Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Manager

Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Manager

Location :

Western suburb of Chicago, IL

Compensation :

The compensation will be consist of a competitive base salary commensurate with experience plus bonus potential.

Opportunity Summary :

We are excited to be partnering with a high integrity, global specialty chemical company located in a western suburb of Chicago, IL who is committed to providing high quality and innovative products to their customers. Due to a promotion we are engaged in a search for a Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Manager. The EH&S Manager develops and leads the company’s programs for environmental compliance, personal and process safety, regulatory compliance, product stewardship, and hazardous materials transportation, ensuring company operations conform to legal requirements and the expectations of our associates, customers, owners, and other parties.

Job Duties :

• Ensures company facilities, operations, products, and services meet legal requirements in areas of responsibility.
• Develops and implements a strategy that effectively integrates EH&S into company’s business processes and into our culture.
• Participates as an active member of the Senior Leadership Team, routinely issues reports to upper management, the President and CEO GM, and the Board of Managers.
• Serves as an active member of the Global EHS steering team, developing, implementing and overseeing global EHS programs and risk management programs, at affiliate facilities globally.
• Promotes and enhances the company’s reputation in the industry through active engagement with customers, distributors, trade associations, owners, and other external parties.
• Ensures development of standard business processes, work procedures, practices and facilities to meet applicable requirements in the assigned program areas.
• Develops and maintain the company’s capability to meet technical requirements for transportation of hazardous materials, labelling of hazardous chemical products, and development and management of safety data sheets.
• Assesses changes to raw materials, products, packaging, operations and services for conformance with applicable requirements, and ensures development of effective programs to manage the impacts of such changes.
• Coordinates development and maintenance of emergency response plans and capabilities for both company facilities and company products, and directly manages or coordinates significant incidents where appropriate.
• Ensures personnel training programs in the areas of responsibility meet minimum regulatory requirements, and works to develop increasing capabilities.
• Classifies the company’s products and raw materials for import/export compliance, issues TSCA import/export documents, develops and oversees the process for generation of Certificates of Origin.
• Manages, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the EH&S Senior Compliance Specialist. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; providing constructive and timely performance evaluations, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements :

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, or related field.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in a senior EH&S role within the chemical manufacturing or foundry industry.
• Experience effectively representing and/or defending the company’s operations and practices against challenges by regulatory agencies (EPA, DEA, etc.) and other parties according to Federal, State and local regulations.
• Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Registered Environmental Professional, Certified Hazardous Environmental Professional (CHMM) helpful but not required with sufficient work experience.
• Experience developing and carrying out EH&S training programs for corporate and industrial personnel.
• Six Sigma Green Belt (preferred) or ability to obtain.
• Ability to travel to domestic and international destinations. Valid passport and driver’s license required. Travel for this role is variable (up to 20%), and includes frequent day and overnight trips, multi-day domestic travel to our sites and customer locations, and occasional overseas travel that may extend to multiple weeks.

Keywords: EH&S, Environmental Health & Safety, Chemical Manufacturing, Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Registered Environmental Professional, Certified Hazardous Environmental Professional (CHMM), Six Sigma Green Belt

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