Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager

Company: Gerresheimer AG
Location: Chicago
Posted on: September 25, 2024

Job Description:

1131 Arnold Street, United States - Chicago Heights - Full-timeJob DescriptionWe are looking for a qualified and experienced Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager to join our team at Gerresheimer. This role will be responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight, aligned with Global EHS & Sustainability, for occupational health, safety, hygiene, occupational medicine, environmental, and sustainability issues, including federal, state, and local compliance to regulations.Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, monitor, and audit the Environmental Control System, which must meet the requirements established by Federal, State, and Local regulations.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of existing and proposed local, state, and Federal regulations.
• Maintain site-specific EHS program and plans in accordance with state and federal regulations and company expectations.
• Manage site environmental health and safety teams, including the Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the site Safety, Ergonomic, and Environmental Committee.
• Use every opportunity to drive EHS awareness by demonstrating safe behavior, continuous self-development, and education in areas of environmental, health & safety compliance, industry trends, and regulatory developments.
• Develop site-specific roadmap in line with corporate sustainability strategy and goals.
• Ensure compliance with all environmental, health, and safety regulations.QualificationsEducation / Experience / Knowledge:
  • Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in engineering, industrial science management, environmental science management, or environmental engineering.
  • 10+ years of relevant working experience in EHS management in a manufacturing environment or related industries, with 3 years in a management position.
  • Desired licensing: OSHA 45001, ISO9001, ISO14001-2015, CSP, CIH, HAZ, VPP.Skills / Abilities:
    • Experience in obtaining and maintaining OHSAS certification.
    • Strong analytical skills and proven success in managing budgets and vendors.
    • Ability to work and engage with all levels of stakeholders.
    • Lead investigation of accidents, incidents, and near misses to identify causes and to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future.
    • Maintain compliance with all applicable Waste, Water, and Air regulations through required preventative maintenance of the equipment, recordkeeping, preparation of reports, and activity plans.
    • Ability to deliver internal health and safety management courses.
    • Provide leadership to site staff, employees, and EHS committees that will continue to drive a strong EHS culture.
    • Drive EHS compliance through audits, process/equipment review, and proactive risk elimination, and track corrective actions to closure.
    • Coordinate and conduct EHS training for employees, contractors, and visitors as needed.
    • Compile periodic reports to HQ, work cooperatively with EHS and Sustainability HQ on various simplification and risk reduction projects.
    • Ability and willingness to perform essential physical requirements in order to maintain compliance with regulations and business expectations.We offer you a canteen as well as free beverages.According to the job and position, we make sure our employees get regular trainings and coaching to unleash their possibilities.Your health and well-being is important to us. We have a company doctor and offer fitness trainings, massages, health check-ups as well as capital-forming benefits and a group insurance.JobBike: Do yourself and our environment a favor and ride two wheels to work. We support you with a JobBike.Benefit from special conditions with various brands in fashion, technology, leisure, and many more.Working environment: Creating a great place to work is essential for us, so we live up to our values teamwork, responsibility, integrity, bold innovation, and excellence (TRIBE).Note: Benefits might vary depending on the position.About GerresheimerGerresheimer is the global partner for pharmaceutics, biotech, healthcare, and cosmetics with a very broad product range for pharmaceutical and cosmetic packaging solutions and drug delivery systems. The company is an innovative solution provider from concept to delivery of the end product. Gerresheimer achieves its ambitious goals through a high level of innovative strength, industrial competence, and concentration on quality and customer focus. In developing innovative and sustainable solutions, Gerresheimer relies on a comprehensive international network with numerous innovation and production centers in Europe, America, and Asia. Gerresheimer produces close to its customers worldwide with around 11,000 employees and generated annual revenues in 2022 of EUR 1.8bn. With its products and solutions, Gerresheimer plays an essential role in people's health and well-being.Equal RightsWe commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. All applicants are considered without any regard to color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership, or any other legally protected status. Preference is given to hiring people with disabilities.
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