Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager

International Paper•Springfield, OR

1d•$126,000 - $168,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager will lead site HSE programs including Safety Excellence, Safety Above All Else, Safe Align implementation, and Safety Steering, with the goal of pursuing an incident-free workplace and ensuring 100 percent compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. This role emphasizes advancing sustainability ideals, developing functional reports for future leaders, and providing oversight for Safety, Health, and Workers’ Compensation to achieve safety targets and reduce costs. The position involves implementing programs to advance environmental, health, safety, and sustainability key metrics, leading environmental management teams, and spearheading local HSE initiatives such as Contractor Compliance, internal HSE self-audits, Environmental Compliance audits, and Energy Control Program (ECP / LOTO). A key focus will be on environmental footprint reduction opportunities, achieving gains, and reducing costs and liabilities related to environmental and safety incidents. The role is responsible for daily activities concerning Air Emissions, effluent discharge, solid waste contracts, permitting processes, and chemical management programs, with access to process engineer support. Additionally, the manager will handle regulatory agencies, third-party audits, inspections, inquiries, and reporting, ensuring workers' compensation claims are managed for quality care, expedited return to work, and cost control. The position also oversees mill security processes, works with mill management on performance management and team member development, ensures training, and mentors Environmental Engineers, Safety Manager, and Safety Engineer. This role serves as the primary lead for internal and external communications, acting as the local liaison for community and media regarding environmental issues, and influencing local and state officials. The position also requires fulfilling area-specific 5S expectations and participating in a duty coverage team rotation that includes weekend and on-call coverage.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or occupational health and safety or related degree.
Minimum of 8-12 years’ experience in a broad range of manufacturing environments, forest products industry preferred.
Strong written & verbal communication skills; problem solving, negotiation, presentation, and training delivery skills.
This individual will need to be able to learn and adjust quickly, be action oriented, be adept at building effective teams and be able to set priorities based on the business’ needs, working closely with appropriate HSE/Business leads.

Nice To Haves

Professional certification or equivalent (CSP, CIH), with advanced degree preferred.
Union Environment experience strongly preferred.
Expert knowledge of OSHA/EPA regulations.
Preferred experience in High Performance Work System environment
The ideal candidate will have an engineering background and will be the main focal point to address environmental issues.
Must possess collaborative skills, organizational agility, innovation management skills and be able to resolve problems in a timely manner.
Experience in the forest products industry or an industry with a similar risk profile and bring to this position a type of creativity and “can do” attitude that will make the overall organization successful.
Practical understanding of governance and regulation including both law and politics, and the ability to work with the lead hourly team members and exempt and non-exempt staff in effective teams.

Responsibilities

Leads site HSE’s programs including Safety Excellence, Safety Above All Else, Safe Align implementation, and Safety Steering.
Pursues an incident free workplace.
Emphasizes 100 percent compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Raises performance standards by advancing the ideals of sustainability.
Develops functional reports with appropriate competencies and skill sets needed for future leaders within IP.
Provides oversight, compliance and guidance to the Safety, Health, and Workers’ Compensation in order to achieve safety targets for Safe Align; TIR/LWIR and reduce Workers’ Compensation costs and claim volume.
Implements programs, initiatives, and measures to advance environmental, health, safety, and sustainability key metrics. Including Safety Leading Indicators.
Leads and/or support environmental management team including elimination of significant environmental events and the implementation of a comprehensive environmental management system.
Lead local efforts around company HSE initiatives, such as Contractor Compliance (IPCC), internal HSE self-audit (Key Element Surveys), Environmental Compliance audits, Energy Control Program (ECP / LOTO), etc.
Focuses on environmental footprint reduction opportunities.
Achieves gains and reduces costs and liabilities for environmental and safety incidents.
Responsible for day-to-day activities related to Mill’s Air Emissions, effluent discharge, solid waste contracts, permitting processes and chemical management programs with access to process engineer support for large project work.
Manages regulatory agencies, third party audits, inspections, inquiries, contacts, and reporting.
Assure workers compensation claims are managed so that quality of care is provided, return to work is expedited, and costs are controlled.
Oversees mill security processes.
Works directly with mill management on performance management and development opportunities of team members.
Ensures training for team members.
Mentors, coaches and develops Environmental Engineers, Safety Manager, and Safety Engineer.
Review RACI, roles, and responsibilities.
Primary Lead for Internal and External Communications.
Primary local contact/liaison for community; newspaper, applicable organizations in regard to environmental issues, etc.
Works to directly influence various levels of local and state officials.
Fulfills area specific 5S expectations (5 Minute 5S Checklists, replenishment of tools and supplies, 5S Audits, etc.).
This position does require the individual to be part of a duty coverage team rotation that includes weekend and on-call coverage.