Corporate EHS Manager

Job Description

This role serves as the functional leader for Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS). The role has functional responsibilities for processes, systems, and methodologies to maintain the highest standard of safety, reliability of supply within Aviagen Operations.

Capital Program Management

• Maintains control and visibility over projects to ensure they are operational on time and within budget.
• Prepares Project Plans, including justification for major and minor capital projects.
• Maintains complete project files including drawings, proposals, contracts, work-in-progress reviews, inspections, and communications.
• Contributes to the preparation of each unit’s budgeting process.
• Promotes effective communication with internal customers and leadership, external suppliers and vendors.
• Provides pre-and post-startup assistance on projects to Maintenance and Operations to assure that all systems are functioning properly.

Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)

• Partners to develop deep working relationships with business operation leaders and functional experts to identify opportunities to improve business performance through ensured compliance, waste reductions and continuous improvement.
• Identifies and shares best practices across all business locations.
• Develops and maintains tools, templates, standards, processes and training and drives internal adoption through effective change management.
• Develops and champions the implementation of Environmental, Health and Safety standards.
• Drives improvements by interfacing at all levels of the organization and building support both vertically and horizontally.
• Governs the implementation of Environmental, Health and Safety standards.

Governance and Compliance

• Represents the business units in any necessary agency or regulatory interactions.
• Ensures continued governmental compliance and engages the organization to accomplish goals and objectives.
• Develops and implements safety policies and procedures.
• Identifies, documents, and shares best practices amongst all business units.
• Drives effective and timely solutions to all audit non-conformances.

Processes and Metrics

• Captial Program Management:
  • Cost Management: Manage capital program budgets effectively, including tracking the actual cost of projects against the budgeted cost, monitoring any cost overruns or savings, and analyzing the reasons behind any significant deviations.
  • Project Delivery: Deliver capital programs on time and within scope, including tracking project milestones and timelines, assessing the quality of the final deliverables, and analyzing the reasons behind any delays or failures.
  • Stakeholder Management: Effectively manage relationships with stakeholders, establishing scorecards to measure stakeholder satisfaction levels, assessing the level of stakeholder engagement and communication, and analyzing the impact of stakeholder feedback on the program.
  • Business Impact: Measure the capital program's overall impact to the bottom-line, including tracking the return on investment (ROI) of projects, assessing the impact of the program on the organization's revenue, and analyzing the long-term sustainability of the program.
• Environmental, Health and Safety (ESH):
  • Ensure assigned business units develop and maintain the capabilities necessary to support the company's ESH standards.
  • Maintain Key Performance Indicators and ensure alignment with the annual operating plan.
  • Compliance rate: Percentage of the organization's operations that are in compliance with relevant environmental, health, and safety regulations.
  • Incident rate: Year-on-year incident rate trend for environmental, health, and safety incidents that are best amongst the business group and considered world-class for the industry.
  • Risk reduction: Evidence of implemented measures to reduce environmental, health, and safety risks within the organization.
  • Budget management: Demonstrate fiscal responsibility by meeting budget requirements, thoughtfully planning and delivering a realistic and accurate budget each fiscal year.
  • Continuous Improvement: Develop world-class performance standards through optimizing and digitizing processes, establishing standard reporting tools to provide weekly and monthly reports to appropriate business teams.

Required

• Supervisory or technical lead experience in one or more of key ESH programs.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and/or directing ESH staff with documented results showing operational excellence in executing complex technical programs.
• Experience interpreting and applying standards, regulations, or codes in ESH programs.
• Experience with EHS compliance oversight, documentation, and corrective action development.

Desired

• Demonstrated experience in successfully managing a team.
• Experience implementing an occupational safety program, including processes, programs, and documentation outlined by OSHA standards.
• Capital Project Management experience in an agricultural or construction environment.
• Experience in project scheduling.
• Experience managing and supervising staff and supplier relationships.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Agri-Business, or other programs with emphasis on occupational safety & health.

Skills and Competencies

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Analytical Thinking
• Detail Oriented
• Results Orientation
• Organizational Acumen
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Presentation
• Project Management
• Problem Solving
• Functional Expertise
• Excel
• Word
• PowerPoint