Environmental, Health and Safety Manager

Georgia-Pacific is hiring an Environmental, Health and Safety Manager for their Kansas City, MO facility. The role involves providing leadership in EHS strategies, developing programs, preparing reports, and fostering a safety-oriented culture. Responsibilities include risk assessment development, hazard awareness, change management, and collaboration with facility leadership on EHS objectives. The position emphasizes transformational leadership and employee engagement in safety practices.
About the position

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Environmental, Health and Safety Manager to provide leadership and presence at our Kansas City, MO corrugated facility. Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Manager provides leadership and strategic direction by building a partnership with front-line leadership and collaborating with business partners to develop and mentor the production team relating to environmental, health and safety. Our culture is defined by the Principle Based Management ™ philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create. With over 30 facilities across more than 20 states, Georgia-Pacific Corrugated is a recognized leader in innovative, customer-focused packaging solutions. The company maintains a commitment to safety, sustainability, and consistent quality in its manufacture of traditional corrugated and high-graphic packaging. The EHS Manager will provide transformational leadership, direction, and influence to achieve the EHS vision through management commitment and employee ownership. This role involves developing and aligning facility EHS programs and strategies according to the business/enterprise EHS plan, preparing environmental permits and EHS reports, and fostering an environment where employees understand and exercise their decision rights regarding EHS. The EHS Manager will lead the development of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards, increase critical hazard awareness thereby reducing the likelihood of at-risk behaviors, and ensure an effective change management process is in place. Additionally, this position will partner with facility leadership to develop short and long-term EHS objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize and mitigate risks, and create and maintain a safety committee for the site. The role also includes ensuring the development, improvement, and implementation of training systems to meet plant needs, conducting routine management reviews, and fostering an EHS environment of collaboration and active participation with all employees, external stakeholders, and regulatory entities.

Responsibilities
• Provide transformational leadership, direction, and influence to achieve the EHS vision through management commitment and employee ownership.
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• Develop and align facility EHS programs and strategies according to the business/enterprise EHS plan.
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• Prepare environmental permits and EHS reports.
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• Foster an environment where employees understand and exercise their decision rights regarding EHS.
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• Lead the development of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards.
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• Increase critical hazard awareness thereby reducing the likelihood of at-risk behaviors.
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• Ensure an effective change management process is in place.
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• Partner with facility leadership to develop short and long-term EHS objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize and mitigate risks; create and maintain a safety committee for the site.
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• Ensure the development, improvement, and implementation of training systems to meet plant needs.
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• Conduct routine management reviews and adjust plans as necessary.
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• Foster an EHS environment of collaboration and active participation with all employees, external stakeholders, and regulatory entities.

Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree OR Four (4) or more years of Environmental, Health and Safety leadership experience in a manufacturing, industrial or military environment.
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• Environmental, Health and Safety leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.

Nice-to-haves
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Environmental Management, Environmental Science, or Biological Science.
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• Experience with environmental permitting (i.e.: air and storm water) and reporting.
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• Certified Safety Professional (CSP).
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• Corrugated experience.
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• Experience in areas of Hazardous Energy Control, Mobile Equipment and Pedestrian Safety Management.

Benefits
• Paid parental leave
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• Health savings account
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• AD&D insurance
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• Health insurance
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• Dental insurance
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• Tuition reimbursement
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• Adoption assistance
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• Parental leave
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• Vision insurance
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• Life insurance