Senior Director, EHS & Virginia Site Operations
Jushico · Manassas, VA · onsite
Want to make a meaningful difference in peoples’ lives while earning a competitive salary? At Jushi Holdings Inc. ”) (CSE: JUSH) (OTCQX: JUSHF), we are shaping the future of the cannabis industry, the fastest growing jobs sector in the U.S. The Director, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) is responsible for leading the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Company’s enterprise-wide environmental, health, and safety program across all operations, including Grower-Processor (GP)/cultivation and manufacturing facilities, retail dispensaries, and corporate office locations. In addition to enterprise EHS leadership, this role will have direct responsibility for the day-to-day operational oversight of the Company’s Virginia sites, partnering closely with Virginia leadership to ensure facilities operate safely, effectively, and in accordance with Company standards and operational priorities. This includes providing onsite leadership, coordinating cross-functional facility needs, driving accountability and follow-through, escalating operational risks, and ensuring issues impacting the successful operation of the sites are addressed timely. The Director will provide direct leadership and oversight to EHS team members supporting individual facilities and will partner closely with Operations, Retail, Human Resources, Legal, Facilities, Security, and other functional leaders to ensure EHS standards are integrated into day-to-day operations and future business growth. This role requires a highly visible, hands-on leader who can build a comprehensive, data-driven EHS program at the enterprise level while simultaneously providing strong operational leadership within Virginia. The successful leader will be equally comfortable developing enterprise strategy, walking a facility floor, identifying operational risks, holding leaders accountable, and coordinating resources to ensure the Virginia sites are positioned for continued growth.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
- Provide day-to-day operational oversight and leadership for the Company’s Virginia sites, ensuring facilities operate safely, efficiently, and in alignment with established Company expectations and business priorities.
- Maintain a consistent onsite leadership presence and serve as a key point of coordination across the Virginia operations.
- Partner closely with Virginia operational leaders to identify priorities, remove barriers, address risks, and ensure timely follow-through on operational commitments.
- Establish and maintain appropriate operating rhythms, including routine leadership meetings, site walks, operational reviews, action-item tracking, and escalation processes.
- Monitor overall facility performance and identify operational issues requiring leadership attention, cross-functional support, or escalation.
- Drive accountability for identified operational priorities, ensuring clear ownership, deadlines, follow-through, and closure.
- Coordinate with Cultivation, Manufacturing, Processing, Quality, Facilities, Security, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and other functional partners to address issues affecting site performance.
- Ensure effective communication and coordination between Virginia site leadership and corporate/shared-service functions.
- Identify operational inefficiencies, recurring issues, and gaps in processes, ownership, communication, or execution and partner with appropriate leaders to implement sustainable solutions.
- Support the implementation of new processes, programs, equipment, facility improvements, and other operational initiatives within Virginia.
- Ensure Virginia leaders are appropriately planning for staffing, resources, facility needs, equipment, safety requirements, and other operational dependencies.
- Partner with leadership on Virginia's continued growth and future-state operational requirements, including preparation for increased scale and Adult Use operations.
- Support leadership development and accountability across the Virginia management team, helping establish clear expectations and consistent operating practices.
- Serve as an escalation point for significant facility or operational issues and ensure appropriate stakeholders are engaged for timely resolution.
- Provide senior leadership with visibility into material operational risks, recurring challenges, resource needs, and recommended solutions.
- Ensure operational decisions and priorities appropriately balance safety, compliance, quality, productivity, teammate experience, and business needs.
- Drive a culture of ownership, urgency, collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability throughout the Virginia operation.
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve a comprehensive enterprise EHS strategy supporting GP/cultivation, manufacturing, retail, distribution, and corporate operations.
- Establish consistent Company-wide EHS policies, standards, procedures, programs, and operating expectations while accounting for state-specific regulatory requirements and operational differences.
- Develop a multi-year EHS roadmap aligned with the Company's operational growth, risk profile, and business priorities.
- Establish clear EHS governance, accountability, and escalation protocols across the organization.
- Serve as the Company's subject-matter expert and strategic advisor to senior leadership on environmental, occupational health, safety, and workplace risk matters.
- Ensure EHS considerations are incorporated into operational planning, facility changes, equipment installations, process changes, new locations, expansions, and other business initiatives.
- Identify emerging EHS risks and proactively develop strategies to mitigate exposure before incidents occur.
- Provide direct leadership, development, and performance management to EHS team members supporting Company facilities.
- Establish a consistent operating model for site-level EHS resources, including expectations regarding facility presence, inspections, reporting, incident response, training, documentation, and leader partnership.
- Establish clear goals, priorities, performance expectations, and accountability across the EHS team.
- Conduct regular individual and team meetings and ensure site EHS resources are proactively identifying risks rather than operating primarily in response to incidents.
- Assess EHS staffing and resource requirements as the Company grows and recommend appropriate changes to the structure.
- Develop the capabilities of EHS team members and establish succession and development plans for the function.
- Provide EHS leadership across cultivation, processing, extraction, manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, distribution, and related GP operations.
- Partner with operational leaders to identify and mitigate risks associated with machinery, equipment, chemicals, hazardous materials, ergonomics, material handling, powered industrial equipment, respiratory protection, PPE, and other operational hazards.
- Establish and maintain appropriate programs for hazard communication, lockout/tagout, respiratory protection, emergency response, chemical safety, machine guarding, ergonomics, and other applicable safety requirements.
- Participate in risk assessments associated with new equipment, processes, facility modifications, expansions, and operational changes.
- Partner with Operations and Facilities to ensure identified hazards and corrective actions are prioritized and resolved.
- Develop and maintain an EHS framework appropriate for the Company's retail dispensaries and corporate offices.
- Establish standards addressing retail and office-specific risks, including slips/trips/falls, ergonomics, emergency preparedness, workplace injuries, facility hazards, and other relevant exposures.
- Partner with Retail Operations and field leadership to ensure managers understand and execute their responsibilities for maintaining safe workplaces.
- Establish appropriate emergency preparedness protocols for corp