Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager

Environmental, Health, & Safety Manager

The Environmental Health & Safety Manager is responsible for promoting continuous improvement by the full implementation and support of the MTI EHS process for the plant. This role may also provide health, safety and environmental compliance oversight and support for MTI through assisting with EHS activities at other sites requiring support.

Responsibilities :

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

• Establish the safety standards for the plant consistent with or exceeding MTI, OSHA, and other local standards.
• Ensure a high level of compliance within all provincial, regional and local standards, as well as ensuring environmental compliance within all global environmental regulations.
• Develop an immediate short-term and multi-year plan to drive continuous improvement with specific and actionable steps for near-term implementation
• Lead and drive the Lafayette plant organization's implementation and improvement of key sustainability metrics
• Provide analysis of EHS performance metrics to the site leadership and management in collaboration with Global Specialties EHS director to deepen understanding as well as provide improvement recommendations
• Provide assessment and recommendations for the continuous improvement of the safety culture within the designated plant
• Establish and maintain the EHS training process for the designated plant to ensure that training is conducted in an effective manner and in compliance with regulatory agency and MTI requirements
• Ensure regulatory compliance at assigned plants, including all EHS permits
• Oversee the management of hazardous waste and air pollution activities at the plant and other sites if needed
• Review and approve all new equipment, process changes and chemical changes for EHS impacts for the site
• Establish processes to keep abreast of proposed changes to existing laws with regard to their possible effects on all facilities, especially the plant, and take action with site leadership or plant management to address these items on a proactive basis, as needed
• Ensure corrective actions on any items of improvement from third party inspections are brought to the Company's attention and tracked to completion
• Lead new hire and annual refresher, regulatory, and adhoc training
• Lead the Health & Safety Committee meetings and activities to ensure consistent implementation of safety initiatives and act as the main point of contact for data requests and administrative purposes
• Establish and oversee various plant EHS inspection processes identifying potential safety hazards, compliance issues and ensure timely correction of all items noted
• Coordinate and support investigations and root cause analysis for injuries, releases, regulatory deviations, near miss incidents and property damage incidents
• Ensure a contractor safety management process (including periodic inspections and correction of violations) is in place and meets all regulatory and company requirements
• Conduct safety analysis on job functions and work with site management and employees to reduce and manage risk
• Interface with regulatory agencies and assist in negotiation of permit requirements and other regulatory initiatives
• Ensure that safety reviews are conducted for all new process equipment and projects and that they are properly installed
• Work with the Plant Managers to field and respond to neighborhood concerns regarding dust, noise, etc.
• Provide oversight to environmental remediation efforts as necessary for the area of assignment in collaboration with the Global BU EHS director
• Provide oversight and support for the sustainability report data collection process
• Performing and maintaining the industrial hygiene program
• Other duties as assigned

Continuous Improvement / Lean :

Qualifications :

Qualifications / Requirements :

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills and / or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

Education & Experience :

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :

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Career Progression Potential :

Equal Opportunity Employer