On-site

Shift schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30am – 4:30pm EST

Job title: Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager

Supports two nearby distribution centers in North Wales and New Britain, Pennsylvania. The North Wales facility is the more active location, with:

• Forklifts
• Conveyors and sorters
• Moving equipment
• Pallet and material-handling activity
• Carriers and trucks entering and exiting the facility

New Britain is a quieter, more traditional distribution center with racking and pallet movement. Safety is the number-one priority, followed by compliance.

 Core/essential skill sets required:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering or other relevant discipline required
• Distribution center or warehouse experience is especially important.

This is a technical EHS role, not primarily a people-management position. Candidates should have demonstrated experience across the broad EHS function:

• Environmental
• Health
• Safety
• Compliance
• Risk assessment
• Audits and inspections
• Incident investigations
• Corrective actions
• EHS training
• Safety program management

Key Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to site managers and employees, conduct internal, and support external, audits to ensure compliance with all applicable EHS requirements and design/recommend corrective and preventative action plans
• Develop and conduct EHS awareness and safety programs for the sites
• Identify EHS risks and define/recommend proactive mitigations
• Ensure that site investment and changes in processes, equipment and systems are carried out in accordance with all relevant EHS and GMP requirements
• Create, implement, monitor and update the site EHS plan in collaboration with the site leadership team
• Provide necessary information and data to site managers and supervisors, Global EHS and other internal and external stakeholders, to support the achievement of EHS objectives and enhance company’s reputation
• Provide site leadership with analyses of incidents and investigation reports to identify significant or notable trends and opportunities for improvement
• Support site leadership to create and maintain an EHS culture throughout the sites that inspires a proactive attitude towards employee safety
• Help site leadership create an environment where people can speak openly and are encouraged to present new ideas about EHS stewardship
• Develop and implement training programs, provide coaching, expertise and guidance to managers and employees at the sites
• Lead continuous improvement in EHS using Operational Excellence (OPEX) principles and visible leadership to achieve goals and to enable compliant operations and business effectiveness
• Support the site leadership team, impacting decision making and taking an active role in promoting cross-site initiatives, teamwork and collaboration across site functions
• Bring global best practices into the site and actively share site perspective, knowledge and lessons learned to contribute and support a best-in class professional level of EHS globally
• Develop trusted and proactive relationships with regulatory agencies, local community and external suppliers to promote compliance and social responsibility, in company’s business interest

Your experience and qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering or other relevant discipline required
• Professional certifications such as: CSP, CIH preferred
• 5+ years of EHS experience including management and technical knowledge (such as: waste, water, air emissions, audit and inspection, industrial hygiene, hazard communication, ergonomics, and EHS management systems)
• Basic knowledge of local current and upcoming legislation and current best EHS practices
• Experience in a distribution environment a plus
• Project management knowledge and experience working within matrixed environments and knowledge of OPEX principles and tools