Responsibilities
- Works with site director as part of the site leadership team and other leaders at the site and corporate level to establish site EHS and sustainability strategy and long-range plans. Ensure that the strategy and long-range plans are effective, simple, and deliver results. Leads the EHS/stewardship management review process for the site.
- Ensures that the strategy and the long-range plans build a culture of “no harm” to people that work in the plant, to our community, and to the environment.
- Effectively leads Environmental, Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Process Safety and Security teams to achieve corporate and regulatory compliance every day.
- Influence and coach site leadership on robust action plans to improve safety, process safety, emergency response, environmental and overall EHS/stewardship performance.
- Develop and manage (site and unit specific) KPI’s and metrics to measure progress and effectiveness of EHS/stewardship initiatives, programs, processes, and policies.
- Develop a robust set of leading indicators that focuses the team on the critical activities and behaviors to enable excellent EHS/stewardship and Sustainability results.
- Ensure site EHS/stewardship procedures are simplified and easy to adhere to in the field, while aligned with regulatory and corporate requirements.
- Establish continuous improvement initiatives that support the overarching manufacturing operating model and are aligned with Human Organizational Performance (HOP) leadership principles.
- Builds collaborative relationships with state and local leaders and groups to ensure regulatory compliance is achieved and to build goodwill with the surrounding communities.
- Accountable for incident management at the site.
- Effectively manages emergency and security response programs, engages community associations to act as liaison.
- Ensures effective site sustainability reporting and improvement initiatives that are aligned with corporate sustainability objectives and requirements.
- Ensures completion of 1st Party EHS/stewardship audits and works with the leadership team to analyze results to drive continual improvement.
- Coordinates 2nd party audit schedule and execution for Stewardship Management Systems, Environmental, Sustainability, Safety, Process Safety and Health Services. Develop and implement plans to resolve any 2nd party audit findings.
- Support injury and illness recordkeeping and case management process; maintain relevant logs and documentation.
- Participate in field engagement and interactions with employees and contractors to promote operational learning.
- Provide supervisory guidance and development to EHS/stewardship team members to ensure technical/functional and operating skills are current and effective.
- Bachelor's degree in the field of EHS management, engineering, or similar technical discipline
- 10+ years of site operations related experience
- 5+ years of strong leadership, people management and development skills in an industrial environment.
- Experience in a chemical manufacturing environment (chemical or petrochemical).
- Experience and working knowledge of process safety, environmental, industrial health programs, and safety programs and their requirementsÂ
- Experience and working knowledge of risk analysis regarding process safety risks.
- Proactive leadership and team-building skills with the ability to work effectively throughout the organization.
- Ability to develop and grow talent through coaching.
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all organization levels through written and verbal communications.
- Ability to understand how to influence business objectives within departments and with others without formal supervisory authority.
- Strong interpersonal skills with excellent verbal and written communication.
- Strong sense of ownership and a drive to achieve results.
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- The confidence to deal with ambiguity.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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