Associate Director – ESH

8901 Evonik Catalysts Ind_8901; Kalyan-Dombivli; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Evonik Catalysts India Pvt. Ltd. in Dombivli is seeking an Associate Director – ESH to standardize ESH practices, set policy direction, and drive the ESHQ program at the site. The role reports to the Head of Operations and requires building a strong safety culture across the workforce.

You will oversee safety, health, and environmental initiatives, coordinate audits with regulatory bodies, and ensure alignment with ISO standards while mentoring diverse teams and driving continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Health & Environment (SHE), Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or an equivalent discipline.
• 10-12 years of relevant EHS experience.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe working environment at site.
• Implementation of Evonik's Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Policy.
• Plan, establish, implement and maintain occupational health, safety and environmental programs.
• Develop, implement and maintain QMS & EMS systems.
• Coordinate ESHQ audits and regulatory compliance.
• Lead training to nurture an Injury free Organization.
• Drive safety initiatives and zero-incident culture.
• Ensure ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001 alignment.
• Support orientation for new employees on health, safety and environment.
• Monitor and promote ESH objectives and targets.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in SHE/related field

Job description

What we offer

At Evonik, you're part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow's medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you'll play an essential part in helping the world's most essential industries succeed. Our success hinges on a diversity of ideas powered by people, not egos. Whether you're a scientist or engineer, new to the team or established, in business, production, or anything in between – we cheer each other on. Because we believe we can do anything. Explore everything. And Be Part of Something Special! Find out more about the many benefits we offer: https://www.evonik.com/en/careers/why.html

Job Title: Associate Director – ESH

Reporting to: Head of Operations

Entity: Evonik Catalysts India Pvt. Ltd.

Work location: Dombivli

Purpose of the position: To standardize ESH practices at ECI. To develop, implement, and drive strategic and operational ESHQ leadership. The incumbent sets the direction for the ESHQ program to improve or introduce new policies, set quality standards, procedures, practices, parameters and manages its execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe working environment at site.
• Implementation of Evonik's Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Policy.
• Planning, establishing, implementing, and maintaining a variety of Occupational health, safety, environmental programs to assure the highest possible degree of safety for employees.
• Responsible for overall development, implementation, and maintenance of the organization’s Quality Management System (QMS) & Environment Management System (EMS).
• Direct environmental compliance programs related to hazardous wastes, air permitting, and water pollution control.
• Design & impart training to nurture an Injury free Organization.
• Lead and support safety initiatives and processes to drive towards zero recordable injuries.
• Ensure effective implementation of QMS as per ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001 to achieve set objectives.
• Assist in new employee occupational health, safety and environmental orientation.
• Ensure periodical health checkup of employees.
• Conduct Safety Committee meetings.
• Act as a core Emergency Response Team member to handle emergency.
• Implementation and maintenance of the environmental management system.
• Continuous follow up and enhancing the S.A.F.E. score.
• Practice of ensuring that a workplace is continually safe.
• Interview employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
• EHSQ budget preparation and monitoring.
• Monitoring, supporting, guiding for meeting timeline of all the EHS activities.
• Ensure promotion of customer focus within the department, as applicable.
• Ensure compliance of Safety standards at workplace including PPE's in working environment.
• Responsible for handling ESHQ audit and coordinating other site audits.
• Coordination with statutory authorities for regulatory topics.
• Manage the site security topics.
• Catalysts India ESH Coordinator- Standardize practices at site.
• Develop and monitor ESH objectives and targets.
• Support ESH due diligence for the site.
• Investigate major incidents at Company and report to management.
• Supporting APS and corporate ESH for execution of ESTER project at site.
• Follow-up on audit observations and recommendations.
• Establish ESH communication within site to share best practices and lesson learned.
• Drive 'Safety at Evonik- Basic Principles of Safe Behavior' program implementation at site.
• Ensure 'Emergency Communication' team established at site and known of press communication tools.
• Provide support to team in case of emergency situations.

Education & Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Health & Environment (SHE), Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or an equivalent discipline.
• 10-12 years of relevant experience in Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), including sound knowledge of safety, health, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Technical & Functional Expertise

• In-depth understanding of EHS regulations, compliance requirements, and industry best practices.
• Experience in implementing and monitoring safety, health, and environmental management systems.
• Proven ability to liaise and coordinate with government authorities, regulatory bodies, and external agencies.
• Knowledge of risk assessment, incident investigation, audit management, and compliance reporting.

Additional Skills & Competencies

• Strong organizational, planning, and coordination skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage priorities in a self-organized manner.
• Experience collaborating effectively with remote and cross-functional teams.
• Strong team player with excellent communication and relationship management skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive EHS initiatives across the organization.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Hands-on experience in a chemical, manufacturing, or process industry environment.
• Strong regulatory and statutory compliance exposure.
• Demonstrated success in managing multiple stakeholders, including government and regulatory authorities.
• Proactive, solution-oriented, and capable of driving a strong safety culture within the organization.