Jeannine DuChateau

Facility and Environmental, Health and Safety Manager

Jeannine Du Chateau has more than 15 years of experience as a Senior Manager in enterprise-wide EHS governance, facilities operations, and risk management across multinational, multi-site environments. She has built her career in organizations operating in highly regulated industries. Her work focuses on aligning Environment, Health, Safety, and Quality strategies with business objectives while maintaining operational stability and regulatory compliance. Over the years, she has led global teams, managed operational sites, and supported complex, high-risk activities across industries, including manufacturing, food production, energy, chemicals, and medical devices.

Her experience includes strengthening and managing ISO Management Systems while coordinating operational support activities within both light and heavy manufacturing environments. These sectors include PCB and electronics manufacturing, automotive operations, chemical production, plastics manufacturing, and beverage processing. Jeannine worked closely with manufacturing shop floors, operations teams, engineering divisions, supply chain groups, procurement departments, warehousing teams, and maintenance functions. Through collaboration with these groups, she helped organizations achieve measurable improvements in operational cost management, energy efficiency, and sustainability practices.

Professional Highlights

She led the audit team responsible for reviewing Emergency Preparedness and Response plans connected to the Deepwater Horizon explosion. While working remotely from the BP Houston, Texas, location, she monitored the remaining oil rig piping and underwater systems connected to the operation. As part of the same project at the BP training site in Mobile, Alabama, she audited emergency response documentation. She observed the preparation of fishermen’s vessels outfitted to support the cleanup of raw crude oil from the area surrounding the former Deepwater rig.

Du Chateau's work also included responsibilities within the mining industry. She conducted training programs at several FCX and Rio Tinto mining sites operating in the United States and internationally. These training programs included sites located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa and other global locations where she supported several environmental and safety training initiatives.

In addition, she audited NASA facilities at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Houston, Texas, for compliance with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. She also led and implemented certification processes that helped sites in Florida and California achieve ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification. She supported ISO 14001 certification for multiple Rockwell sites across the United States and Mexico, totaling 50 sites within Motion Control operations.

Du Chateau also completed audits at several Food and Beverage production facilities located across multiple Coca-Cola sites in the United States.

Professional Background: Strategic Leadership

Her Role at LRQA

She currently serves as Global Account Manager and Lead Auditor for LRQA, a London-based assurance and risk management organization that provides certification, inspection, and advisory services to many Fortune 500 companies worldwide. In this role, she manages EHS, quality, and risk management services across multinational client accounts. Her responsibilities involve aligning regulatory compliance requirements with operational performance and governance strategies. She reports to the Vice President of Sales for North America and collaborates with cross-functional teams that include internal professionals and client representatives.

Over the past four years, Jeannine has managed a portfolio of 20 multinational enterprise accounts across sectors such as Automotive, PCB and SMT Manufacturing, Chemical Production, Heavy Manufacturing, and Energy. Through this work, she supported integrated management system certification and compliance solutions on a global scale.

Her work contributed to measurable organizational growth, including 26 percent revenue growth and 30 percent sales growth through strategic account development, cross-selling initiatives, and service diversification. She also supported client organizations in strengthening regulatory alignment and operational performance by providing advisory services on ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, SQF, and FSSC 2200 standards, as well as by developing cybersecurity and ESG certification frameworks.

Du Chateau also worked with executive leadership teams, supported internal product development initiatives, and partnered with accreditation bodies to manage certification processes, audit remediation, suspension recovery, and compliance continuity. In addition, she helped expand the visibility of LRQA OCS Europe and Blue accreditation services.

She previously worked with the same organization from 2017 to 2020 as Senior QEHS and Sustainability Customer Manager and Lead Auditor before returning in 2022 to continue her work in the current role.

Her Work at Thales Avionics

For two years, she worked as a Senior Maintenance, Facilities, QEHS, and Security Manager at Thales Avionics, an organization operating in the aerospace, defense, and digital technology industries. In this role, she oversaw QEHS governance across several regulated manufacturing and airport-based environments. Reporting to the Director of Operations while coordinating with site Plant Managers, Jeannine supervised cross-functional teams, managed a $300,000 operational budget, and maintained operational continuity and regulatory compliance across six locations within the United States.

Her responsibilities included directing environmental health and safety programs, supervising facilities operations, managing security procedures, and supporting sustainability initiatives. She also led training programs for EHS professionals across the business unit and personally recruited team members to strengthen site expertise.

She conducted incident investigations, implemented corrective and preventive actions, developed key performance indicators, and prepared executive reports. She also incorporated Kaizen principles into construction and expansion projects, improving site safety and security procedures by 25 percent. In addition, she coordinated regulatory inspections and ISO audits, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and AS9100. She also managed aviation compliance submissions and implemented enterprise-wide COVID-19 safety protocols that protected employees while maintaining uninterrupted operations.

Earlier in her career, Du Chateau spent eight years as a Global Key Customer Project Manager for Det Norske Veritas in Norway, an organization focused on risk management and assurance services operating in more than 100 countries. In that role, she directed global EHS and quality governance programs for complex enterprises while advising leadership teams on regulatory exposure, crisis response planning, and compliance strategies. She reported to the Vice President of North American Operations and supervised six-member auditor teams.

Before that role, Jeannine Du Chateau served as Quality, Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager at General Dynamics in Tallahassee, Florida. In this position, she directed QEHS governance and regulatory strategy across advanced manufacturing operations while supporting proactive risk management and environmental stewardship within aerospace and defense manufacturing systems.

Professional Recognition

During her career, she received several awards, including the Crystal Award for Environmental Excellence on multiple occasions, the Governor’s Hazardous Waste Reduction Award, and the Values in Action Award for Customer Service.

Professional Affiliations

Jeannine actively participates in professional organizations connected to environmental management, safety, and quality improvement. These include the Orlando Chapter of the American Society for Quality, the Technical Advisory Group for updates to ISO 14001, the Technical Advisory Group for OCS Blue’s transition to an ISO standard, the Local Emergency Planning Commission, and the Technical Advisory Group of the International Organization for Standardization.

Education

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University. She later continued graduate studies in Corporate Finance at Capella University.

Du Chateau also holds several professional certifications, including First Aid, CPR, and AED certifications, as well as an Emergency Response certification through the State of Florida Local Emergency Planning Commission. She is also certified by Exemplar Global as a Lead Environmental Auditor, Lead Health and Safety Auditor, and Lead Quality Auditor.

A Life of Giving Back

She maintains a strong commitment to community service and volunteer activities. Her volunteer work includes supporting Habitat for Humanity and assisting patients recovering from hip and knee surgeries at Viera Hospital. Du Chateau also served as a United Way representative while working with Rockwell, General Dynamics, and Thales.

She supported several American Cancer Society events for 10 years, including the Cattle Baron’s Ball, Light up the Night Races, and Relay for Life. She volunteered and donated to the Alzheimer Society of Miami’s annual galas in Palm Beach and Wellington, Florida, and supported church Christmas drives that helped families in Clewiston, Florida.

She is the mother of two children and remains involved in their activities by coaching flag football and serving as a dugout parent in several youth leagues. Through both her professional work and community engagement, Jeannine Du Chateau continues to contribute to responsible leadership, safety governance, and public service.