She Manager - Atlas Point

Croda International•New Castle, DE

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The SHE Manager (EHS Manager) will serve as the senior Safety, Health and Environmental leader for the Atlas Point site and a key member of the Site Leadership Team. This role provides strategic direction, technical leadership, and regulatory oversight across all environmental, occupational safety, and process-safety activities. The position combines regulatory leadership, people leadership, and operational influence. Success depends on building a strong safety culture, maintaining regulatory excellence, and ensuring SHE and process-safety principles are embedded into every operational decision. Croda is investing in operational excellence, sustainability, regulatory compliance, and manufacturing capability. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future SHE strategy for a complex chemical-manufacturing site while directly influencing safety culture, process safety, regulatory excellence, environmental performance, and operational success.

Requirements

Degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, Chemistry, or related technical discipline.
10+ years leading Environmental and Safety programs within chemical manufacturing or another complex industrial environment.
Demonstrated ownership of Process Safety Management programs, including MOC, PHA, Mechanical Integrity, PSSR, and process-safety incident investigations.
Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DNREC, Responsible Care, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and related regulatory frameworks.
Experience overseeing contractor safety-management programs, from qualification and onboarding through field oversight and performance monitoring.
Experience leading site emergency-preparedness and response programs, including drills, incident command, mutual-aid coordination, and response-team readiness.
Demonstrated success interacting with regulators, auditors, local responders, and external stakeholders.
Experience leading SHE teams and building organizational capability.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and continuously improve SHE management systems that meet regulatory requirements, industry best practice, and Croda standards.
Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, DNREC, Responsible Care, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and other applicable requirements.
Serve as the primary site contact for regulators, auditors, local authorities, and external stakeholders.
Proactively identify regulatory risks and implement pragmatic, sustainable compliance solutions.
Lead and continuously improve the site's Process Safety Management program, including Management of Change, Process Hazard Analysis, Mechanical Integrity, Pre-Startup Safety Reviews, and process-safety incident investigations.
Strengthen site-wide risk assessment, hazard identification, and incident-prevention programs.
Lead investigations into significant SHE and process-safety events, identify immediate and root causes, and ensure sustainable corrective actions.
Build accountability and ownership for process safety and operational-risk performance across all departments.
Ensure effective contractor SHE management, including qualification, onboarding, site oversight, compliance assurance, and performance monitoring.
Direct site emergency preparedness and response programs, including drills, emergency planning, incident-command capability, mutual-aid coordination, and emergency-response-team readiness.
Maintain effective coordination with local responders, regulators, and community partners for potential site emergencies.
Ensure the site is prepared to respond effectively to high-consequence safety, environmental, and operational events.
Lead, coach, and develop the SHE team through clear objectives, performance management, training, development, and succession planning.
Drive environmental-performance improvements through stronger systems, controls, and operational discipline.
Integrate SHE requirements into capital planning, operational improvements, and site-transformation initiatives.
Influence leaders and employees across the site to consistently achieve high standards of SHE performance.