Environmental, Health, & Safety Leader

Owens Corning • Town of New Scotland, NY

11d • $124,000 - $161,000

About The Position

The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Leader is a key member of the Natural Leadership Team and leads safety and environmental performance across the Delmar Plant. The role provides technical expertise, visible floor leadership, coaching, and accountability to help create a zero-injury culture and strong environmental stewardship. It leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of critical EHS processes, programs, and procedures to achieve a zero-injury and zero-NOV environment.

The successful candidate influences employees and leaders at all levels, owns EHS systems and compliance requirements, and drives sustainable improvement through clear priorities, disciplined follow-through, and proactive communication. The position reports directly to the Plant Leader, with functional reporting to the Division EHS Network. Its team consists of two EHS Leads and two hourly direct reports, and the role also influences plant teams, corporate partners, regulatory agencies, and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a field related to EHS, such as industrial hygiene, engineering, or science, or equivalent.
• Six years of progressive manufacturing safety experience.
• Experience leading, assessing, and developing talent to deliver results.
• Strong working knowledge of environmental, health, and safety compliance law and industrial hygiene.
• Ability to identify hazards, critical processes, and system needs and implement appropriate action plans.
• Ability to establish agreement and consensus with management.
• Ability to initiate and lead cross-functional teams and management committees to achieve objectives.
• Adept at developing and delivering safety training.
• Skill in driving and managing change.
• Ability to integrate resources across the organization.
• Ability to achieve results individually and through teams.
• Ability to make sound decisions balancing risk reduction, compliance, operational needs, and long-term sustainability.
• Strategic planning and thinking skills.

Nice To Haves

• Six to eight years of progressive manufacturing safety experience.
• Experience leading in a unionized environment.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification.
• Experience with state-specific environmental and safety regulations.
• Experience leading, assessing, and developing talent to deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Live the Safety Stand and adhere to safety and environmental responsibilities.
• Transform plant safety and environmental performance to world-class levels aligned with division and corporate goals.
• Lead plant safety culture through visible floor presence, coaching, and consistent reinforcement of standards.
• Lead site efforts to reduce the plant’s environmental footprint in alignment with corporate sustainability strategy and community stewardship expectations.
• Support wellness efforts that improve employee health, engagement, and safety performance.
• Advise the Natural Leadership Team on developing a risk-ranked strategic plan, prioritize and advocate for capital and resource requests, and advise on environmental requirements and responsibilities.
• Own and communicate plant safety metrics, including RIR, first aids, near misses, and Serious Injury and Fatality indicators.
• Own and communicate plant environmental metrics, compliance status, and improvement priorities.
• Coach, mentor, and redirect plant personnel to strengthen safety leadership and ownership.
• Set expectations, priorities, and follow-up routines for direct reports and safety teams.
• Maintain a leadership presence on the plant floor, influence employee and supervisory behaviors, and engage employees in the safety process.
• Assess plant leadership effectiveness from an EHS perspective and provide developmental guidance as needed.
• Develop safety programs and incident-tracking systems to identify injury-prevention opportunities and ways to engineer out safety risk.
• Lead a plant employee safety committee.
• Manage workers’ compensation claims, including injury reporting, case follow-up, return-to-work activities, and communications with relevant partners.
• Provide proactive updates on EHS risks, training status, corrective actions, and upcoming compliance needs.
• Lead the Total Productive Maintenance EHS Pillar in support of the plant strategy.
• Own the site EHS training plan, schedule, completion tracking, and escalation of overdue requirements.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of critical EHS processes, programs, and procedures.
• Set, track, and deliver key EHS metrics and action plans for continuous improvement.
• Ensure regulatory compliance for environmental permits and processes.
• Build relationships with regulatory agencies and internal partners to support compliance and improvement.
• Create, maintain, and execute the compliance calendar, with owners, due dates, and escalation for missed commitments.
• Address enforcement actions from local, state, or federal agencies.
• Provide technical support to identify and resolve critical regulatory issues.
• Ensure adherence to corporate policies and programs and maintain corporate EHS management systems, including timely completion of assigned actions.
• Drive timely closure and effectiveness verification for audit findings, incidents, inspections, and corrective actions.
• Use data, risk assessment, and plant-operational knowledge to inform decisions that protect people, the environment, and the operation.
• Act as a facility wellness champion by coordinating events, Virgin Pulse activities, workers’ compensation, and disability management.
• Oversee medical department policies and programs to reduce risk, including fitness and health initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental insurance offerings.
• 401(k) with a company contribution regardless of employee participation, plus a match.
• Paid time off based on full professional tenure, including vacation, personal floating days, and standard holidays.
• Employee Assistance Services.
• Stock Purchase Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior