Ehs Manager

Primary Function:

This position provides environmental, health, safety, and security leadership to the Site. Individual is accountable for: directing EHS activities at his/her location(s); establishing EHS objectives and targets; internal reporting of EHS performance; communication of national, area, and local regulatory requirements, and ensuring documents are available in the local languages. Position is responsible for: maintaining site ISO/OHSAS certifications; assuring accurate and complete EHS reporting of metrics; assuring closure of MESH and regulatory agency findings on a timely basis; completion of required training for EHS personnel; managing interfaces with the public and governmental authorities with adverse findings and enforcement actions; directing actions during crises; site security, creating a strong EHS culture that engages employees throughout the site in EHS teams and processes.

Essential Functions:

•    Manages and directs site in achieving EHS targets & objectives. Directs development, maintenance, and achievement of goals in support of corporate and business group EHS strategic initiatives.
•    Facilitates risk assessment at the location to identify critical EHS hazards and aspects. Works with leadership team to create targets and objectives based on key EHS risks.
•    Determines appropriate leading and lagging indicators to track performance against targets and objectives.
•    Supports creation of EHS goals for the site manager and appropriate activity-based goals for the leadership team, functional managers, and front-line supervisors to drive EHS culture, compliance, and results.
•    Drives and promotes zero incident EHS culture throughout site.
•    Works with leadership team and MESH element champions to complete an annual evaluation of compliance for EHS country, state, and local regulations.
•    Uses established EHS data processes such as MESH Suite to manage data such as injuries and illnesses, environmental metrics, risk assessments, EHS action items and other pertinent information.
•    Certified in special processes for our site, NDT (x-Ray) and Heat treat process.
•    Motivate and coach employees and contractors to maintain high levels of engagement, satisfaction, productivity, and quality through effectively utilizing available rewards and recognition channels to encourage and promote desired behaviors and results. Management and supervision of janitorial and recycle management team (subcontractor)
 

Basic qualifications:

•    Bachelor’s degree
•    Strong communication skills 
•    Outreach accomplishment (e.g., VPP, Industria Limpia, etc.
•    Incident’s indices (accidents, near misses, spills, fires, vehicle incidents)
•    Employee engagement
•    Facility readiness for growth
•    Facility energy consumption and efficiency
•    Business Continuity Management (BCM) effectiveness

Preferred Specialized Knowledge (not required to be qualified for position):

•    MESH score  
•    MESH Deployment (Culture, Process & Compliance, and Results) Technical capability to prepare, analyze and interpret financial and operational data/reports.
•    Workers’ compensation or equivalent 
•    Energy consumption
•    Waste, water, greenhouse gas reduction