Mgr, Environmental, Health & Safety

CF Industries•Yazoo City, MS

13d

About The Position

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy. Function: Environmental, Health & Safety Job Summary: As a key player in the Site Leadership Team reporting directly to the General Manager, the Mgr, Environmental, Healthy & Safety plays an important role in the overall leadership of the site by advancing a culture of EHS excellence where everyone is engaged, empowered and innovative in cultivating a workplace that promotes the safety and health of our employees, contractors, customers, business, local community, and the environment. As a departmental manager, major areas of responsibility include executing strategies, managing systems, developing people and delivering effective communications that ensure the Yazoo City Complex is operating within all applicable laws and regulations and in a safe, environmentally responsible manner. Key areas include environmental, occupational safety, industrial hygiene, process safety, emergency response, security and quality/lab services. This position is also the liaison with multiple stakeholders within and outside the organization, in both the public and private sector.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree with emphasis in Safety, Health and Environmental or an Engineering degree in a related field.
A minimum of 10 years of directly-related experience in the environment and safety field, preferably in the chemical industry, with demonstrated knowledge of safety and environmental regulations.
At least 5 years of experience a managerial role.
Proficient in Microsoft IT environment including use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Strong organization, verbal and written communication skills, demonstrated leadership capabilities, strong change management skills, strong analytical and decision-making abilities, and ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with regulatory authorities.

Responsibilities

Create a strategic vision for EHS performance and cultural excellence.
Analyze EHS data, assumptions, resources, constraints, and the EHS culture to develop and evolve a long-range course of actions to achieve that vision.
Define success by determining outcomes that are critical for success.
Ensure everyone shares the vision, and foster employee commitment and engagement in the vision.
Measure performance by identifying key measures of progress, understanding limits and boundaries of data, and creating mileposts and symbols to rally support and encourage improvement.
Develop efficient processes for collecting and verifying metrics.
Implement benchmarking processes to drive continuous EHS innovation and improvement.
Provide oversight and direction to all facility environmental, health, personal safety, process safety, and security programs and supporting processes and actively pursues opportunities for continuous improvement.
Ensure the facility's EHS programs are maintained to minimize risk and ensure compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local regulations as well as company standards.
Establish systems to verify appropriate processes and practices are in place and functioning properly.
Ensure effective communications of EHS messages, focus areas, and activities and cultivating key communication and feedback channels.
Works with HR to ensure overall site communications align with EHS messaging.
Establish processes to assess and prioritize EHS risks to the plant and set up processes to effectively manage and mitigate those risks.
Establish key performance metrics for EHS areas for the plant and ensure effective systems for reporting and feedback.
Participate in government, industry, and community committees to represent the interests of the facility.
Oversee training programs that ensure CF personnel are knowledgeable and understand EHS requirements.
Prepare and administer annual department budget and actively contribute to the facility budgeting process.
Demonstrate a site presence and leadership visibility; ensuring actions continually reinforce EHS as a core value.
Foster a culture of open, continuous learning and sharing from all EHS incidents, near misses, and opportunities.