EHS Manager

New Castle, DE, United States of America

Croda is a purpose-led FTSE 100 organization driven by Smart science to improve lives™. As we continue to strengthen manufacturing capability and sustainable growth, world-class Safety, Health and Environmental performance remains fundamental to operational success.

As EHS Manager, you will serve as the senior Safety, Health and Environmental leader for the Atlas Point site and a key member of the Site Leadership Team. You will provide strategic direction, technical leadership, and regulatory oversight across all environmental, occupational safety, and process-safety activities.

This role combines regulatory leadership, people leadership, and operational influence. Success depends on building a strong safety culture, maintaining regulatory excellence, and ensuring EHS and process-safety principles are embedded into every operational decision.

Croda continues to invest in operational excellence, sustainability, regulatory compliance, and manufacturing capability across its global network. As regulations evolve and expectations around environmental stewardship and process safety continue to increase, strong EHS leadership has become increasingly important to long-term site performance.

This role offers the opportunity to shape the future EHS strategy for a complex chemical-manufacturing site while directly influencing safety culture, process safety, regulatory excellence, environmental performance, and operational success.

• Lead, coach, and develop the SHE team consisting of two (2) EHS Advisors and one (1) EHS Technician through clear objectives, performance management, training, development, and succession planning.
• Integrate EHS requirements into capital planning, operational improvements, and site-transformation initiatives.
• Influence leaders and employees across the site to consistently achieve high standards of EHS performance.
• Proactively identify regulatory risks and implement pragmatic, sustainable compliance solutions.

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve SHE management systems that meet regulatory requirements, industry best practice, and Croda standards.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, DNREC, Responsible Care, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and other applicable requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain SHE programs to comply with applicable SHE regulatory and Croda Group standards.
• Serve as the primary site contact for regulators, auditors, local authorities, and external stakeholders.
• Maintain effective coordination with local responders, regulators, and community partners for potential site emergencies.
• Ensure the site is prepared to respond effectively to high-consequence safety, environmental, and operational events.
• Ensure effective contractor SHE management, including qualification, onboarding, site oversight, compliance assurance, and performance monitoring.
• Strategic Perspective: Translate changing regulatory requirements, operational risks, and business needs into a proactive EHS strategy.
• Delivery: Drive measurable improvements in compliance, process safety, contractor safety, emergency preparedness, and operational-risk reduction.
• Working Together: Build strong partnerships across Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, PSRA, Legal, contractors, emergency responders, and Site Leadership.
• Adaptability: Respond effectively to emerging risks, regulatory changes, operational challenges, and emergency situations.
• Authenticity: Build trust through credibility, transparency, consistency, and visible leadership.
• Curiosity: Challenge assumptions and identify opportunities…