Safety, Health, Environment & Security Manager

The SHE&S Manager will oversee the safety, environmental, and health initiatives for the Synthomer Akron Technology Center as well as other sites and company initiatives as assigned.

• Coordinate the Akron Technology Center SHE&S/RCMS management system and serve as facilitator of the site safety committee.
• Establish and maintain site‑specific SHE&S policies, programs and procedures that ensure compliance with all applicable Synthomer, federal, state, and local regulations and corporate standards.
• Maintain and monitor current information and educate site leadership and employees to ensure site compliance with government SHE regulations and corporate policy.
• Track reported hazards, action items, and ensure timely follow‑up and communication to stakeholders regarding corrective actions.
• Prepare required reports, plans, and other government SHE&S filings and ensure timely and accurate submission.
• Maintain the environmental compliance programs including hazardous waste.
• Ensure industrial hygiene monitoring for identified hazardous risks such as air, noise, dust, etc.
• Evaluate jobs (JSA’s) for possible ergonomic and other safety improvements and engineering improvements and implement these work‑design changes with appropriate team members.
• Actively investigate all incidents and near‑misses, identify root causes, risk‑rank all corrective/preventive measures, and ensure implementation.
• Lead the Emergency Response Team and maintain an up‑to‑date emergency response procedure.
• Coordinate and ensure execution of sites’ safety efforts including training, audits, required health screens, workman’s compensation, accident investigations, and general safety awareness.
• Support the local site management team with the development and achievement of SHE&S annual performance goals; OSHA and regulatory requirement compliance; coordination of site safety committee initiatives and behavioral/area audits; hazard analysis and recognition; risk ranking and execution of critical safety projects.
• Actively participate in projects and SHE efforts at other sites as requested.
• Interact with the site workforce at all levels to demonstrate, educate and enforce safe work practices.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Chemistry, Polymer Engineering, or similar science or engineering degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years demonstrated safety experience required, preferably in a manufacturing or laboratory environment.
• Minimum of 1 year of laboratory experience (including intern/co‑op) required.
• Must be proficient as a change agent and work with the organization/management to change safety culture.
• High energy, productive, team player.
• Working knowledge of OSHA regulations.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret regulations, professional journals, technical procedures and technical results.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be an independent, self‑motivated individual with the ability to multi‑task and administer a broad range of duties.
• Ability to coach, teach and counsel and be comfortable speaking to groups at different organizational levels.
• Must be able to work independently without day‑to‑day supervision.
• Must be comfortable dealing with SHE&S issues in the laboratory environment and working with all levels of employees (from front‑line employees to senior management).
• Competent with the Microsoft Office suite of programs (i.e., Word, Excel, and Outlook) and safety and health management systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. Must be able to compose clear and concise written communications without error or omission. Must be able to verbally communicate with a wide range of people in a clear and concise manner. Must be able to address the team using terminology of laboratory environments.
• Must be watchful and highly vigilant, maintaining high ethical standards.

• Experience with effective health and safety management systems including RCMS and ISO.
• Able to understand and execute processes including risk ranking, rapid problem solving, effective project management, hazard analysis, permitting,…