EHS Specialist

PPG Industries; Kansas City (MO); Sur place; USD 75 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Disability/Leave

Family Leave

Résumé du poste

PPG Industries is seeking an experienced EHS Specialist to manage a comprehensive Environmental, Health and Safety program for the Kansas City and Oklahoma City facilities. You will report to the Sr.

EHS Manager and guide best practices to sustain the EHS mission, while delivering a safe workplace and regulatory compliance. You will lead safety initiatives, train teams, and participate in audits, with travel to the Oklahoma City plant as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Engineering or a related science.
• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing/chemical industries preferred.
• Knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, NIOSH, ANSI, NFPA, and Workers’ Compensation.
• Ability to influence and engage across all levels to build a strong safety culture.
• Willingness to travel to the Oklahoma City plant (at least 5 days per month onsite).

Responsabilités

• Engage daily with employees, supervisors and management to support a One PPG EHS culture.
• Coach and mentor the team to enhance EHS capabilities.
• Lead or participate in safety teams and committees; conduct monthly EHS trainings; lead emergency response activities.
• Perform industrial hygiene tasks such as air and noise monitoring and PPE program oversight.
• Evaluate EHS impacts of capital projects and ensure risk assessments are completed.
• Manage safety programs including Job Safety Analysis and Management of Change.
• Support investigations and corrective actions with senior oversight and mentorship.

Connaissances

Regulatory knowledge

Safety culture

Influence & engagement

Leadership

Incident investigation

Audits & compliance

Communication

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Safety/Engineering

Description du poste

Join PPG and help lead the next generation of coatings development. As a global industry leader, PPG delivers advanced coating solutions that set the standard for performance, quality, and sustainability. Experienced people who excel in a culture of collaboration, innovation, and growth power our success.

As an EHS Specialist , you will help manage a comprehensive Environmental, Health and Safety program for the PPG Kansas City and Oklahoma City facilities. You will report to the Sr. EHS Manager and help guide best practices to sustain our EHS mission. You will provide leadership and training to provide a safe workplace for our team members, while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations to minimize all liabilities/risk. You will have close interaction with all levels of the manufacturing, technical and engineering organizations and provide an unified EHS message. The Sr. EHS Manager will manage this onsite role, which is based in our Kansas City, KS site.

Key Responsibilities

• Dedicate daily time on the production floor engaging (communicating, influencing, collaborating) with employees, supervisors and management to support a "One PPG" EHS culture.
• Be a coach and mentor to enhance the team’s EHS capabilities.
• Lead or participate in various safety teams and committees; Conduct monthly EHS trainings; Lead emergency response activities.
• Conduct critical industrial hygiene and occupational health tasks such as air monitoring, noise monitoring, ventilation assessments, and personal protective equipment (PPE) programs.
• Evaluate the EHS Impacts of capital projects and assure EHS risk assessments are completed.
• Manage important safety programs including Job Safety Analysis, site safety risk assessments, risk mitigation, and Management of Change.
• Support site management and provide coaching and review of incident investigations and corrective actions through 5-Why and other incident investigation methods.
• Provide oversight, audit readiness and mentorship for compliance audits and corrective action management.
• Help lead/support Site Safety Committee, LOTO Subcommittee and Ergonomic Subcommittee.
• Develop programs to reduce EHS risks and to comply with regulatory and PPG corporate requirements and management systems.
• Complete and submit Federal, State, and Local environmental reports such as the OSHA logs, and be responsible for site permits.
• Help with oversight of the Waste Management Program (Hazardous, Non-Hazardous, Universal).
• Help develop leading indicators that improve sustainability metrics (energy, water, waste), spill incidents, injuries and the EHS Management System.
• Provide onsite support to both the Oklahoma City and Kansas City plants.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Engineering or a related science.
• 3 or more years of experience, preferably in manufacturing and/or chemical industries.
• Knowledge of safety and environmental regulations. This includes consensus standards such as OSHA, EPA, DOT, NIOSH, ANSI, NFPA, and Workers’ Compensation. Additionally, inspection procedures, audits, hazard reviews, and incident investigation techniques are necessary.
• Knowledge in organizational change and building a safety culture through influence and engagement.
• Demonstrated strength in collaborating with colleagues and leaders across all levels.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Prime success factors include the ability to influence, be creative, provide unique points of view and promote a strong safety culture.
• Travel is required to the Oklahoma City plant (at least 5 days per month onsite).

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PPG offers comprehensive benefits such as Health, Dental, Life, Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation and Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Disability/Leave, Family Leave and other Voluntary benefit offerings. Actual benefit offerings confirmed at the time of hire.

About us

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways thandoes any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG onX.

The PPG Way 2030

We are customer champions

Proactive. Bold. Trustworthy. Everything we do starts with our customers. We listen, movefastanddon'tstop until we solve their biggest challenges. When our customers win, we all grow.

We act with purpose and speed

Agile. Data-driven. Empowered. We take smart risks to stay ahead of the competition. We work proactively with agility, using quality data to develop solutions that create value.

We are excellentoperators

Productive. Collaborative. Accountable. No matter our role, weidentifyproblems, takeownershipand always bring solutions. We are both proactive and responsive to drive continuous improvement and deliver results. We support ourfrontline,the faces of PPG to our customers.

We compete to win

Future-focused. Driven. Ambitious. We are passionate about growing our business and winning with our customers. We deliver results, embrace newtechnologiesand leverage agility and speed as strengths.

We are PPG proud

Strong. United. Passionate. We work safely, act withintegrityand value our diverse perspectives. We celebrate achievements and take pride in the positive impact we create together to protect and beautify the world.

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