Environmental Health and Safety Manager

As a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet. Join a winning team that enables you to build your best future! Our teams are uniquely positioned to support a multitude of industries across the globe. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself through meaningful work projects and learning opportunities. We strive to provide our employees with an experience focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Become a member of the Johnson Controls family and thrive in an empowering company culture where your voice and ideas will be heard - your next great opportunity is just a few clicks away!

What we offer

• Competitive salary and bonus

• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time

• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care

• On the job/cross training opportunities

• Encouraging and collaborative team environment

• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

• A Day in The Life: Plant Operations

What you will do

The Environmental Health & Safety Manager will lead various assignments and projects in support of plant environmental, health and safety goals. This role will work with various programs and policies, research a variety of EHS related components, participate in and lead various programs to assist in achieving our vision of Zero Harm.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

How you will do it

• Engages the work force, both salary and hourly, to drive cultural change and accomplish environmental, health and safety performance objectives and targets.

• Ensures compliance with all federal, state and local regulatory requirements and JCI corporate safety systems.

• Reviews planned changes and new equipment installations. Approves or recommends changes in manufacturing and engineering matters of plant layout, location/relocation of machinery, equipment, facilities, safety designs, and processes.

• Supports property risk by partnering with Facilities in ensuring compliance with FM Global assessments and routinely touring the property and conducting inspections to ensure compliance.

• Maintains and improves the corporate environmental management system. Collects environmental data for use in determining root-causes of compliance problems and pollution prevention opportunities. Implements proactive corrective steps.

• With a detailed understanding of EPA requirements, completes and submits applicable environmental reports in a timely fashion (such as Tier II, TRI Form R, Generator's Residual Waste, Waste-Water Self-Monitoring, and Air Emissions Inventory).

• Participates in the administration, implementation and compliance with the ISO14001 Environmental Management System, and ISO 45001 Safety Management System.

• Is responsible for hazardous and non-hazardous waste program including ensuring the correct handling, packaging, labeling, storage and transportation of waste to approved treatment and/or disposal facilities.

• Coordinates air emission, wastewater, storm water, and waste auditing and testing.

• Presents safety and environmental training programs to workers and supervisors. Some standardized materials will be made available, and development of site-specific training materials will be required.

• Applies knowledge of health and safety engineering processes and practices to identify and mitigate hazards and risks.

• Conducts research in order to apply the best industrial and working practices.

• Identifies and evaluates unsafe practices to address root cause in the mitigation of hazard and risk.

• Uses technology and forward thinking while leading safety improvement projects.

• Measures and audits the effectiveness of EHS hazard control programs such as lock-out tag-out, JHA/JSA and permit programs.

• Meets regularly with the Safety committee and union safety leadership to support best practice sharing, identifying and resolving safety concerns and making improvements.

What we look for

Required

• University degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 5-7+ Years suggested minimum experience within a manufacturing environment

• Experience with high hazard controls in a manufacturing environment.

• Proven experience developing and driving a safety culture improvement plan, implementing key safety initiatives focusing on injury prevention and behavior-based safety and in building a strong compliance calendar to ensure regulatory compliance across all EHS programs.

• Skills and ability to be considered a Safety subject matter expert in one or more of the following: cranes and rigging, electrical/Arc Flash, fall protection and/or welding.

• Strong background in OSHA standards, compliance reporting requirements and other applicable regulatory requirements.

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office.

• Effective and professional communication and organization skills.

• Strong customer service orientation.

Preferred

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), or other related EHS certifications.

• Experience working with ISO management systems.

• Solid understanding and experience with behavior-based safety programs.

• Knowledge of and skills in Lean Manufacturing and Safety Kaizens.

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