Director of EHS - California

Valence•Lynwood, CA

About The Position

The Director of EHS provides environmental compliance leadership and technical support to the California sites, directs and develops site EHS Managers, and supports the use of best-in-class environmental processes, procedures, programs, permits, tools, training, and standards across the organization. The role also provides secondary support for site health and safety programs. California site EHS Managers report directly to this position. Chemical Technicians report to site EHS Managers, and the Director works directly or indirectly with each site's Plant Leadership Team. The Director ensures environmental practices are defined and implemented to maintain compliance with local, state, and federal requirements for air, water, waste, and chemical management. The role develops a continual-improvement environmental compliance culture, oversees site compliance programs and reporting, conducts audits and site visits, and uses performance metrics to identify risks and implement sustainable solutions. It also ensures that regulatory knowledge, training, inspections, records, waste shipments, and safety resources are maintained across the California sites.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
Knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental regulations covering air, water, hazardous waste, and chemical management.
Working knowledge of applicable occupational safety regulations.
Working knowledge of SCAQMD, LACSD, CUPA, CARB, CalEPA, Cal/OSHA, and State Water Resources Control Board requirements.

Nice To Haves

At least 5 years of related work experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Define, implement, and drive environmental standard practices through plant management to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal environmental regulations and company standards.
Direct and develop the California site EHS Managers and provide technical support to the sites.
Develop a continual-improvement environmental compliance culture, including hazardous waste, storm water, air permit, and chemical management training, and work toward an environmental management system such as ISO 14001 or similar.
Support basic OSHA training and behavioral-based safety systems such as STOP.
Ensure plant-level environmental compliance, including permit-condition and monitoring tracking, release and near-miss reporting, communication, on-site audits, and training and certification systems.
Maintain a compliance and regulatory tracking program that keeps accurate records and provides advance notice of training and certification renewals.
Work with EHS Leads and consultants to compile, review, and submit environmental regulatory and compliance reports for California sites, as well as required health and safety reporting.
Educate sites, drive performance, and measure compliance with hazardous-material handling, storage, and waste-management regulations.
Conduct environmental compliance audits and ongoing site visits to identify regulatory exposures, release potential, and hazards; evaluate compliance and loss potential; and implement measurable, sustainable solutions.
Implement an environmental reporting and metrics system and analyze emissions, discharges, waste generation, permit deviations, environmental incidents, and injury and illness data to support a zero-release, zero-incident culture.
Audit internal programs to evaluate their effectiveness and progress toward best-in-class standards.
Ensure processes, resources, and metrics are in place for routine inspections of environmental controls and equipment, hazardous and universal waste areas, storage tanks, spill-response supplies, and specified emergency and safety equipment.
Ensure consistent reporting, cost analysis, scheduling, and manifesting for hazardous waste shipments.
Ensure processes and resources are in place to continuously update the SDS library.
Apply working knowledge of SCAQMD requirements, including permitting, source testing, recordkeeping, and annual emissions reporting.
Ensure site programs, permits, and reporting comply with LACSD, CUPA, CARB, CalEPA, Cal/OSHA, and State Water Resources Control Board requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.