EHS Leader | Packaging Plant, 24/7 Safety Champion

PPC INDUSTRIES INC; Pleasant Prairie (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DuPont PPC in Pleasant Prairie, WI, is seeking an experienced EHS Leader to safeguard people, the environment, and business continuity across 24/7 extrusion and converting operations. You will own and continuously improve the EHS system, partner with cross‑functional teams, and drive safety performance site-wide.

You will lead the EHS team, implement compliance calendars, manage permits, and align with OSHA/EPA/DOT requirements while advancing ISO 14001/45001 standards and a proactive safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or a related technical field preferred.
• Demonstrated experience owning or substantially supporting regulatory compliance, environmental permits, EHS audits/inspections, incident investigations, risk assessments, emergency response, contractor safety, and corrective-action systems.
• ISO 14001 and/or ISO 45001 Lead Auditor, OSHA 30‑Hour, incident investigation, or Lean/Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Embraces and role models DuPont Core Values; builds a culture in which every employee and contractor is empowered to identify hazards, stop work when conditions are unsafe, and take ownership for EHS performance.
• Leads, develops, and retains the site EHS team and competency networks; establishes clear expectations, provides coaching and technical guidance, and builds EHS capability among leaders, supervisors, safety committees, and frontline employees.
• Owns, maintains, and continuously improves the site EHS management system, compliance calendar, legal register, policies, procedures, records, and governance routines; supports alignment with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 principles and DuPont standards.
• Ensures compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, DOT, fire code, workers’ compensation, environmental permit, and state/local requirements; monitors regulatory changes and serves as the primary site interface for inspections, reporting, and agency interactions.
• Establishes EHS strategy, annual objectives, and leading and lagging metrics; analyzes trends such as serious-injury potential, recordable and lost‑time incidents, near misses, corrective‑action closure, training completion, audit findings, environmental events, waste, water, and emissions.
• Leads site risk‑management processes, including EHS reviews for capital projects and change management; job hazard analyses, ergonomic assessments, industrial hygiene, machine safety, LOTO, electrical safety, work at height, confined space, hot work, powered industrial trucks, chemical safety, and PPE selection.

Skills

EHS leadership

Regulatory compliance

Environmental management

Audits & inspections

HSE training

ISO 14001/45001

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or related field

Job description

DuPont PPC in Pleasant Prairie, WI, is seeking an experienced EHS Leader to safeguard people, the environment, and business continuity across 24/7 extrusion and converting operations. You will own and continuously improve the EHS system, partner with cross‑functional teams, and drive safety performance site-wide.

You will lead the EHS team, implement compliance calendars, manage permits, and align with OSHA/EPA/DOT requirements while advancing ISO 14001/45001 standards and a proactive safety