EHS Manager

Tenneco is one of the world's leading designer, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with approximately 78.000 team members working at more than 300 sites worldwide. Through our four business groups, Motorparts, Ride Performance, Clean Air and Powertrain, Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.

We are looking for an EHS Manager for our Van Wert, Ohio manufacturing facility. The EHS Manager is responsible for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of plant environmental health and safety policies to ensure compliance with Tenneco, local, state and federal regulations and to meet or exceed established goals.

Our recruiting team is ready to act immediately. You'll first hear from someone in Talent Acquisition to schedule a phone screen, and then the next step will be a personal interview with our Hiring Manager. We pride ourselves on moving through the process quickly, and you can be sure of transparency and prompt communication.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensuring alignment of environmental health and safety policies with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Develop, implement and manage comprehensive occupational health and industrial safety programs, including but not limited to Injury & Illness Prevention Program (IIPP), heat stress, traffic safety, hearing conservation, respiratory protection, fall protection, electrical safety, lockout/tagout, confined space, powered industrial equipment, hazard communication, and PPE program
• Develop, implement and manage various environmental protection programs, including but not limited to storm water protection, spill prevention control and countermeasure plan, hazardous material / waste management program and sanitary sewer management program.
• Ensure compliance to all Company EHS requirements as well as local and governmental requirements - - with the ultimate goal to provide a safe and secure workplace for all employees, visitors, vendors, and guests.
• Conduct safety training with all levels within the organization, including but not limited to: industrial fork-truck, LOTO, confined space.
• Conduct EHS incident investigations to determine and implement root cause corrective actions. Leverage lessons learned and implement continuous improvement actions across the site.
• Perform risk exposure/hazard assessments, indoor air/environmental quality investigations and safety inspections; recommend and follow up on corrective actions which support the ultimate goal of protecting all employees, communities and the environment. This includes machine guarding and knowledge of automated equipment / robotics.
• Coordinate or lead planning, preparation, implementation, execution and recovery of emergency or crisis management events, employee injury events, environmental pollution or permit deviation events, fire safety events or other EHS risk events.
• Responsible for managing the ISO14001 audit as the EMS Coordinator and successfully passing that audit.
• Building comprehensive management tactics that measure compliance and drives improvement and performance objectives as well ensure continuous improvement

• Being a subject matter expert on many topics in environmental health and safety
• Being a technical advisor to internal customers that work for the company
• Conduct needs analyses for company environmental health and training programs
• Partner with plant's leadership and serve as a subject matter expert regarding the interpretation of federal, state, and local EHS regulations
• Align corporate and plant EHS goals
• Lead, develop, EHS safety committee
• Lead EHS audits and inspections developing corrective and preventative action plans as needed
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives on EHS policies and programs"

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in related field with a minimum of 5 years of manufacturing related experience (or equivalent combination of formal education and experience).

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• 3 years Manager or Supervisor level experience, preferably within the EH&S field in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Ability to plan and coordinate projects.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Innovative problem solver with the ability to take initiative.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.