EHS Leader: Build Safety Culture

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The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Leader is a key member of the Natural Leadership Team (NLT) and is responsible for leading safety and environmental performance across the Irving Roofing and Asphalt plants. This role provides technical expertise, visible floor leadership, coaching, and accountability while winning the hearts and minds of employees to help create a zero-injury culture and strong environmental stewardship.

The successful candidate will influence employees and leaders at all levels, own EHS systems and compliance requirements, and drive sustainable improvement through clear priorities, disciplined follow-through, and proactive communication.

Span of control: Two hourly direct reports and one EHS Development professional. This role has significant influence across internal plant teams, corporate partners, regulatory agencies, and external stakeholders.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Live the Safety stand, adhere to safety, health, and environmental responsibilities.

• Transform plant safety and environmental performance to world-class levels that align with division and Owens Corning corporate goals.
• Lead plant safety culture through visible floor presence, coaching, and consistent reinforcement of standards.
• Lead site efforts to reduce the plant’s environmental footprint in alignment with corporate sustainability strategy and community stewardship expectations
• Support wellness efforts that improve employee health, engagement, and safety performance.
• Advise and guide the Natural Leadership Team (NLT) in developing a risk-ranked strategic plan, prioritize and advocate capital/resource requests, and advise the leadership team on all aspects of environmental requirements and responsibilities.
• Own and communicate plant safety metrics, including RIR, first aids, near misses, and Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) indicators.
• Own and communicate plant environmental metrics, compliance status, and improvement priorities.

Develop capability, accountability, and follow-through in the plant.

• Coach, mentor, and redirect plant personnel to strengthen safety leadership and ownership.
• Set clear expectations, priorities, and follow-up routines for direct reports and safety teams.
• Maintain a leadership presence on the plant floor, influence employee and supervisory behaviors, and fully engage employees in the safety process.
• Assess effectiveness of plant leadership from an EH&S perspective and provide developmental guidance as required.
• Develop safety programs and incident tracking systems to drive insights on injury prevention and ways to engineer out safety risk.
• Lead a safety committee of plant employees to create a safe and environmentally conscious workforce
• Manage workers’ compensation claims by coordinating injury reporting, case follow-up, return-to-work activities, and communication with employees, leaders, HR, medical providers, and claims partners.
• Provide proactive updates on EHS risks, training status, corrective actions, and upcoming compliance needs.
• Lead Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) EHS Pillar in support of the overall plant strategy.
• Own the site EHS training plan, schedule, completion tracking, and escalation of overdue requirements.
• Coordinate workplace injury communication, case management support, and follow-up with the appropriate partners.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of all critical EH&S processes, programs, and procedures.
• Set, track, and deliver key EHS metrics and action plans that drive continuous improvement.

Own compliance, corrective actions, and risk reduction.

• Ensure regulatory compliance of all environmental permits and processes.
• Build effective relationships with regulatory agencies and…