Global Safety Manager

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what’s possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world’s most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.  

Reimagine What’s Possible 

Air Products Membrane Solutions specializes in the development of hollow fiber membrane separators and systems for on-site gas generation. The business is involved in the design, engineering, manufacturing, and marketing of a comprehensive range of PRISM® Membrane Separators, Marine Systems and Engineered-to-Order Systems. These solutions are aimed at safeguarding lives and goods at sea, on land and in the air, while also contributing to the development of more sustainable energy sources and enhancing productivity across diverse industries and applications.

We are seeking a Global Environmental Health and Safety Manager to be located at our St. Louis MO facility.

this role, you will manage a safety team and support the 300-400 individuals across four facilities globally, with a focus on exceeding safety targets. Membrane Solutions is growing rapidly, including new manufacturing facilities in our St. Louis location. Therefore, our EHS program must be robust for a growth environment and new employee hiring.

Strong change management and influencing skill sets are desired to build a world-class and long-term, sustainable, safety-and-change-agile culture at all levels of the organization.

Principal Accountabilities

• Model Air Products Safety Philosophy that all accidents are preventable.

• Lead the strategic oversight for EHS management systems teams for the global manufacturing business.

• Demonstrate personal safety leadership, provide safety mentoring at multiple levels of the organization, and routinely apply behavioral-based coaching.

• Advance a proactive safety culture across multiple global sites.

• Deliver the expedient and clear communication of incidents to the General Manager and ensure coordination with central safety on their disposition.

• Provide comprehensive incident management, including root cause identification and execution of necessary improvement efforts in collaboration with local site safety specialists.

• Leverage regular reviews of safety data for goal setting and prioritization of improvement projects within the organization.

• Own, manage and maintain local safety work processes, standards, and procedures; while ensuring adherence and alignment with Global Air Products Policies.

• Conduct benchmarks and collaborate with regional, peer, and industrial safety programs and resources. Build healthy and productive relationships with central safety teams within Air Products.

• Support site managers to ensure adequate safety training programs and compliance

• Assist sales team in supporting EHS policy, procedure, and safety package for bids.

• Assist in the integration of newly acquired locations or startups.

• Support of the implementation of regulatory standards and requirements (OSHA/ISO9001/ISO14001) and assist in HAZOP and safety requirements with new business developments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and influencing safety in the manufacturing environment, with 10+ years in Industrial Safety

• Ability to provide personal leadership in delivering World Class Safety.

• A minimum of bachelor’s degree in a technical field.

• Demonstrated experience driving measurable improvements in safety results.

• Demonstrated experience in leveraging leading indicators to prevent injury and incidents.

• Must possess a high degree of integrity, interpersonal, and influence skills.

• Additional experience in Process Safety or Laboratories environments preferred

• Experience and understanding of document management systems and management of change systems.

• Understanding of ISO 9001 and 14001.

• CSP desired but not required.

• Passion and commitment to employee involvement, team building, diversity, and inclusion.

• Strong communication and influencing skills.

What's In It for You: 

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check out s