Sr EHS Manager

Owens Corning • MS

85d

About The Position

The facility Sr. EHS Leader is responsible for building a site culture with an unconditional stance on safety and environmental compliance while leading a site EHS team. The Sr. EHS Leader will manage all aspects of the development, implementation, and evaluation of SIF and critical safety programs along with other health and Environmental processes/programs/procedures to achieve and maintain a zero-injury environment. Key objectives will include identifying, eliminating, and controlling hazardous conditions that may lead to injury and/or property damage. Use and application of safety standards, best practices, and analytical techniques along with behavior-based safety programs is essential. The successful candidate will provide leadership, guidance, and apply technical abilities to engage employees at all levels of the organization to develop and sustain a world-class safety and environmental program. The Sr. EHS Leader is a critical member of the management team, providing guidance and coaching in the areas of safety and environmental stewardship to all site employees. The Sr. EHS Leader interfaces across the business to provide solutions to safety and environmental compliance challenges as well as advances and innovation in hazard Identification. The position acts as the subject matter expert at the assigned facility and is accountable for building capability amongst the site EHS team and site personnel to ensure a site wide EHS culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any field related to EH&S, such as Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, Science or equivalent.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience leading EHS efforts in an industrial manufacturing setting.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience leading an EHS team.
• CSP certification preferred.
• OSHA 500 series training preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Experience implementing EHS programs in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading a highly functional EHS team.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) standards, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and/or State regulations.
• Experience implementing, coordinating and managing OSHA and EPA compliance programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site EHS team to ensure compliance and drive continued cultural improvements to foster a safe and healthful work environment, while ensuring environmental stewardship.
• Leading site enhanced safety processes/systems and driving a Safer Together culture.
• Risk prevention in all areas identifying and documenting potential hazardous, including but not limited to materials exposure, accidents, near-miss, fires, other unsafe conditions, environmental spills and releases or other non-compliance.
• Proactively identify potential hazards associated with all manufacturing processes, equipment, and materials by conducting formal risk assessments.
• Conduct timely and thorough EHS incident investigations including matters of workers’ compensation.
• Provide support to all facility team members with respect to EHS awareness, leading emergency training, evacuation planning, emergency response, policy interpretation, safety audits, environmental inspections, and how to locate resources.
• Develop and update our Critical Safety Foundations and SIF Programs, and support development of other key safety and EHS programs in collaboration with site leadership.
• Develop innovative solutions and drive sustainability goals through partnership and influence of key stakeholders and team members at the site.
• Responsible for document maintenance and retention for EHS and Safety training requirements.
• Provide oversight/responsibility for environmental reporting and compliance in accordance with federal, state and local ordinance requirements.
• Champion the Safety Committee and act as a resource to sub committees.
• Develop, implement and/or monitor EHS action plans and programs to ensure a high level of safety and environmental awareness within the facility.
• Coach, mentor and re-direct personnel at the site to encourage prioritization and stewardship of our EHS goals.
• Serve as initial EHS contact for the Doors Product Stewardship team to review potential environmental, health, and safety impacts.
• Maintain a leadership presence at the site, influence employee and Leadership behaviors, and fully engage employees in the safety process.
• Participate in Kaizen events, 5S, Lean Daily Management, Waste Elimination, Managing for Daily Improvement, Visual Factory, Six Sigma projects and other similar processes.
• Drive and support change management and engagement in EHS related matters and activities within the site.
• Translate safety and health strategies into results.
• Maintain, collaborate and update EHS information (charts, and graphs) and communicate metrics.
• Drive ergonomics initiatives to reduce MSD illnesses/ injuries.
• Collaborate and implement wellness programs to meet site needs.

Benefits

• 401k
• health_insurance
• dental_insurance
• vision_insurance
• paid_holidays
• tuition_reimbursement
• employee_discount_programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees