EHS Manager - Mactac North America

If this is you, then let's talk!

You chose to study and work in the EHS profession because you want to make a difference.

Understanding regulations and being the subject matter expert is a core competency we expect, but that is only part of the story. What set's you apart is that you can convey relevant details to suit your audience. Your enthusiasm makes EHS a choice not a chore, and you can rally support across all levels of the organization, making positive changes to people's working environments.

You systematically look at underlying causes and trends, prior to developing proactive strategies to make safety excellence the norm.

Despite all your best efforts, you know that there will be roadblocks and setbacks, and your ability to keep focused will be critical in our Goal Zero mission. You can balance empathy for those undergoing change, with a tenacity to create a better future.

You appreciate that learning is continual, and you are just as willing to ask for help, as you are to share success stories with your peers in the network.

We are looking for a special person, a leader who will inspire others, with a balance of compliance knowledge, technical expertise, and interpersonal skills. With your help, we will make safety stick!

Position Summary

As an EHS Manager, you will manage a comprehensive Environmental, Health and Safety program for the Mactac Minneapolis, MN facility. You will provide leadership, direction and training to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for our associates, while ensuring compliance with applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations, to minimize current and future risk / liability.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, and drive programs/initiatives that foster a safety-first culture within the facility.
• Champion injury prevention through risk assessment, auditing (equipment, process, behavior), corrective action, and rigorous implementation of safety programs.
• Provide incident and injury investigation, incident reporting management, and oversight for the facility.
• Lead team engagement activities, including frequent employee communications, shop floor meetings/committees and drive a hazard ID program.
• Develop key indicators and drive continuous improvement in all aspects of EHS and sustainability (energy, water, waste).
• Provide relevant reports to site and corporate management on a daily, monthly, annual basis.
• Manage all permitting to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local authorities, taking the lead relative to Title V, and water permits (Industrial and Stormwater).
• Coordinate complaint waste management processes (Hazardous, Non-Hazardous, Universal) associated with a Large Quantity Generator.
• Lead and continually improve employee training programs, including specific new hire training as well as refresher trainings for all employees.
• Identify needs, provide oversight, and drive completion of industrial hygiene requirements.
• Identify, prioritize, and manage all high-risk activities (solvent handling, lockout, confined space, forklift-pedestrian interaction, etc.).
• Develop and submit annual budget requests for both EHS department expenses and EHS capex improvement projects, and lead completion of EHS related improvement projects.
• Develop and maintain emergency response and contingency plans.

Scope:

• Decision Impact: Facility (60 employees)
• Budgetary (P&L) Responsibility: Yes
• Direct Reports: No
• Physical Requirements: The person in this position normally works in a manufacturing environment with a significant amount of time spent in the manufacturing facility. Industrial PPE (Eye and foot protection) are mandatory in the manufacturing area.
• Management Responsibilities Level: Individual Contributor
• Reports to: Minneapolis Plant Manager (functional reporting line to Director of EHS)
• Location: Minneapolis, MN
• Travel: Limited (occasional visits to other US Mactac locations to benchmark)

Selection Criteria:

• Education:
  • A Bachelor's degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering or related.
• Experience:
  • EHS management in manufacturing environment or desire to begin that career path (we are more interested in the right person that the right time!)
  • A subject matter expert on a wide range of health and safety regulations and consensus standards.
  • Working knowledge of environmental regulations and how they are applied in a manufacturing facility.
  • Understanding of manufacturing processes, preferably with some solvent/hazardous chemical familiarity.
  • Problem solving and analytical skills, used to identify patterns and develop actions from inspections, audits, hazard reviews and incident investigations.
  • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability and desire to build a safety culture through influence and engagement.
• Other:
  • Legal authorization to work in the US is required (we will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening).
  • Relocation Eligible: Eligible for Relocation

Disclaimers:

• The role description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
• It is the policy of Mactac that all employees are employed at the will of Mactac for an indefinite period and are subject to termination at any time, for any reason, with or without cause or notice. At the same time, employees may terminate their employment at any time and for any reason.
• Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, citizenship status, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or contract.

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