EHS Manager

About the role

The EHS Manager ensures Environmental, Health & Safety leadership at the site, aligning plant strategic goals to EHS requirements. This role leads improvement objectives consistent with enterprise-wide standards.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility to drive EHS objectives together with the management team, reinforcing the safety culture.
• Facilitate EHS improvements involving all site functional departments, by developing delegation of EHS accountability and developing their EHS skill to deploy EHS management processes.
• As a member of the plant management team you are contributing to EHS KPIs for the plant, engaging all stakeholders on prevention and compliance.
• Leverage your technical, regulatory, & operational knowledge in EHS to effectively communicate with & educate the workforce on best practices.
• Pursues third party recognition when required (e.g., ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001 registration) for programs that establish the site and Tenneco’s EHS program as world class.
• Create EHS training matrices to ensure that all training is defined and tracked to completion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Professional certifications are preferred (Safety Professional, Industrial Hygienist, Hazardous Material Manager, or relevant country equivalents).
• Min 3-5 years of experience in leading an EHS function/program within a manufacturing environment with a focus on safety culture & employee training.
• Strategic vision and communication skills related to EHS engagement.
• Proven experience pursuing operational excellence within EH&S.