EHS Specialist / Manager

Join a global leader in specialty chemicals where safety is more than compliance – it’s culture.  As an EHS leader you’ll play a critical role in driving environmental and workplace safety initiatives at their Mississippi facility.  The organization offers the stability of a well-established company with the innovation and support to help you lead, influence, and grow.  If you have over 5 years of experience in manufacturing and are interested, please apply!

The EHS Specialist / Manager is responsible for ensuring a safe, secure, and environmentally responsible workplace at the Mississippi Plant.  This role includes overseeing occupational safety and health, emergency response, security, and environmental performance.  The EHS Specialist / Manager will lead efforts to strengthen the plant’s safety culture, promote continuous improvement, and support company’s SHE vision by encouraging strong management support and active employee involvement.

Job Functions / Accountabilities (Essential & Marginal):

• Communicates with interested parties regarding facility safety, health, security & environmental issues.
• Uphold safety, health, security, emergency response & environmental procedures, communicate directly & support the SHE dept. to ensure OSHA, EPA, DOT & DHS compliance at all times.
• Implement and support Corporate SHE programs at site. Assures policies and corresponding procedures are compliant with corporate policies and procedures and regulatory standards.
• Ensure a safe and environmentally sustainable operation of Mississippi Plant facility by incorporating the proper procedures, equipment controls and training to meet or exceed all standards, laws, rules, and regulations.
• Develop proactive strategies in occupational safety management and lead implementation / achieve organizational acceptance of occupational safety programs, standards, management systems and procedures to ensure operational excellence and sustainability in the organization.
• Develop and execute programs to reduce and eliminate the risk of incidents of process, equipment, and systems-related injuries and illness, exposure and property loss.
• Collaborate with other functions and sites including but not limited to Research and Development, Engineering, and Operations to execute the safety strategy.
• Ensure OSHA-required safety training and environmental training programs meet compliance standard requirements and are conducted for all employees and contractors. Ensure training incorporates innovative methods to make training interesting, relevant and effective.
• Maintain and monitor MS Plant fire water, detection, alarm and extinguishing systems.
• Responds to on-site alarms, incidents, emergencies and accidents as necessary.
• Ensure immediate incident reporting protocol is followed per EPCRA, CERCLA, etc. and corporate policy.
• Provides guidance to sites regarding state and federal safety, emergency response and security standards and makes recommendations for program improvements.
• Participates in investigations of safety-, environmental- and security-related incidents to provide feedback on root cause and necessary corrective actions.
• Obtain, renew and comply with permits for all environmental media as required.
• Ensure all environmental compliance records are complete and organized and all reporting requirements are met and submitted in a timely manner.
• Conduct site vulnerability analyses and ensure MS Plant maintains compliance with Department of Homeland Security Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Standard requirements.
• Conduct and/or coordinate on-site equipment inspections and work area and behavioral inspections to audit both physical conditions and safe work practices to ensure the highest SHE standards are being maintained throughout the plant.
• Serve as Hazmat Technician, Incident Commander and first responder to emergencies as necessary.
• Participate in Corporate and site SHE integrated management system and compliance audits, report on findings, make recommendations for correction of issues and continuous improvement, and directly support the site’s risk reduction efforts.
• Participate in PHA meetings, lead the hazard review meetings for small- to moderate-size plant projects, and revalidations of existing (older) processes & document the results in PHA Works report. Participate with Corporate in PHA/hazard evaluations of large projects (such as a new process).
• Report key performance indicators (most importantly, leading indictors) to track the SHE management system and work in cooperation with managers, engineers and others to keep process safety performance on track.
• Implement all fourteen (14) elements of the OSHA Process Safety Management standard and the additional requirements of EPA risk management plan rule. Identify gaps in any of the elements and implement sustainable solutions to address them.
• Participate in and ensure site management of change (MOC) and pre-start up safety review (PSSR) processes are completed as required.
• Provide hands-on support for closure of audit and PHA findings by developing and implementing solutions related to SHE risk and compliance gaps.
• Ensure compliance with federal (OSHA, EPA DOT, DHS), and state (MS) air, water and waste regulations. Ensure compliance with POTW wastewater permit.
• Represent the Company in external regulatory and insurance inspections.
• Lead site security drills; make recommendations to improve security procedures, processes & systems.

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Crystal Meeks at cmeeks@cps4jobs.com.

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Salary

$100,000 - $125,000

Benefits

Medical benefits (PPO and HDHP), dental benefits, vision benefits, health plan incentives, health savings account (with potential contribution by company), Flexible Spending Accounts – including Medical and Dependent Care options, employee assistance program, personal health coaching, on-site health screenings, on-site gym (at two locations), wellness challenges, and annual screenings.

Technical Qualifications:

Education:  Bachelor’s in Industrial Safety, Chemical Engineering, or related fields.

Experience:  Minimum of five (5) years of experience in health and safety within chemical manufacturing preferred.

Special Qualifications:

Working knowledge of OSHA and EPA regulations, particularly Process Safety Management (PSM) and Risk Management Plan (RMP) requirements for chemical plants.  Must exhibit strong SHE leadership and have excellent organizational skills.  Must possess effective verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills in order to communicate with all levels within the organization.  Knowledgeable of chemistry / chemical terminology.  Hazmat training and Incident commander training required.

Professional Safety certification preferred.

Certified CPR Trainer preferred.

Less than 10% domestic travel.

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Crystal Meeks at cmeeks@cps4jobs.com.

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