Environmental, Health & Safety Site Leader

Wabtec Corporation • Full-time • Buffalo Grove, IL, US • $91.10k - $129.80k / year • 1d ago

Role Summary

EHS Leader will engage with the team to drive a proactive culture across the manufacturing facility. This leader will partner with the operations team to evolve Wabtec’s EHS. Partnering cross functionally to understand risk, program compliance gaps as well as levers to drive metrics, program compliance and lean principals. The EHS leader will drive program efforts for the overall environmental, health and safety of the facility. In this role you will be responsible for making a positive impact to the culture of the facility through team member engagement, education and involvement. This position requires working on-site and on the shop floor as an essential function.

Hours

Hours onsite will be primarily on day shift and have some overlap both day and nights or a rotation between day and night shifts based on business need.

Essential Responsibilities

Responsible for maintaining compliance with all Federal, State, Local and Business Best Practice EHS regulations and standards.
Provide tactical leadership of site performance in meeting EHS goals and objectives
Lead the validation of health, safety, and environmental Wabtec management systems to ensure 100% compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements
Develop a systematic approach to dealing with organizational changes throughout site
Work closely with operations teams to identify and address EHS related concerns with site operations.
Perform necessary administrative activities associated with effective management of shop operations.
Maintain site EHS metrics and work cooperatively with EHS HQ on various projects and initiatives, and culture change.
Ensure site personnel understand and comply with all environmental certifications, permits and regulations. Implement solutions that drive compliance.
Develop and maintain digital management information systems for demonstrating compliance with air permit requirements
Implement and audit team member requirements for site permits
Documentation of compliance with all regulatory permitting
Updating and delivering regulatory compliance training
Implement other environmental programs for site

Qualifications/Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in health sciences, safety engineering, environmental engineering or related field.
Minimum of 3+ years at a site leadership role at a plant.
Must have sound knowledge of environmental, health and safety regulatory and statutory requirements including ISO certifications.
Demonstrated experience managing air registration, hazardous waste and water permits
Understanding of current technology applications used in EHS and a curiosity and willingness to embrace future technologies to further improve EHS performance.
Ability to partner with operations to drive operationalizing EHS within the facility
Ability to act as change agent through interactions with others.
Relocation may be provided if you meet eligibility requirements

Desired Characteristics:

Prior EHS experience in leading EHS activities in a manufacturing environment
Prior experience managing environmental permits and culture change
Knowledge of OSHA, RCRA, NPDES, and DOT regulations

What about the physical demands of the job?

Physical and Mental Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this class, an employee is regularly required to operate a variety of automated office machines which includes a computer, printer, facsimile machine, copy machine, calculator, telephone, etc. Must be able to use body members to work, move or carry objects or materials. Must be able to exert up to twenty pounds of force occasionally and up to ten pounds of force frequently. Physical demand requirements are at levels of those for sedentary work.

Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an indoor manufacturing environment. The employee will work in areas exposed to production activities to include but not limited to production machinery, assembly operations, overhead cranes usage, and forklift traffic. The employee will be required to use personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to workplace hazards.

Mental Demands: While performing the duties of this class, the employee is regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve problems; use math and mathematical reasoning; observe and interpret situations; learn, apply and teach new information or skills; and interact with other employees, customers and vendors.

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 30,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $91,100.00 - $129,800.00 per year

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