Regional EHS Lead - Americas

Job Title: Regional EHS Lead - Americas Location: Devens, MA, USA Location Type: Hybrid Website:  
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When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, a part of the Spirax Group, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

This is a new role with primary focus across Americas EHS, both Supply and Sales. The role will be based out of Devens MA with regular travel to Wilmington MA and occasional travel across the remaining Americas region. You will drive all EHS matters across the Americas and will be a key member of the Global Leadership Team for WMFTS. The role requires strong leadership to drive change and sustained improvements, and an ability to influence across a complex organizational structure.

• Leading the EHS function through your Technical EHS knowledge, Storytelling and Servant Leadership are fundamentals.
• Creating an EHS deployment plan spanning 1, 3 & 5 years (OGSM)
• Ensuring the EHS strategy and road map balances the specific needs of the various Sectors and Functions whilst also adhering to the expectations of the SPIRAX Group.
• Prepare and deliver periodic reports on Health and Safety to meet the specific needs of different stakeholders such as the Divisional Director and the Exec Safety Steerco.
• Learn (investigate) from incidents, maintain appropriate records, and make recommendations to promote health and safety in the workplace and related activities.
• Aiming to bring a level of EHS cohesion and standardization to the divisions while also considering the different journeys and risk profiles.
• Drive a culture of Trust with a learning output and the development of worldclass EHS basics.
• Be prepared to challenge the Supply and Sales teams across multiple functions i.e. Quality, Finance, Supply chain, so that EHS is considered a top priority in decision making.
• Develop positive EHS procurement standards across Americas, so that a safe and consistent process is supporting our Supply and Sales Opco’s.
• You will be a key driver in our Core strategy, supporting both our WMFTS Deployment plan and driving continuous EHS improvement in key risks.
• You will be responsible for monthly reviews and updates on our C.A.R.E framework, best practice, process and mandatory standards.
• You will manage our EHS portal(s) for incident and action management across the region.
• Drive a “Just Safety Culture” supporting fairness, openness, responsibility, learning and building relationships with local safety Champions and Managers, ensuring accuracy and standardisation.
• You will own the legal register process and manage legislative changes regarding EHS and the update of company processes, systems and documents as necessary.
• You will ensure that a robust Management of change process exists for all Americas Opco’s.
• Participate in appropriate internal and external professional groups to develop networks, influence policy decision makers, and share good practice Globally.
• Chair relevant groups and committees and engage with cross-divisional projects and developments as required.
• Key Leadership groups:
  Supply, Exec Steerco, Global Regional Steerco, Opco committee’s

Drive the creation of an OGSM EHS strategy and framework, focused on the EHS priorities for all our colleagues in Americas. Key responsibilities of the role, in line with our Values, are:

• You will develop and deliver a specific EHS plan with all activities aligned with our WMFTS strategy.
• You will coach leaders and managers to improve business performance through EHS development, engagement and wellbeing of their teams, ensuring that Accountability and Responsibility (RACI) are firmly embedded.

• You will provide exceptional EHS expertise to managers.
• You will drive excellence in all aspects of EHS.
• You will develop, share and implement best practice processes and principles, through the wider internal global EHS and Sustainability community and external network.

• You will lead on and…