What are the responsibilities and job description for the EHS Manager position at PPG Careers Careers?
PPG seeks an EHS Manager! As the EHS Manager, you will be responsible for managing a comprehensive Environment, Health and Safety program for the Louisville, KY facility and Architectural Coatings and Refinish Distribution Network. You will provide leadership, direction, and training to contribute to a safe and healthful workplace for our associates while ensuring compliance with applicable environment, health, and safety regulations and requirements to minimize current and future risk and liabilities. You will have close interaction with all levels of the manufacturing, distribution, technical and engineering organizations to ensure a consistent and unified EHS message. Do you have a passion for EHS? Apply today for this exciting opportunity!
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with Federal, State, Local and PPG requirements and policies, along with site permits and plans (SPCC, SWPPP, Air, PSM, RMP, etc.)
- Drive injury prevention, spill elimination and sustainability in the areas of waste elimination, energy conservation and water consumption; provide leadership and direction for EHS training; and includes oversight and completion of the industrial hygiene program.
- Provide incident and injury investigation and reporting management.
- Manage workers’ compensation cases.
- Provide technical guidance and help ensure the efficiency of the facilities MOC program.
- Evaluate the EHS Impacts of capital projects and assure EHS risk assessments are completed.
- Provide oversight, audit readiness and mentorship for compliance audits and corrective action management.
- Provide support for fire prevention and insurance carrier risk management.
- Conceive, develop, and lead solutions to sophisticated situations, using legally or expertly accepted techniques, procedures, or methods.
- Oversee the Waste Management Program (Hazardous, Non-Hazardous, Universal).
- Oversee site emergency response plans and teams.
- Help develop leading indicators that drive continuous improvement in sustainability metrics (energy, water, waste), spill incidents, injuries and the EHS Management System.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or related Science field.
- Solid understanding of safety and environmental regulations and consensus standards (OSHA, EPA, DOT, NIOSH, ANSI, NFPA, Workers’ Compensation), inspection procedures, audits, hazard reviews, incident prevention, incident investigation techniques, and safety and environmental education and training.
- Must possess strong problem-solving skills and be able to manage programs.
- Strong communication, consulting, and influencing skills; effective advisor to management and employees across a variety of issues.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
- Ability to coordinate multiple projects and meet necessary deadlines.
- Proficiency in the use of computers with knowledge of MS office products including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Willingness to learn in a fast-paced manufacturing and distribution environment.
- Expert in change management and building a safety culture through influence and engagement.
About us:
Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.
PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™
Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.
The PPG Way
Every single day at PPG:
We partner with customers to create mutual value.
We are insightful, dedicated and proactive. We have intimate knowledge of the market and our customers. We focus on practical solutions that make a difference.
We are “One PPG” to the world.
We are better and stronger together. We leverage our scale to reach new markets and introduce innovative technologies as we differentiate and disrupt our markets.
We trust our people every day, in every way.
We enable and empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and respectful. Our feedback is clear and actionable.
We make it happen.
We have a passion for winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly.
We run it like we own it.
We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders and our communities.
We do better today than yesterday – everyday.
We continuously learn. We develop our people to grow our businesses.
PPG Way:
We are One PPG: http://one.ppg.com/
PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.
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