CURRENT JOB OPENING

City: Columbia or Houston
State: South Carolina or Texas
Title: EHSQ Manager
Degree/Major Required: BS Engineering (Chemical preferred), possibly Chemistry 
Salary Range: $130k-$150k Salary plus 15% bonus opportunity

Experience:

BS Environmental, Engineering or related Scientific degree 5-20 years experience from the Chemical, Pharma, Petro Chemical, Refining or related Process related industries. They would like someone with a wide variety of skills sets such as Air, Waste Water, Compliance. OSHA PSM, ISO 9001, and safety protocols. They are looking for someone who is a driver of ideas and someone who can get the buy in from the plants in culture change.

Duties:

This has a Managers  title but no direct reports. This is essentially a corporate role that can be based either at their Houston Area Texas Plant or their Columbia SC plant. Travel will be limited till covid is over then get to about 25%. What the main goal of this position is to drive the culture into their safety and environmental culture. It will ocver everything from Enviromental Compliance to Responsible Care and safety protocols for a number of theiur US plants.

Description:

The Sr. Manager -EHSQ Americas drives the EHSQ related culture, awareness and leadership at all levels across the organization by developing, implementing, and improving EHSQ management systems, policies and procedures. The incumbent ensures compliance with relevant external (e.g. ISO, Responsible Care) and internal (e.g. SPS, corporate compliance) standards and the effective use of this companies tools (e.g. Rivo). The incumbent compiles reports and issues management system reviews to document performance and drive corrective actions. He/She is tasked to ensure an adequate level of training and understanding in the organization in relation to EHSQ.
The responsibility is performed by following corporate directions and by striving for alignment with corporate (e.g.  EHS, Regulatory) and regional functions (sites, sales, supply chain). The incumbent provides guidelines for the operational EHSQ organizations but has no direct responsibility for the relevant daily activities performed in the manufacturing sites.

Management System:

Lead development and continuous improvement of the Management System (ISO 9001, 14001, SPS)

Ensure planning and realization of internal and external audits, ensure accreditation

Ensure timely reporting of performance relative to corporate and regional KPIs and the periodic review of KPI targets to drive continuous improvement

Ensure definition and implementation of corrective actions

Compile the required reports in a timely fashion (e.g. system reviews, sustainability data, performance matrix)

Quality Management/Continuous Improvement:

Assess and improve the knowledge and the applying of techniques and tools to drive improvement (e.g. statistical process control, FMEA, problem solving) throughout the Americas organization

EHS Coordination:

Drive EHS related culture, awareness and leadership at all levels across the organization

Ensure regional implementation of corporate requirements, guidelines, and standards, promote definition of Americas standards were required as well as implementation of best practice

Lead the regional EHS initiatives for meeting KPI targets and obtaining continuous improvement, ensure timely reporting of performance and corrective actions 

Guide the preparation of expense forecasts for EHS in the region, analyze and approve EHS capital investments that best meet the business needs

Actively participate as regional representative in EHS steering team, ensure two way communication between region and the team, and drive implementation of initiatives