EHS & Sustainability Manager

Inland Packaging is a local label and packaging manufacturer seeking an Environmental, Health, Safety (EHS), and Sustainability Manager to join our growing team. Here at Inland, we print labels for brands like Kraft Heinz, New Glarus Brewing, Sprecher’s, Leinenkugels, and Coors Light. Inland family-owned business (78 years- to be exact) that invests in cutting-edge technology and provides endless career advancement opportunities

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The Environmental, Health, Safety (EHS) and Sustainability Manager is responsible for the organizational facilitation of Inland’s environmental, safety, and sustainability programs. This person will lead initiatives to ensure compliance of all local, state and federal requirements, including but not limited to DNR, EPA, OSHA and PA DEP. This role is also responsible for the coordination and implementation of programs that drive a safe work environment as well as supporting initiatives that allow Inland to meet quality and productivity initiatives. This position fosters and builds relationships with internal and external customers and is influential in driving change, and changing the behavior of employees for the better. The EHS and Sustainability Manager tracks and reports environmental data, such as air emissions, waste generation, and energy consumption. This role helps define the strategic roadmap to a safer, healthier and more environmentally friendly organization.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Multi-site responsibility for the development, recommendation and implementation of strategies, initiatives, policies and programs that promote a culture of safety to ensure compliance with all local, state and federal regulations and requirements, including but not limited to, DNR, EPA, OSHA and PA DEP with a key focus on risk management.
• Responsible for recordkeeping of all EHS compliance documents and environmental reporting.
• Leads EHS compliance programs for internal and external reporting activities.
• Interprets EHS regulations and provides support to other departments to ensure compliance.
• Evaluates and provides recommendations for new equipment, processes and facility changes to minimize regulatory risks, improve safety and employee health, and to be a more environmentally conscious organization.
• Promotes budgetary and capital development to support safer working environments and reduction of injury across the organization.
• Leads due diligence and integration efforts for all EHS activities at new facilities
• Conducts periodic audits to verify compliance and recommends and/or implements improvements to ensure compliance.
• Facilitates EHS audits initiated by external regulatory agencies.
• Collaborates with Inland leadership to manage injured employees, including, data collection, First Report of Injury, accident investigation and claim resolution.
• Manages worker compensation claims and facilitates communication between injured employee, employee’s manager, Human Resources, insurance provider, and treating medical provider.
• Promotes safety culture and serves as the subject matter expert of all EHS regulatory programs at multi-facility operations.
• Manages on-site industrial hygiene testing and surveys of operations and facilities.
• Reviews all Safety Data Sheets and approves or recommends chemicals.
• Develops and directs accident reporting, investigation, data analysis and recurrence prevention programs and procedures.
• Creates and provides safety training to staff and managers
• Manages PIV safety and license program
• Manages DOT and Fleet Safety program
• Serves as Emergency Coordinator in response and assistance to emergency situations.
• Uses EHS expertise to develop and facilitates training for management and employees to ensure compliance with all EHS programs.
• Assists in developing and maintaining EHS related visual process maps and written standard operating procedures.
• Tracks and reports on air (VOC and CO2) emissions, waste, water and energy consumption. Collaborates with the VP of Operations and HR, and the full Executive team to set targets and goals to reduce emissions and future energy consumption.

Core Competencies:
Emotional Intelligence Essentials

• Establishing and sustaining trusting relationships by accurately perceiving and interpreting own and others’ emotions and behavior; leveraging insights to effectively manage own responses so that one’s behavior matches one’s values and delivers intended results.

Financial Acumen

• Utilizing financial data to diagnose business strengths and weaknesses and identify the implications for potential strategies; keeping a financial perspective in the forefront when making strategic decisions.

Leading Change

• Driving organizational and cultural changes needed to achieve strategic objectives; catalyzing new approaches to improve results by transforming organizational culture, systems, or products/services; helping others overcome resistance to change.

Coaching and Developing Others

• Providing feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current and future job responsibilities; planning and supporting the development of individual skills and abilities.

Driving Execution

• Translating strategic priorities into operational reality; aligning communication, accountabilities, resource capabilities, internal processes, and ongoing measurement systems to ensure that strategic priorities yield measurable and sustainable results.

Essential skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, Occupational Health, or Human Resources
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive health and safety experience
• Knowledge of OSHA regulations
• Knowledge of DNR, EPA, and PA DEP regulations
• Understanding of air emissions, energy consumption and policy
• Must be analytical, innovative, decisive
• Strong verbal and written communication
• OSHA 30 Hour Training Course Certified

Nonessential skills and experience:

• Advanced degree in Industrial Hygiene, Safety, Environmental or Occupational Health, or Business
• Certified Industrial Hygienist
• Certified Safety Professional
• Lean management skills

Work Environment:

• Operates in a demanding, fast-paced, people-oriented manufacturing environment with frequent changes and interruptions, and multiple project assignments
• Works with a variety of people including vendors, customers, regulatory agencies, employees, team members, and managers

Required Work Schedule:

• Typically works standard business hours
• Must be flexible for occasional meetings and responsibilities outside of standard business hours including weekends
• Travel and overnight trips may happen occasionally with the potential for short periods of frequent travel to meet business needs

Physical Requirements:

• Generally sedentary
• 20/40 corrected vision
• No unusual physical requirements are necessary

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: One location

Salary : $75,800 - $96,000