Environmental, Health, & Safety Manager

Graham Packaging is a people, planet and values-based company and a leader in sustainable packaging manufacturing. From the kitchen to the laundry room, Graham Packaging is part of your everyday life.

For employees at Graham, our Blue Culture is part of their everyday lives, too. In other words, Blue is how we do things here.

At Graham, we are united by a clear vision. We know our part and help those around us know theirs, encouraging one another to continuously improve. We create a safe, challenging environment to innovate by supporting creative ideas and new ways of thinking. We take the initiative to cultivate our individual growth and help others do the same, while keeping ourselves and one another accountable. And we actively promote cooperation, collaboration, integrity and respect across regions and teams to foster an engaged, diverse and connected workforce.

We value our employees, and a Blue Culture allows for the most rewarding employee experience as part of the Graham family. Blue is how we feel about what we do—together—to create a better tomorrow. Working at Graham means you lead constructively with clear goals, use diverse thinking to drive excellence, accountability, innovation, as well as demonstrating collaboration, embracing learning, and taking action for continuous improvement and growth.

Overview

The Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager is responsible for implementing and maintaining the business strategy of the Global Environmental, Health and Safety programs. The EH&S Manager will assist the Corporate EHS team in identifying impacts of business changes to EHS, identification of successful business tools and applications, tracking and measuring success to promote value added services to the organization. The primary job rotations of an EH&S Manager may include:

• Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices.
• Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices.
• Assist site management in executing Environmental, Health & Safety priorities, metrics, goals and requirements. Establish and enhance site EHS programs that support global EHS initiatives & expectations.
• Provide EHS technical guidance and support to site management to ensure compliance with EHS regulatory requirements.
• Keep management apprised of EHS progress and significant developments on key site projects.
• Evaluate facility EHS conditions, assess risks and develop appropriate corrective-action plans and budgets to address deficiencies in comparison to regulations and internal policy/protocol.
• Manage all EHS aspects (technical, regulatory/third party interface, reporting, permitting, compliance, financial, administrative, etc.) of site EHS projects and manage site EHS permits in compliance with relevant regulatory programs and corporate policies.
• Lead investigations in responding to significant incidents and government requests/notices.
• Drive communication and involvement to develop continuous improvement plans for EHS performance and programs.
• Analyze and communicate site EHS performance against expectations, provide feedback, establish and track required actions to improve performance.
• Provide leadership & support for training programs to build EHS technical, management and leadership skills of site leadership team and employees.
• Performs all job duties in a safe manner and obeys all safety policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties and cross training as assigned.
• Travel as necessary in support of operations.
  
  

Qualifications

A Bachelor’s Degree and/or related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience required. A minimum of 5 years Environment, Health, and Safety experience in manufacturing preferred.

Requirements

EH&S Managers are required to interact with other managers, employees, vendors, and customers. Therefore, the following skills and proficiencies are also essential requirements of the position:

• Ability to maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance.
• Computer usage and typing skills are essential.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices.
• Communicates effectively: conveys facts and information clearly both verbally and orally.
• Collaborates well with others: proactively contributes to group objectives; volunteers to help others.
  
  

The standard compensation for this role is $93,200 - $134,600. Salary offers will be determined based on final candidate qualifications, experience, skillset, and other relevant factors.

Compensation Statement

The expected salary range for the position described in this posting is made in accordance with the legal mandates of certain jurisdictions within the United States. The final agreed-upon compensation is based on individual qualifications and experience.

Benefits Statement

Benefits include medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in the company’s 401K Employee Saving Plan and may participate in its Employee Wellness Program. Employees will also receive paid time off in accordance with company policy and state law requirements.

EEO Disclaimer

Graham Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, religion, creed, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.