Associate Manager Environmental Health & Safety

Integra LifeSciences

About The Position

Changing lives. Building Careers. Joining us is a chance to do important work that creates change and shapes the future of healthcare. Thinking differently is what we do best. To us, change equals opportunity. Every day, our colleagues are challenging what’s possible and making headway to innovate new treatment pathways to advance patient outcomes and set new standards of care. The Associate Manager of Environmental Health and Safety will be responsible for the oversight of UBM Manufacturing Center occupational health, safety and environmental strategy, policies, related training programs as well as the effective implementation of those policies. This person will administer day to day operations of the site EHS function for both the Columbia, MA and Memphis, TN sites. He/She will be expected to provide collaborative, proactive, and creative problem-solving ability to develop EHS programs for the improvement of the overall EHS strategy at assigned sites.

Requirements

BS or BA in safety, engineering, or related field is required; an advanced degree preferred but not necessary.
Minimum of 5-8 years of safety experience in a manufacturing environment including multi-site and multi-national safety program development and implementation.
Role will be based in Columbia, MD but willing to travel to other site in Memphis, TN up to 50% of the time.
Proven ability to formulate and execute large scale company-wide policies and processes.
Strong influencing and leadership skills designed to resolve complex company issues and affect behavioral change.
Excellent collaboration skills in working with subject matter experts to improve safety culture throughout enterprise.
Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills to manage and execute large scale safety projects with high financial impact to the company.
Ability to travel up to 50% domestic.
Computer skills, communication capability, interpersonal skill sets, ability to multi-task in fast paced environment, etc.

Nice To Haves

Professional certifications are a plus
Preference given to those with experience with Safety Management Systems

Responsibilities

Serves as a change agent to achieve significant and sustainable safety cultural improvement across the organization.
Oversight and management of enterprise EHS standards including the development and adoption the Integra EHS management systems.
Provides direct support and integrates EHS policies and practices into engineering and construction projects.
Supports the collection of environmental data as needed for ESG reporting and target setting.
Ensure appropriate EHS training has been developed.
Coordinating, and/or conducting EHS training programs as needed.
Provide coaching and guidance to site managers, supervisors and employees on EHS policies and expectations.
Act as subject matter expert on safety regulatory compliance, safety procedures and safety policies.
Provide direct support to site EHS resources to promote the achievement of EHS goals and objectives.
Oversee Integra waste programs to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements and company expectations.