Site EHS Manager

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We are excited to share that on May 22, 2024, DuPont announced plans to separate(1) into three industry-leading, independent publicly traded companies. This strategic move will create focused businesses with distinct investment profiles. We believe the proposed separations will create opportunities for all three future companies to better serve their customers and unlock long-term value for stakeholders. This process is expected to take 18-24 months from the date of announcement to complete. We are committed to supporting our employees throughout this transition and ensuring a smooth and successful separation process. We look forward to welcoming new talent who are interested in contributing to the continued success and growth of our evolving organization.

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The Electronics & Industrial (E&I) business, which is a part of Dupont Specialty Products USA, LLC, is looking for a motivated Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager to support its Parlin New Jersey location.

The position will be located at the DuPont Parlin Facility in Parlin New Jersey. Our successful candidate will be responsible for providing EH&S leadership, managing the EH&S staff, point of contact for regulatory agencies, manage site EH&S Permits, compliance reporting, continuous improvement programs and enhancing local safety cultures to foster compliance and a safe work environment. Development and implementation of safety policies, procedures, and 1st Party Audits as appropriate.

The candidate will work with Corporate EH&S subject matter experts as needed.

This role is also a part of a regional Hub (Mid-Atlantic) which includes 4 E&I manufacturing sites in Newark, DE and 2 manufacturing facilities in New Jersey.

This role will be part of a cross-functional team which is standardizing policies and procedures across the multiple sites with a focus on EHS systems.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, facilitate, and promote employee safety improvement (facility events, safety council initiatives, Near Miss Program, and safety meetings).
• Implement workplace EHS requirements, processes/procedures as well as establish safety expectations. Communicate and coordinate guidelines for employee and contractor safety awareness.
• Recommend improvements and standardization to practices and procedures to ensure safe and healthy work conditions and maintain right to operate (environmental compliance).
• Conduct and/or review job safety analyses and processes to identify and mitigate EHS issues, such as chemical, biological, physical and radioactive hazards, as well as musculoskeletal stresses. Provides compliance advice for hazard prevention and risk-control principles and strategies.
• Track, calculate, and report health and safety metrics.
• Conduct or participate in Pre-Start-up Safety Reviews (PSSR's).
• Ensure timely reporting, classification, and investigation of EHS incident or near miss events and communicate key learnings from environmental, health and safety events.
• Complete regulatory submissions, notifications, etc. required to maintain compliance with federal, state, and local EHS requirements. Interact with EHS agency for inspections and regulatory advocacy.
• Drive EHS audit program to examine compliance with regulations and conformance with corporate standards and other related commitments. Ensure the tracking to closure of corrective and improvement actions taken in response to audit findings. Perform data analysis of the results.
• Lead, develop or coordinate training programs to increase proficiency in EHS practices and promote awareness. Documents and maintains required training records per organizational and corporate guidelines.
• Provide and follow up on all office ergonomic requests, coordinate with site ergonomics coordinator for non-office ergonomics assessments.
• Lead specialized work streams or be called upon to participate in other safety networks or committees within the organization.
• Keep the line organization appraised in making timely adjustments and continuously improve performance indicators through statistical analysis, performance metrics (leading and lagging indicators), monitoring results, etc. for organization's EHS programs.
• Work with the Mid-Atlantic Hub to prioritize and standardize policies and procedures across the Hub locations.
• Provide guidance and support for Process Safety Management initiatives and related programs.
• Drive Environmental Management Systems
• Provide support/guidance to the Site Contractor Administrator, ISNetworld and legal as requested.
• Provide oversite for Site Security in accordance with Corporate Security mandates and CFATS regulations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent experience in an Occupational Safety or affiliated discipline or another applicable technical field (engineering, chemistry, biology) Minimum 10 years professional experience in manufacturing or chemical industry in a safety leadership role.
• Ability to work independently, contribute within a team, and actively engage and partner with manufacturing and technical associates.
• Previous experience managing/supervising an EH&S team.
• EHS functional/technical expertise with strong knowledge of safe work practices, auditing, record keeping, investigation/RCFA, regulatory permitting and preparing/delivering training.
• Experience knowledge of industrial hygiene principles and monitoring techniques
• Organizational priority-setting skills, attention to detail, follow-through, effective written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to build consensus and influence a diverse group of associates in safe behaviors and practices.
• Advanced working knowledge of EHS regulations. Ability to draw from experience and knowledge of technical learnings and from peer resources to arrive at professional decisions to recommend to site personnel.
• Working knowledge of EHS management practices, processes, and expectations is preferred.
• Working in a union environment with certified/qualified professional crafts.
• Microsoft Office Applications (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint).

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(1)The separation transactions are subject to satisfaction of customary conditions, including final approval by DuPont's Board of Directors, receipt of tax opinion from counsel, the filing and effectiveness of Form 10 registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, applicable regulatory approvals, and satisfactory completion of financing. For further discussion of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could impact the achievement, expected timing and intended benefits of the separation transactions, see DuPont's announcement.