Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager - Dir Level - EHS/HSE - Full relo to Eugene

International Paper; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, welfare & retirement plans

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment assistance

Paid time off

Voluntary benefits: home, auto, vision

Job summary

International Paper seeks a Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager at the Director level for full relocation to Eugene, Oregon. The role oversees safety, health and environmental programs at a paper mill near Springfield, focusing on incident prevention, regulatory compliance, and leadership development.

You will mentor engineers and safety staff, coordinate with management on performance, and drive environmental and safety initiatives across the site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or occupational health and safety or related degree.
• 8–12 years of experience in manufacturing environments, forest products preferred.
• Strong written & verbal communication, problem solving, negotiation, presentation and training delivery skills.
• Ability to learn quickly, be action oriented, build effective teams, and set priorities with business leads.

Responsibilities

• Leads site HSE programs including Safety Excellence, Safety Above All Else, Safe Align implementation, and Safety Steering.
• Pursues an incident free workplace and 100% compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Develops functional reports for future leaders and provides oversight to Safety, Health and Workers’ Compensation.
• Implements programs to advance environmental, health, safety, and sustainability metrics.
• Leads environmental management including elimination of significant events and EMS implementation.
• Leads local HSE initiatives (IPCC, internal audits, ECP/LOTO, etc.) and environmental footprint reduction.
• Manages regulatory agencies, third party audits, and reporting; coordinates return-to-work processes.
• Mentors Environmental Engineers, Safety Manager, and Safety Engineer; leads communications.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Negotiation

Presentation

Training delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or occupational health and safety

Job description

Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager - Dir Level - EHS/HSE - Full relo to Eugene

• Portland, OR

Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager - HSE Manager
We are posting in Portland to attract world class talent for our Springfield paper mill located near Eugene Oregon.
Key to success: This is traditionally a Director level role over both safety and env managers. The ideal candidate will already know PNW environmental compliance but this need has a safety leadership focus.You should already know how to hit Zero recordables in a Paper Mill or similar chemical or industrial manufacturing company. We are a fortune 150 company offering full relocation, concierge benefits and many career paths if open to relo. Best of luck with your search efforts~

Physical Location:

801 42 nd St.

Springfield, OR 97478

The Job You Will Perform:

• Leads site HSE’s programs including Safety Excellence, Safety Above All Else, Safe Align implementation, and Safety Steering.
• Pursues an incident free workplace.
• Emphasizes 100 percent compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Raises performance standards by advancing the ideals of sustainability.
• Develops functional reports with appropriate competencies and skill sets needed for future leaders within IP.
• Provides oversight, compliance and guidance to the Safety, Health, and Workers’ Compensation in order to achieve safety targets for Safe Align; TIR/LWIR and reduce Workers’ Compensation costs and claim volume.
• Implements programs, initiatives, and measures to advance environmental, health, safety, and sustainability key metrics. Including Safety Leading Indicators.
• Leads and/or support environmental management team including elimination of significant environmental events and the implementation of a comprehensive environmental management system.
• Lead local efforts around company HSE initiatives, such as Contractor Compliance (IPCC), internal HSE self-audit (Key Element Surveys), Environmental Compliance audits, Energy Control Program (ECP / LOTO), etc.
• Focuses on environmental footprint reduction opportunities.
• Achieves gains and reduces costs and liabilities for environmental and safety incidents.
• Responsible for day-to-day activities related to Mill’s Air Emissions, effluent discharge, solid waste contracts, permitting processes and chemical management programs with access to process engineer support for large project work.
• Manages regulatory agencies, third party audits, inspections, inquiries, contacts, and reporting.
• Assure workers compensation claims are managed so that quality of care is provided, return to work is expedited, and costs are controlled.
• Oversees mill security processes.
• Works directly with mill management on performance management and development opportunities of team members. Ensures training for team members.
• Mentors, coaches and develops Environmental Engineers, Safety Manager, and Safety Engineer. Review RACI, roles, and responsibilities.
• Primary Lead for Internal and External Communications.
• Primary local contact/liaison for community; newspaper, applicable organizations in regard to environmental issues, etc.
• Works to directly influence various levels of local and state officials.
• Fulfills area specific 5S expectations (5 Minute 5S Checklists, replenishment of tools and supplies, 5S Audits, etc.)
• This position does require the individual to be part of a duty coverage team rotation that includes weekend and on-call coverage.

The Qualifications, Skills, and Knowledge You Will Bring:

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or occupational health and safety or related degree.
• Minimum of 8-12 years’ experience in a broad range of manufacturing environments, forest products industry preferred.
• Strong written & verbal communication skills; problem solving, negotiation, presentation, and training delivery skills.
• This individual will need to be able to learn and adjust quickly, be action oriented, be adept at building effective teams and be able to set priorities based on the business’ needs, working closely with appropriate HSE/Business leads.

Preferred

• Professional certification or equivalent (CSP, CIH), with advanced degree preferred.
• Union Environment experience strongly preferred.
• Expert knowledge of OSHA/EPA regulations.
• Preferred experience in High Performance Work System environment
• The ideal candidate will have an engineering background and will be the main focal point to address environmental issues.
• Must possess collaborative skills, organizational agility, innovation management skills and be able to resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Experience in the forest products industry or an industry with a similar risk profile and bring to this position a type of creativity and “can do” attitude that will make the overall organization successful.

The Benefits You Will Enjoy: International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement contributions, Paid Time Off, Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement), Student Loan Repayment Assistance, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets