EHS Senior Team Leader

Caterpillar•Lafayette, IN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. The Large Power Systems Division (LPSD) is part of Caterpillar’s Power & Energy segment. Through this global organization, Caterpillar designs and manufactures large (greater than 18 liters) diesel and natural gas engines, powertrains and key engine systems. LPSD products and solutions support customers across power generation, industrial, marine, oil & gas, rail, services and Cat® machine applications worldwide. LPSD teams work across regions and function to deliver safe, reliable and compliant solutions that help solve our customers’ toughest challenges. About LEC (Lafayette Engine Center) The Lafayette Engine Center (LEC) manufactures the Cat 3500, Cat 3600 and C175 engines helping Caterpillar become the world’s leading manufacturer of off-highway diesel and natural gas engines. The units built at LEC power mining trucks carrying ore to be processed, tugboats guiding ships to harbor, drill rigs tapping oil and gas reserves and generators bringing electricity to communities, hospitals and data centers. Job Summary: The Lafayette Engine center has a 1st shift EHS Senior Team Leader opening to provide leadership, mentoring and direction to hourly, salaried and management personnel engaged in Environmental, Health, and/or Safety (EHS) activities related to a small facility or one discipline at a medium to large facility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health, Safety or equivalent is required
Knowledge of sustainability strategy; ability to integrate sustainability into the overall business strategy of the organization to build a sustainable business model.
Basic Understanding: Contributes to timely and accurate data collection and analysis at the corporate and site level. Describes the basic concepts and objectives of Sustainability. Supports research and general administrative requirements for our sustainability efforts. Understands various sustainability practices adopted by the organization.
Knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization's exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply knowledge of risk management appropriately to diverse situations.
Working Knowledge: Produces and interprets common risk assessment and management reports. Identifies common technology, security, or financial risks relevant to own function or unit. Implements or manages risk management for own area. Documents the key steps of a unit-specific risk management process and associated procedures. Evaluates risk assessment models and techniques relevant to a specific line of business.
Knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Working Knowledge: Demonstrates experience participating in productive collaborative processes. Under guidance, initiates collaborative meetings. Assists in communicating shared goals with diverse groups and parties. Helps promote collaboration across generations, functions, regions, and levels. Helps solve business problems and meet business goals through collaborative processes.
Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Extensive Experience: Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks. Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process. Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact. Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives. Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus. Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.
Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Working Knowledge: Explains impact of interactions with individuals and groups. Identifies roles and responsibilities for self and others. Demonstrates an understanding of alternative points of view. Collaborates with departmental associates and management. Adapts interaction style to situations and people.
Understanding and insight into the futility of refusing to accept the inevitable and ability to overcome resistance and adapt to a complex and changing environment.
Working Knowledge: Chooses own thoughts and attitudes about change. Works to overcome resistance to anticipated changes. Demonstrates receptivity to changes. Acts as if has already overcome internal resistance, and eventually does. Approaches accepting change as a process.
Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Working Knowledge: Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives. Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder. Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information. Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution. Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.
Knowledge of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) policies; ability to implement EHS policies to ensure that provided products and services are safe for people and the environment and in compliance with legal requirements and standards.
Extensive Experience: Determines criteria for assessing vendors which may have potential environmental impact. Formulates health and safety plans and policies, e.g. a fire safety plan and road safety policy. Trains employees on HSE policy compliance and measures understanding. Designs an incident report form and reporting procedures for EHS management. Collaborates across multiple departments to facilitate EHS management. Controls pollution and minimizes waste of materials, energy and water within the organization.

Nice To Haves

Proven track record of solving complex problems
Efficiency with Microsoft software and ability to turn data into decisions
Ability to communicate across multiple levels of individuals verbally as well as through prepared material

Responsibilities

Identifies common safety/health/environmental hazards inherent in the organization's operations and establishes guidelines for protection from those hazards.
Ensures EHS training is completed to comply with regulatory requirements or in support of facility, division, or enterprise objectives.
Audits safety/health/environmental programs for compliance with company standards, government regulations, and adequacy relative to local conditions.
Monitors periodic performance reports for trends and conditions and alerts line management to problems.