Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Leader

GE HealthCare•Waukesha, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The EHS Leader evaluates the environment, equipment, maintenance, and processes in working areas to ensure compliance with government safety regulations and industry standards. The chief goal is to protect the employees, customers, and the environment. Is responsible for implementing aspects of the EHS strategy, and driving continuous improvement plans and business continuity plan by meeting or exceeding all local & and company standards. At GE Healthcare, our machine, our software, our solutions, our services, and our people make a genuine difference to medical professional, and patients all over the world. That’s because we never lose sight of what healthcare really needs—the human touch.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college with 5+ years of experience in EHS
Experience managing sites that are VPP certified
Experience managing hazardous waste and other environmental programs
Advanced computer skills, primarily with MS Office software programs, i.e., Excel and PowerPoint
Proven project and program management skills
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Nice To Haves

Hands on and proactive approach
Leadership skills
Use critical thinking skills and disciplined approaches to help others to resolve issues
Able to successfully work in a fast pace, high pressure and dynamic environment
Able to work closely with site management team and external resources
Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.

Responsibilities

Implement and execute GEHC EHS programs / processes and maintain site-specific EHS documentation and plans
Provide guidance and interpretation of EHS regulations and requirements
Partner with global EHS team to manage site EHS compliance activities (inspections, training, monitoring, sampling, etc.)
Drive EHS compliance through audits, process / equipment reviews and site inspections
Lead site injury and illness prevention program. Lead incident / accident investigations and develop corrective & preventive action plans
Lead site risk elimination/risk reduction activities
Individuals located at manufacturing sites and fixed facilities that provide day-to-day EHS support for that facility
Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy
In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area
Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance. Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks, Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor with proven interpersonal skills or an early people leader who can hire and develop talent. Provides informal guidance to new team members