Area EHS Manager

 

 

Job ID:  507921

Exempt

 

National Pipe & Plastics, a CRH company, is one of North America’s largest PVC pipe producers, serving the water and energy markets from two east coast locations in Endicott, NY, and Greensboro, NC.  But we’re more than just a manufacturer.  Our long history of exceptional customer service and product quality enables us to be a trusted and strategic solutions partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, and more.  As part of the CRH Infrastructure Products business, we are leading the industry with innovative, sustainable solutions with a safety-first mindset.

 

Job Summary

 

The Area EHS&S Manager – Pipe & Fittings will be responsible for the occupational health, safety, environmental compliance, and environmental sustainability of our plant facilities in Colfax, NC, Endicott, NY and Middlefield, OH in alignment with the Oldcastle Infrastructure Products Group (IPG) national platform. This position will work closely with all levels of management and hourly teammates to ensure EHS&S standards and methodologies are communicated and targeted goals are achieved through individual as well as team-based objectives and strategies. This position reports to the Regional EHSS Director and partners closely with operational leaders. This position can be based at any of the listed sites and will involve up to 40% travel. Office environment, site visits including plant and job sites, hotels and conference rooms. This position will require approx. 40% overnight travel.

 

Job Location

 

• This position will be located at our plant in Colfax, NC. 

 

Job Responsibilities

 

• Provide a presence within the region’s facilities and identify areas of improvement as well as present solutions to the operational teams.
• Provide leadership to sites’ EHS professionals and site managers to ensure the full integration into IPG EHS standards and expectations.
• Actively participate on operational team in the areas of operating plans, strategic planning, EHS&S initiatives, internal auditing, management systems, compliance initiatives and governmental/regulatory reporting.
• Supervise team of site based EHS&S professionals both directly and indirectly across the region.
• Assist with onboarding new EHS professionals and operational managers across the region, as needed.
• Provide oversight expertise for incident investigations, development of corrective plans and follow-up actions to prevent recurrence.
• Advise and assist local management in implementing, managing and auditing within the framework of an innovative EHS Management Systems in a manufacturing and/or construction setting.
• Monitor region’s EHS and Sustainability metrics and trends, compile reports and share trends and corrective direction, taking action to shift our culture from rules and regulatory compliance to a culture developed as a behavior driven value at all levels of the organization.
• Manage workers compensation, general liability and automotive liability cases; manage claims with medical team and coordinate with the insurance provider and legal counsel.
• Develop best practice sharing and learning culture with emphasis on implementation across entire region.
• Establish region and/or site priorities and resourcing strategies in conjunction with Regional EHSS Director to identify resource support as needed.
• Implement and manage Sustainability and environmental projects to drive compliance to regulatory standards and improve operational sustainability.
• Effective communication, leadership skills, strategic mindset, ability to drive vision, creative writing, clear and analytical thinking, creative presentation abilities, speaking clearl