Job Description

Responsibilities

Live the safety stand, model safety responsibilities, enhance the safety culture.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Adhere to, and continuously improve upon, all plant and position-specific safety policies, procedures, and standards
Coordinate application, maintenance, compliance, and retention of facility regulatory permits and fees
Ensure proper environmental, health, and safety training, awareness, and communications to all employees
Provide guidance, support, and change leadership for environmental / regulatory, health, and safety objectives
Champion the site environmental, regulatory, health, and safety management systems
Analyze and design programs to address / improve the facility environmental, regulatory, health, and safety impacts
Drive Serious Injury or Fatality (SIF) prevention activities
Perform routine inspections related to all applicable aspects of environmental, health and safety
Lead, coach, and solicit input from team members to drive successful execution of facility and team goals and enhanced team member engagement / job satisfaction
Issue corrective action and implement performance improvement plans, as needed to address safety risks
Facilitate / coordinate training, as needed
Design and communicate clear and measurable performance expectations, complete performance reviews, and execute growth, development, and engagement plans
Support in coordinating Industrial Hygiene surveys
Guide incident investigations and implement appropriate corrective actions
 Ability to take direction and influence others for action and alignment to realize business objectives
 Other business-related tasks and responsibilities as assigned

Safety Metrics

RIR, First Aids, Near Misses, SAFE, Critical 6, Behavior Based Observations, HRC

Job Requirements

Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental, Safety, Reg Law, or related field is required
2+ years of demonstrated experience in the EHS field; in manufacturing preferred
CSP, CHMM, or related certification preferred

Knowledge and Abilities:

Strong leadership skills
Ability to multi-task
Strong creative thinking skills
Ability to initiate action and lead team activities
Extensive knowledge of legal / regulatory requirements related to environment, health, and safety.
Strong listening and comprehension skills
Clear growth potential within the EHS function with willingness to support other locations with increasingly larger levels of responsibility
Leads by setting the example and by demonstrating confidence and optimism and identifies and clearly communicates the need for improvement and change
Competent in data analytics for safety and environmental metrics, and a strategic thinker that can establish goals and actions needed to achieve
Evaluates systematically, considers potential solutions against preset criteria, and generates potential solutions by applying consultative and creative methodologies

Personal Characteristics:

Passion for safety & people
Results oriented team player
Flexible and balanced: seeks to understand the perspective of others
Effective communicator
Ability to connect effectively with talent at multiple levels within the organization
Motivates and inspires others
Strong organizational skills

Additional Preferred Training:

Strong technical safety and environmental skills.  Specifically, OSHA 29 CFR 1904 and 1910, EPA Title V, and TCEQ regulations 
Behavior Based Safety and Human Factors
Lean Toolkit Training
Business Code of Conduct: Putting Principals into Practice
Diversity Awareness
Lock Tag Try
Code of Conduct Training
Applicable SOX Training requirements
Safety Leadership
OSHA 40-hour certification
HAZWOPR
Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management