Occupational Health Nurse

About INEOS Aromatics

INEOS Aromatics is a global chemical manufacturing company that produces products used in the polyester industry, contributing to everyday items like clothes, carpets, furniture, automotive parts, and food packaging. The company employs 1,300 employees across various sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Mainland China, Belgium, Indonesia, and Taiwan, with annual sales of $4 billion. With over 25,000 employees worldwide and an annual turnover of $60 billion, INEOS Aromatics is one of the world's most successful chemical companies. Safety is a top priority, and the company is known for its safety record.

Current Opportunity

Job Title: Occupational Health Nurse
Location: Texas City, TX

The Position:

This position provides nursing practices that focus on the work environment, the worker, and the business context to promote health, prevent illness and injury, protect workers from risks associated with occupational health hazards, recommend placement of workers in jobs suited to their psychological and physical health status, and restore workers' health in a safe and healthy work environment.

What You Will Do

• Promote a strong safety culture by adhering to and championing INEOS 20 Principles of Process and Behavioural Safety, Life-Saving Rules, SHEQ policies, regulatory compliance (OSHA, ADA, FMLA), pandemic preparedness, and participation in incident management and safety initiatives.
• Provide comprehensive occupational health services, including evaluation, treatment, and case management of occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses, return-to-work coordination, fitness-for-duty evaluations, emergency care procedures, and collaboration with physicians and leadership.
• Manage employee health surveillance and medical programs, including OSHA-required medical testing, physical examinations, drug and alcohol testing, hearing conservation, respirator, bloodborne pathogen, immunization, wellness, and contractor medical oversight programs.
• Assess workplace health risks and support employee well-being through worksite evaluations, ergonomic assessments, employee counseling and EAP referrals, health consultations, CPR coordination, and collaboration with SHEQ and Industrial Hygiene teams.
• Maintain medical operations and compliance, including confidential medical records, department procedures and protocols, medical equipment calibration, supply management, regulatory documentation, and continuous review of occupational health programs.
• Support organizational and corporate health initiatives by serving as a resource to leadership, implementing corporate health programs, maintaining professional certifications, providing backup support to other INEOS facilities, and completing special projects and other assigned responsibilities.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of occupational health nursing experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local occupational health and safety regulations.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to coordinate and provide guidance to part-time, contract, or casual occupational health professionals and contracted site physicians.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with employees, leaders, healthcare providers, and external partners.

Technical Skills

• PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDE:
• - Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN/COHN-S)
• - Drug and Alcohol Collection Certification
• - CAOHC Certification (Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation)
• - NIOSH Spirometry/Pulmonary Function Testing Certification
• - American Heart Association (AHA) CPR Instructor Certification

Competencies, Behavioral Skills

• Strong emphasis on Ethics.
• Good communication skills necessary, especially for interaction with external suppliers.
• Interacts openly and honestly with others across the organization and externally.
• Knows and complies with laws, rules, policies, and procedures.
• Willingness to work in a service-oriented role.
• Emotional Intelligence.

Compensation & Benefits

• INEOS Aromatics offers a competitive benefits package to support employees and their dependents, including:
• - Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• - Life and disability insurance.
• - A 401(k)-retirement plan with a 3% automatic company contribution and a 100% match on the first 6% of employee contributions.
• - Paid time off and additional wellness, financial, and lifestyle benefits.

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge and skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. At INEOS Aromatics, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are carefully made based on the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

The Location:

This opportunity is located in Texas City, Texas.