience.
• Technical competency in behavior-based EHS management systems, Six Sigma, and incident investigations.
• Experience managing sites, resources, teams, and simultaneous improvement plans across a multi-country region.

Nice to have

• More than 10 years of experience in a comparable manufacturing environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance-oriented culture focused on trust, technical problem-solving, and collaboration.
• Bonus opportunities, matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plan in select locations, FSA, and HSA.
• Flexible paid time off, holidays, and parental leave.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, EAP, and supplemental insurance coverage.
• Tuition assistance, mentorship, coaching, leadership development, and employee resource groups.