EHS Manager

Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description

Summary:

The Plant Environmental Health and Safety Manager provides environmental, health, and safety leadership and strategic direction by leading the Plant's EHS continuous improvement efforts

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Effectively implement Company’s key injury prevention programs at all assigned facilities, such as Near Miss Program, Pre-Job Safety Planning, Employee Safety Observations, etc.
• Establish and sustain appropriate programs and policies for maintaining a “Zero Harm” safety culture.
• Coordinate regular safety calls with leaders at assigned facilities to review injury prevention programs, share best practices, etc.
• Ensure assigned facilities achieve pro-active metric reporting targets, such as number of Near Misses, Number of Safety Observations, etc.
• Ensure assigned facilities meet the established injury tolerances (TRIR, etc.)
• Provide support and oversight to assigned locations to ensure compliance with all applicable OSHA regulatory requirements, such as LOTO, Powered Industrial Trucks and Electrical Safety.
• Ensure assigned facilities fully comply with OSHA regulatory requirements.
• Ensure assigned facilities complete all required one-time and recurring Safety Compliance and Injury Prevention Tasks, assisting with completion as necessary.
• Provide on-going/as-needed safety support to assigned facilities with respect to injury prevention programs and OSHA compliance initiatives.
• Lead special projects/follow-up initiatives, as needed, to drive injury prevention and compliance
• Provide Corporate Safety support, such as updating new Safety Standards and associated compliance and training documents, researching future regulatory requirements and their impact on Company operations, etc.
• Lead Fire Risk Reduction Efforts to ensure that the number of fires are minimized, to include coordinating detailed investigations of all fire events and driving corrective actions.
• Perform all required reporting to, interfacing with and responses to OSHA and similar regulatory agencies.
• Coordinate and perform all required internal reporting on key safety events, such as Lost Time Injuries and Major Fires
• Provide safety review/response for all capital authorization and major project work.
• Conduct periodic Safety Compliance Assistance and Audit Site Visits to assigned facilities, following a standardized review process.
• Participate in Corporate Safety Initiatives, such as Safety Council Meetings, Safety Audits, etc.
• Less than 10% travel is expected.

Requirements:

• BS degree, preferably in safety, industrial hygiene, or environmental related discipline and 7+ years of related experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience in a facility subject to Process Safety Management (PSM) Standards, Title V Air Permit, Small Quantity Generator Status for Hazardous Waste, SPDES Wastewater Permit, etc.
• Certification preferred (PE, CIH, or CSP) but not necessary.
• Flexibility to work non-traditional business hours as needed. Our locations operate 24/7 and the ideal candidate will have the occasional need to be in the facility during non-traditional business hours.
• Ability to influence and lead both direct and indirect reports.

Preferred Skills:

• Have a passion for injury prevention, compliance, and risk reduction
• Be approachable and able to relate to all levels of plant personnel
• Be capable of facilitating and sponsoring employee led teams that solve problems and lead the campus to World Class Safety
• Be capable of aligning the local team and influencing others to achieve the desired EH&S performance objectives

Company Benefits

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact myHRservices@novolex.com.

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen