PLANT EHS SPECIALIST

Michelin Reifenwerke AG & Co. KGaA; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Michelin Reifenwerke AG & Co. KGaA in Chennai is seeking an experienced safety professional to serve as the site’s safety specialist and trusted reference for EHS domains including Safety, Environment, and Hygiene.

You will support site leadership and ensure compliance with internal and external requirements. The role requires 5–10 years of relevant EHS experience, strong regulatory knowledge, and the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and communicate complex topics clearly.

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of EHS legislation and regulatory compliance.
• Experience in risk assessment, audits, and internal/external management systems.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Monitor legal, regulatory, and internal safety requirements; perform gap assessments and action plans.
• Lead and maintain comprehensive risk assessments with defined priorities and controls.
• Provide safety input for design projects, new machinery purchases, and organizational changes.
• Investigate safety events, escalate concerns, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Share best practices and participate in safety community meetings.

Skills

Stakeholder influence

Cross-functional leadership

Technical communication

Regulatory compliance

Education

M.Tech Industrial Safety

Diploma Industrial Safety (one-year)

Job description

Join our Michelin UCH Site EHS team and help build a safer, compliant, and continuously improving workplace.

About the opportunity
We are seeking an experienced safety professional to serve as the site’s safety specialist and trusted point of reference for many of the EHS domains viz Safety, Environment, Hygiene, etc. You will support site leadership, strengthen the effectiveness of the environmental and risk-prevention management system, and ensure that applicable internal and external requirements are understood and implemented.

What We’re Looking For

• Qualification: Full-time 2 years M.Tech. in Industrial Safety from a college recognized by the Government of Tamil Nadu, or a one-year full-time Diploma in Industrial Safety from a Regional Labour Institute.
• Experience: Around 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in the EHS field.
• Sound knowledge of EHS legislation, regulatory compliance, risk assessment, audits, and internal & external management systems.
• Ability to influence stakeholders, lead cross-functional initiatives, and communicate technical topics clearly.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and follow-through skills.

What You’ll Do

• Monitor applicable legal, regulatory, and internal safety requirements; perform gap assessments and recommend practical action plans to maintain site compliance.
• Lead and maintain comprehensive risk assessments, ensuring that priorities, controls, and improvement plans are clearly defined and followed through.
• Provide formal safety input for design projects, new machinery purchases, equipment modifications, and organizational changes.
• Investigate operating abnormalities and safety events, escalate critical concerns, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Share good practices across the site and wider professional network, and participate in or facilitate safety community meetings.
• Prepare and present the annual safety-domain review as part of the site management-system review.
• Support teams through safety governance, management-system activities, steering committees, training, and site events.
• Build effective relationships with internal stakeholders, contractors, authorities, and external technical partners.
• Provide technical support during management-system audits, regulatory inspections, and crises affecting the safety domain.
• Lead cross-functional safety improvement projects and coordinate actions across departments.
• Contribute to safety audits at other sites and, where appropriate, lead audit activities.

Support wider coordination of the safety domain at country or regional level when required