Senior EH&S & Process Safety Leader

Celanese; Washington (WV); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Celanese in Washington Works, West Virginia, seeks an experienced EH&S Sr. Manager to lead the development and implementation of environmental, health and safety programs.

You will drive world‑class performance through a high‑performing team and engagement with unit leaders to deliver continuous improvement across safety, sustainability, and emergency response. The role requires a 4‑year degree in a technical field, 10+ years of site operations experience, and strong leadership in an industrial

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in EHS management, engineering, or similar technical discipline.
• At least 10 years of site operations related experience.
• 5+ years of strong leadership, people management and development skills in an industrial environment.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment (preferably chemical or petrochemical) and specifically experience in supporting operations functions.
• Experience and working knowledge of process safety, environmental, industrial health programs, and occupational safety programs and requirements
• Experience and working knowledge of risk analysis regarding process safety risks.

Responsibilities

• Works with site director as part of the site leadership team and other leaders at the site and corporate level to establish site EHS and sustainability strategy and long-range plans.
• Ensures that the strategy and long-range plans build a culture of “no harm” to people that work in the plant, to our community, and to the environment.
• Effectively leads Environmental, Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Process Safety and Security teams to achieve corporate and regulatory compliance every day.
• Influence and coach site leadership on robust action plans to improve process safety, emergency response, environmental and overall stewardship performance.
• Develop and manage (site and unit specific) KPI’s and metrics to measure progress and effectiveness of safety initiatives, programs, processes, and policies.
• Develop a robust set of leading indicators that focuses the team on the critical activities and behaviors to enable excellent EHS and Sustainability results.
• Ensures site EHS policies are simplified and easy to adhere to in the field, while aligned with regulatory and corporate requirements.
• Establish continuous improvement initiatives that support the overarching manufacturing operating model, and are aligned with Human Organizational Performance (HOP) leadership principles
• Builds collaborative relationships with state and local leaders and groups to ensure regulatory compliance is achieved and to build good will with the surrounding communities.
• Accountable for incident management at the site.
• Effectively manages emergency and security response programs, engages community associations to act as liaison.
• Ensures effective site sustainability reporting and improvement initiatives that are aligned with Corporate sustainability objectives and requirements.
• Ensures completion of 1st Party EHS Audits and works with the leadership team to analyze results to drive continual improvement.
• Coordinates 2nd party audit schedule and execution (Process Safety Management, EHS, Fire, Electrical, etc.). Develop and implement plans to resolve any audit findings for Process Safety Management (PSM), Safety and Industrial Hygiene, Fire, Distribution and Environmental assessments.
• Support injury and illness recordkeeping and case management process; maintain relevant logs and documentation.
• Participate in field engagement and interactions with employees and contractors to promote operational learning.
• Provide supervisory guidance and development to EHS team members to ensure technical/functional and operating skills are current and effective.

Education

Bachelor's degree in EHS management, engineering, or similar technical discipline

Job description

Celanese in Washington Works, West Virginia, seeks an experienced EH&S Sr. Manager to lead the development and implementation of environmental, health and safety programs.

You will drive world‑class performance through a high‑performing team and engagement with unit leaders to deliver continuous improvement across safety, sustainability, and emergency response. The role requires a 4‑year degree in a technical field, 10+ years of site operations experience, and strong leadership in an industrial