Scope of work: Americas (North America, Central America, South America) Reports to: VP EHS
Essential Job Duties:
Champion and drive a positive EHS culture within PQ Corporation by advising, influencing, and supporting EHS Partners and PQ plant operations. Additional responsibilities and changes in responsibilities may be made at the discretion of the PQ Corporation VP EHS.
Work closely with VP EHS and other EHS Managers / Directors worldwide to identify and implement global EHS policy, standards/requirements, best practices, and systems.
Manage a team of EHS Partners and provide clear expectation and leadership for them.
Provide technical support to leadership on matters related to occupational health, safety, security, environmental compliance, process safety (HAZOP), and loss prevention.
Travels to and works with sites routinely to provide service at a practical level and to interact with local EHS staff and operations.
Ensures adherence to laws, regulations and employer policies governing occupational safety and environmental compliance.
Ensures required data is collected to satisfy environmental permit and reporting requirements (air, water, waste regulatory requirements).
Prepare reports for use by company personnel and regulatory agencies, including Compliance calendar.
Develop and manage initiatives to promote a proactive safety culture, including programs designed to increase employee involvement, education, and recognition by participation in safety committees, incident investigations, training, and compliance auditing.
Collect and interpret EHS data to identify trends and/or causal factors, such as system failure, human error, incomplete or faulty decision-making, or a weakness in existing policies or practices or regulations.
Manage department budget.
Investigate incidents and non-compliance events to determine contributing factors and recommend remedial action to prevent reoccurrence and ensure actions are completed to satisfactory level.
Assist in classifying incidents and non-compliance events.
Liaise with regulatory agencies on matters related to reporting and/or investigating compliance concerns including work related injury.
Develop and deliver regulatory required training related to health, safety, and environment.
Ensure EHS management systems conform to standards such as RC14001, ISO14001, ISO45001, etc.
Manage EHS projects at assigned sites.
Participation in company sponsored auditing including PQP, RC/ISO, and EHS Compliance. Other audits maybe included based on experience.
Ensure site level EHS plans, programs, and procedures are developed and maintained in collaboration with site operations.
Provide support and assist the Behavior Based Safety (BBS) and Joint Health and Safety committees to resolve open items and issues.
Analyzes and interprets reports from consultants and makes recommendations for additional testing and fieldwork as required. EHS Manager
Conduct EHS reviews of capital projects and work with engineering & plant management on solutions to EHS issues.
