EHS Manager

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food beverage and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice restaurant delivery and carryout food processing grocery and retail and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin paper molded fiber aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories 250 brands and over 39000 SKUs.

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

How Youll Perform the Role

• Advance initiatives which promote and sustain the safety health security and welfare of all personnel.
• Develop deploy and monitor all EHS programs procedures policies and standards in a manner that ensures compliance to Federal State Local Customer and align with Corporate EHS requirements.
• Provide focus direction leadership and technical expertise to the various tactical teams (Plant Safety Lead Teams; High Risk Teams - Ergonomic Electrical Protection Fall Protection Mobile Equipment Guarding; Storm/Waste Water Pollution Prevention SPCC Behavioral-Based Safety Training Team.)
• Implement and administer an internal EHS hazard/risk assessment and compliance auditing process designed to validate adherence to best known standards and practices.
• Implement and administer a root cause analysis procedure/process design to reveal and capture intellectual wisdom from all near miss and/or failure occurrences.
• Communicate post incident / near miss findings (written/verbal: Incident Flash; Detailed Incident Investigation; and phone / net conferences).
• Develop implement and institutionalize a process to identify and eliminate high risk occurrences through review of historical incident data; leading/warning indicators; plant process and equipment audits; job and activity observations; and highly specified JSAs and SWIs.
• Stimulate and cultivate a zero-incident mentality throughout the facility.
• Provide applicable management/agency notification oversight interface and coaching.
• Proactively work with the HR Manager in the administration of Workers Compensation case management.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of all environmental reports (Air Emission Summary TRI Tier II SWPPP deviation reports and waste disposal both hazardous and non-hazardous etc).
• Develop report and ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all related leading and lagging performance and success measures.
• Assess and evaluate plant EHS connections and make recommendations to the Plant Manager regarding strategies to remedy training skills or performance deficiencies.

What We Need From You

• BS Degree in Occupational Safety and Health Mechanical/Chemical Engineering Business/Organizational Management or related field preferred.
• Related post-education training certifications such as CIH CSP CPEA or CHMM preferred.
• 5 years of experience implementing EHS standards training and legal compliance in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Self-motivated organization skills and ability to multi-task.
• Demonstrated experience in leading cultural change across a facility; experienced in leveraging multiple approaches to helping people adopt and implement sustained change in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience in leading continuous improvement activities and programs leveraging processes tools and best practices in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent soft skills in communicating effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Effective in influencing change across functional and demographic boundaries.
• Budget/cost management; strategic planning and leadership experience preferred.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (Word Excel Power Point Outlook Microsoft Teams etc).

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With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

At Novolex giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union) and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices including but not limited to selection hiring promotion transfer and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age race color national origin sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity religion handicap or disability genetics citizenship status service member or veteran status or any other category protected by federal state or local law. Any individual who because of his or her disability needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Companys application process should contact .

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