Manager, Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS)

Mactac North America; Moosic (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Mactac Scranton, PA is seeking an experienced EHS Manager to lead a comprehensive Environmental, Health and Safety program for our Scranton facility. You will provide leadership, direction and training to ensure a safe and healthy workplace while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations to minimize risk.

Key responsibilities include developing safety-first programs, driving injury prevention through risk assessments and audits, incident investigation, and managing air and water permits,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in safety, industrial hygiene, engineering or related field.
• EHS management in a manufacturing environment.
• Subject matter expert on health and safety regulations and consensus standards.
• Working knowledge of environmental regulations in manufacturing.
• Understanding of processes with solvent/hazardous chemicals.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills from inspections and audits.
• Exceptional communication skills to build a safety culture.
• Legal authorization to work in the US (no visa sponsorship).

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, and drive safety programs to foster a safety-first culture.
• Champion injury prevention through risk assessment and audits.
• Provide incident investigation and reporting oversight.
• Lead employee engagement, meetings, and hazard ID program.
• Develop KPIs and drive continuous EHS and sustainability improvements.
• Provide reports to site and corporate management.
• Manage permitting (air, water) and compliance.
• Coordinate waste management for hazardous, non-hazardous, universal wastes.
• Lead and improve employee training programs.
• Identify needs and oversee industrial hygiene requirements.
• Identify and manage high-risk activities.
• Develop and maintain emergency response plans and budgets.

Skills

EHS management

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering or related

Job description

If this is you, then let's talk!You chose to study and work in the EHS profession because you want to make a difference.

If this is you, then let's talk!You chose to study and work in the EHS profession because you want to make a difference. Understanding regulations and being the subject matter expert is a core competency we expect, but that is only part of the story. What sets you apart is that you can convey relevant details to suit your audience. Your enthusiasm makes EHS a choice not a chore, and you can rally support across all levels of the organization, making positive changes to people's working environments. You systematically look at underlying causes and trends, prior to developing proactive strategies to make safety excellence the norm. Despite all your best efforts, you know that there will be roadblocks and setbacks, and your ability to keep focused will be critical in our Goal Zero mission. You can balance empathy for those undergoing change, with a tenacity to create a better future. You appreciate that learning is continual, and you are just as willing to ask for help, as you are to share success stories with your peers in the network. We are looking for a special person, a leader who will inspire others, with a balance of compliance knowledge, technical expertise, and interpersonal skills. With your help, we will make safety stick!

Position Summary

As an EHS Manager, you will manage a comprehensive Environmental, Health and Safety program for the Mactac Scranton, PA facility. You will provide leadership, direction and training to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for our associates, while ensuring compliance with applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations, to minimize current and future risk / liability.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing, coordinating, and driving programs/initiatives that foster a safety-first culture within the facility.
• Champion injury prevention through risk assessment, auditing (equipment, process, behavior), corrective action, and rigorous implementation of safety programs.
• Providing incident and injury investigation, incident reporting management, and oversight for the facility.
• Leading team engagement activities, including frequent employee communications, shop floor meetings/committees and drive a hazard ID program.
• Developing key indicators and drive continuous improvement in all aspects of EHS and sustainability (energy, water, waste).
• Providing relevant reports to site and corporate management on a daily, monthly, and annual basis.
• Managing all permitting to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local authorities, taking the lead relative to air emission and water permits (Industrial and Stormwater).
• Coordinating complaint waste management processes (Hazardous, Non-Hazardous, Universal) associated with a Small Quantity Generator.
• Leading and continually improving employee training programs, including specific new hire training as well as refresher training for all employees.
• Identifying needs, provide oversight, and drive completion of industrial hygiene requirements.
• Identifying, prioritizing, and managing all high-risk activities (lockout, forklift-pedestrian interaction, etc.).
• Developing and submitting annual budget requests for both EHS department expenses and EHS capex improvement projects, and lead completion of EHS related improvement projects.
• Developing and maintaining emergency response and contingency plans.

Scope

• Decision Impact: Facility (120 employees)
• Budgetary (P&L) Responsibility: Yes
• Direct Reports: No
• Physical Requirements: The person in this position normally works in a manufacturing environment with a significant amount of time spent in the manufacturing facility. Industrial PPE (Eye and foot protection) are mandatory in the manufacturing area.
• Management Responsibilities Level: Individual Contributor
• Reports to: Scranton Plant Manager (functional reporting line to Director of EHS)
• Location: Scranton, PA
• Travel: Limited (occasional visits to other US Mactac locations to benchmark)

Selection Criteria

• Education:
  • A bachelor's degree in safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering or related.
• Experience:
  • EHS management in manufacturing environment or desire to begin that career path (we are more interested in the right person than the right time!)
  • A subject matter expert on a wide range of health and safety regulations and consensus standards.
  • Working knowledge of environmental regulations and how they are applied in a manufacturing facility.
  • Understanding of manufacturing processes, preferably with some solvent/hazardous chemical familiarity.
  • Problem solving and analytical skills, used to identify patterns and develop actions from inspections, audits, hazard reviews and incident investigations.
  • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability and desire to build a safety culture through influence and engagement.
• Other:
  • Legal authorization to work in the US is required (we will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening).

Disclaimers

• The role description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
• It is the policy of Mactac that all employees are employed at the will of Mactac for an indefinite period and are subject to termination at any time, for any reason, with or without cause or notice. At the same time, employees may terminate their employment at any time and for any reason.
• Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, citizenship status, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or contract.

About Mactac

Founded in 1959 by the late entrepreneur Burton (Burt) Morgan, and headquartered in Stow, Ohio, the Morgan Adhesives Company (Mactac) are a leading manufacturer and distributor of pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) materials. We know that you have seen, touched, and used our PSA materials - probably without even knowing it! Our quality products are used in label printing, graphic design, packaging, retail display, fleet graphics, automotive assembly, medical device assembly, and many, many more. Today, Mactac employs over 1000 people and has manufacturing and distribution locations across the United States and Mexico. Mactac's parent company, LINTEC, are leaders in the field of adhesive materials. Their product line-up covers many diversified fields including adhesive papers and films for seals and labels, shatter-proof window films, adhesive sheets for outdoor signs, interior finishing mounting sheets, automobile-use adhesive products, semiconductor-related tape, and LCD-related adhesive products.