EHS Manager

Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager

This role will be based onsite at our Charles City, IA manufacturing site. Remote and / or hybrid candidates will not be considered.

The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager is responsible for executing the companys EHS strategy and goals in coordination with the EHS Lead in a fast paced and complex environment. This position supports day-to-day operations of all functions and groups on site. This role will facilitate / support Business Continuity, and Sustainability programs to assure safe, compliant, and reliable manufacturing and supply operations. We are looking for an energetic leader with a passion for EHS who will work with our colleagues to identify the best ways to complete the job safely, efficiently and in accordance with regulatory and company requirements.

Primary responsibilities include developing, implementing, and enforcing all EHS requirements to assure compliance; building world-class environmental, safety, health / wellness, industrial hygiene, and loss prevention programs and Home Safe Every Day culture; driving continuous improvement of EHS performance; and, serving as the key site contact for EHS-related government agencies (i.e., OSHA, EPA, FDA, etc.). This role will also analyze existing and planned operations, projects, processes, equipment, and facilities and develop cost effective action plans to ensure risk control and compliance with all applicable requirements.

Position Responsibilities :

• Drives and promotes awareness of Home Safe, Every Day EHS culture and programs through communication and collaborative team interaction.
• Develop and administer environmental, industrial hygiene, safety, health / wellness, biosafety, process safety, ergonomic and / or loss prevention programs and processes to assure that actions resulting from business decisions comply with applicable laws and regulations.
• Provides guidance, training, and operational support to all levels of the organization and across all functional groups. Provides day-to-day program supervision and compliance with site, corporate and regulatory standards, and requirements. Serves as an environmental, health, and safety subject matter expert to the site.
• Supports and leads EHS improvement projects, EHS risk assessments, self-assessments, audits, and inspection processes.
• Effectively represent the organization on key projects and interact with internal and external leaders on matters requiring multi-organizational collaboration.
• Efficiently implement EHS requirements within Zoetis philosophy and policies. Key elements of this responsibility include management and participation in assessment and monitoring programs to identify EHS aspects, impacts and risks.
• Integrate EHS and Sustainability into key business processes (Capital projects, product / process transfers, equipment, and material purchases, Management of Change, etc.).
• Manage Zoetis expectations for EHS capital projects including conducting HAZOPS and pre-startup safety reviews, event investigations, audits, and inspections, EHS onboarding, permit to work management, etc.
• Build strong partnerships with Site Leadership Team, Value Stream operations and enabling functions including supply chain, quality, engineering, technical services, and logistics.
• Establish effective working relationships with regulatory agencies that permit beneficial negotiations pertaining to company interest.
• Manage actions related to regulatory obligations (legal registry / compliance calendar) and stakeholder requests (CSR / Sustainability reporting, FM Global, BCP, etc.).
• Identify significant EHS risk (operational, business continuity, legal, financial, etc.), communicate opportunities and implement mitigation plans.
• Implement site actions plans, documents, processes, methods, and tools to limit EHS risk and impacts.
• Coach shop floor problem-solving for EHS concerns / investigations using DMAIC principles to identify and solve root cause.
• Track and trend key EHS and Sustainability KPIs and provide digital / data analytics to help drive progress on initiatives and to aid in decision making and provide oversight of site Sustainability Plan and drive to Carbon Neutral.
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of current good manufacturing (cGMP) and laboratory practices (GLP) as they relate to Charles City Operations.
• Prepare regulatory submissions including facility reports, and technical documents.
• Facilitates and / or participates on various site committees and teams, such as Energy Conservation, Site Safety, and Spill / Emergency Management.
• Organize and prioritize work schedule to meet project and task deadlines.

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Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at zoetiscolleagueservices@zoetis.com to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following : (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com / careers site, or (2) via email to / from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of "@zoetis.com". In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with