EHS Manager

1131 Arnold Street, United States | Chicago Heights | Full-time

Job Description

We 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 with 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.

Qualifications

Education / 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 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 and 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.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

According to the job and position, we ensure our employees receive regular training and coaching to unleash their potential.

Your health and well-being are important to us. We offer gym membership discounts, health check-ups, private medical care, and life and group insurance.

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).

About Gerresheimer

Gerresheimer 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 Rights

We 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.