EHS Manager

Enviva combines earth’s oldest renewable energy source with 21st Century technology to make wood pellets — a sustainable, cost-efficient and essential complement to wind and solar power. According to experts, generating electricity with wood pellets instead of coal reduces greenhouse gas emissions by about 80 percent. And wood pellets can provide uninterrupted power at any time, at large scale and at comparatively low cost. Enviva was founded in 2004 with a clear purpose in mind: We wanted to develop a cleaner energy alternative to fossil fuels. Today, we are the world’s largest wood pellet producer, with the capacity to make more than 2 million tons in 2016. We manufacture pellets at six facilities in the American South and supply them to electric utilities in the United Kingdom and Europe. Enviva is bringing badly needed economic growth to rural communities across the South, creating hundreds of new jobs and pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the Southern economy. We produce wood pellets with sustainable practices that protect Southern forests. And wood pellets reliably produce electricity at power plants across Europe, regardless of whether the wind is blowing or the sun is shining. At Enviva, our job is more than making pellets. We work for lower emissions, healthy forests and strong communities.

Responsibilities

• Identify workplace hazards and work with plant staff to mitigate/abate these hazards.
• Work closely with Plant Manager to understand company needs and mission.
• Work closely with Plant Manager, supervisors and team leaders to implement and continuously improve EH&S programs.
• Provide safety training to all employees, contractors, and vendors as required.
• Lead safety team/Safety Committee meetings.
• Perform EH&S compliance audits/assessments of facility and contractor work activities.
• Effectively communicate with contractor teams to create a documented safe work plan.
• Provide prompt documentation of assessment findings, observations, and recommendations.
• Conduct investigations of Health & Safety incidents to include root cause analysis.
• Implement safe work practices and behaviors to achieve ZERO incidents/accidents (TIR).
• Ensure employees’, contractors’, and vendors’ work practices are in regulatory compliance with applicable regulatory agencies, as well as with company standards and policies.
• Provide subject matter expertise in technical areas to include OSHA, EPA, NFPA, NEC, NIOSH, ANSI, and ASTM.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Safety, Industrial Technology, Industrial Engineering or related degree/equivalent experience required with high level of knowledge of regulatory requirements (OSHA, EPA, NFPA, NEC, ANSI, and NIOSH) as applied to industrial operations.
• 5 years’ experience working in Health & Safety regulatory compliance in an industrial setting required. Environmental compliance (Title V) experience a plus.
• Must demonstrate strong verbal, written, and critical thinking skills.
• Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook.
• Ability to work and lead in a fast paced, industrial, team environment.

 Previous certification in the regulatory topics below:

• Combustible Dust
• Accident Prevention
• First Aid/CPR/AED and Bloodborne Pathogens
• Confined Space
• Lockout
• Electrical Safety
• Emergency Response
• Fire Prevention
• Hazard Communication
• Material Handling
• Hearing Conservation
• OSHA Recordkeeping
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Power Tool Use and Guarding
• Respiratory Protection
• Crane/Hoist/Rigging Safety
• Welding/Hot Work
• Incident Investigation
• Working from Heights
• Working and Walking Surfaces

Optional certifications:

• OSHA 10 Hour-General Industry
• OSHA 10 Hour-Construction
• OSHA 10 Hour-Maritime
• NFPA 70e
• Cause Mapping

Working Conditions

• Must be able to occasionally work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees 

Physical Requirements

• Willing and able to occasionally work in a hot, humid, cold and noisy industrial environment 
• Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment.

• Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day
• Willing and able to work around moving equipment and machinery
• Willing and able to pull and lift, up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.

Travel Requirements

• May be asked to travel to other manufacturing facilities to provide expertise and assistance, or to attend training.