Sr Environ & Safety Lead

Owens Corning

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The EHS Leader provides leadership, mentoring, and direction for the Starr Plant. This responsibility includes development, implementation, and evaluation of critical safety and environmental process and procedures to achieve a zero-incident environment. This position leads and applies technical abilities to engage employees at all levels of the organization to sustain these safety and environmental processes and procedures and to ensure that all employees are Safer Together. The EHS Leader is a member of the Starr Leadership Team. Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that has placed on the Fortune 500®. Owens Corning is devoted to delivering sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe. A holistic sense of community exists across our entire organization as our talent grows globally. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within every employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope - human in scale.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required (occupational safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, science or equivalent preferred)
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 effectively engage employees is critical
Ability to initiate and lead cross-functional teams and management / union committees to achieve objectives
Adept at developing and delivering safety training
Skilled at driving and managing change
Ability to integrate resources across the organization

Nice To Haves

Professional certification preferred (CSP, CIH, etc.)
Experience implementing or managing a strong safety culture in a matrix environment
Demonstrated success in coaching and leading teams
Managing and delivering results through projects and initiatives

Responsibilities

Live the Safety Stand: adhere to the environmental, health, and safety responsibilities so all employees are safer together
Demonstrate a commitment to employee health and safety, particularly through a commitment to zero injuries, awareness of hazards, and a strong understanding of legislative requirements in all aspects of the operation
Set strategic direction to cultivate a positive safety culture, drive prioritization, implementation, and continuous improvement of EHS programs and tools and ensure Company and compliance goals / requirements are achieved
Lead functionally the EHS staff to maximize organizational impact by fostering collaborative interactions, clearly communicating goals, objectives, and expectations, and providing opportunities for professional development
Develop and implement policies, standards, and guidelines that support Owens Corning business needs
Leads or supports sustainability initiatives targeting reduction of the Company’s footprint in energy consumption, waste, water, air, and greenhouse gas emissions
Oversees plant wastewater treatment operations, including compliance, monitoring, and continuous improvement
Evaluate regulatory trends to determine operational, financial, or other business impacts, and implement industry best practices
Set goals for key EHS indicators and report progress
Leads the EHS Pillar to drive continuous improvement initiatives as part of TPM
Champions and supports OC’s healthy living initiatives and wellness
Proactively drive and sustain a strong safety culture throughout the plant by promoting, developing, and implementing OC EHS policies and standards
Direct and manage EHS compliance through program implementation and procedural development
Creating, implementing, and auditing EHS training programs, directing department personnel to provide EHS expertise in support of the business, and reviewing and interpreting global regulatory requirements
Provide leadership and guidance for EHS programs and compliance, supporting planned expansions or modifications of facilities or production processes, and developing behavior-based safety programs
Work effectively with cross-functional teams to meet EHS and business objectives
Manages Title V air permits and ensures ongoing regulatory compliance
Identify potential risks to prevent or mitigate losses as appropriate (e.g., catastrophic, workers compensation, environmental, and property loss protection)
Perform due diligence in appropriate business transactions to protect the Company from past, current, or future liabilities
Support and coordinate EHS site audits and ensure regulatory compliance and policies / standards at operating facilities through surveys of physical conditions, observed activities, record reviews, and status of EHS Owens Corning programs
Enforce compliance with EHS regulations and policies
Provides site-level oversight of plant security and IT functions