Environmental, Health, Safety & Training Manager

Are you the kind of person who is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland, Inc. has an exciting opportunity for an Environmental, Health, Safety & Training Manager to join our Ashland, ISP Technologies, Inc. business at our Texas City, Texas, manufacturing plant. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the manufacturing function. This position will report to the site manager.

The responsibilities of the position include the following:

• Accountable for the overall safety, health, regulatory, and environmental performance of the plant.
• Conduct risk & hazard assessments.
• Manage and implement several projects and initiatives simultaneously.
• Demonstrate knowledge and a thorough understanding of EHS regulatory structure and requirements, Responsible Care management systems, and company requirements.
• Lead, implement, and measure plant-specific, company, and/or regulatory EHS program elements & performance indicators.
• Conduct root cause analyses, identify corrective actions, and utilize incident management systems to improve site and employee safety.
• Identify, develop, and facilitate EHS-related training materials and topics.
• Communicate verbal and written messages clearly and appropriately for the intended audience.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of current software systems, i.e., SAP, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Persuade or convince others to support an idea, agenda, direction, or initiative by establishing credibility, using data, and/or exercising other appropriate methods.
• Build and sustain working relationships and an effective team with people of diverse cultural identities, styles, and functional responsibilities at all levels, including hourly workers.
• Plan, prioritize, and organize work effectively to produce measurable long-term and short-term results.
• Provide "actionable" feedback to employees to improve the overall performance of the team.
• Make complex decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, knowledge, experience, and judgment.
• Contribute to the organizational goals by taking initiative, executing personal goals, and focusing on performance and safety.
• Improve organizational capacity and capabilities by building collaborative relationships, optimizing diverse talent, and using positive communication and influence with others.

To be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• Bachelor of Science or comparable degree in Industrial Safety, Environmental Science, or other related technical degree (i.e., Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, etc.).
• Minimum ten years’ total experience in industrial safety, environmental, and regulatory in a manufacturing or distribution setting, of which five years must be in safety and environmental management.
• Must be able to wear and properly utilize appropriate personal protective equipment, including hard hat, safety glasses, respirators, earplugs, steel-toed shoes, or other equipment as needed.
• Ability to walk the entire manufacturing site, climb stairs, bend, kneel, or extend reach, depending on the task required.
• Work in an office or plant setting, with frequent visits to operational areas for troubleshooting, delivering urgent messages, or conducting safety and environmental compliance audits.
• Travel may be required within the US.
• Must be authorized to work in the US.

The business unit prefers the following skill sets:

• Safety certifications required by current regional or country regulations.
• Prior emergency response team leadership experience.
• Experience working with regulatory agencies, including license or permit applications.
• Production and/or maintenance supervisory experience preferred.

Benefits of working at Ashland:

• Team recognition, rewards, and monetary incentives based on performance.
• Comprehensive Benefit package, Medical, Dental, and Vision starting on Day 1 for you AND your family.
• 401(k) plan with company match.