HSSE Compliance Superintendent

Why Work at Kaneka North America?

At Kaneka North America, you'll find more than just a job—you'll find a place to build a career. We offer a people‑first, safety‑focused environment where employees are encouraged to learn, grow, and contribute. Whether you're early in your career or bring years of experience, you'll have the chance to do meaningful work, collaborate across teams, and support products and industries that make a difference every day.

Your contributions are valued, and your development is supported.

Our culture is built on respect, teamwork, and doing things the right way. We believe people do their best work when they feel supported, trusted, and empowered to speak up and share ideas. Safety, integrity & trust, quality, and innovation guide everything we do, and we invest in our employees through continuous learning, collaboration, and opportunities for growth. At Kaneka North America, you’re encouraged to take ownership of your work, grow your skills, and build a long‑term career in an environment that values both accountability and people.

The HSSE Compliance Superintendent position is responsible for compliance functions to improve coordination of site HSSE activities. This leader collaborates with the HSSE team, KNA site leaders and employees in the development strategy, and implementation of world‑class procedures, policies, safe work practices and management systems that prevent illnesses and injuries, prevent asset loss, assure regulatory compliance, and assist facilities in achieving plant and corporate HSSE goals.

Major areas of responsibility include policy‑focused field safety audits, IH system assessment to specific work tasks/areas, contractor safety, management system support, behavioral based safety support, and pursuing VPP achievement with assistance of the HSSE Manager.

• Coordinating activities of the HSSE staff to ensure delivery of safety and compliance services.
• Providing leadership and consultative services to management in the development of rules, policies and procedures change management and roll‑out strategy; assisting management in the implementation of rules and procedures, providing accurate and timely data for decision making, and ensuring appropriate controls are in place to create sustainability and intuitiveness for customers.
• Coordinating KNA safety activities and policies within those of contractors, and leading and participating in site employee safety committees and teams devoted to specific safety issues.
• Developing specific HSSE programs and site needs to optimize the performance of the site HSSE group in collaboration with the site safety team, production and maintenance leaders.
• Prioritizing the workload, communicating regularly with stakeholders, providing guidance and coaching, providing training and professional development, and addressing tasks outside routine duties to stay challenged.
• Must demonstrate the following emotional intelligence skills:
• Emotional Empathy
• Positive Attitude
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Flexibility / Adaptability
• Interpersonal Skills

• Dedicated – Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Detail Oriented – Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Enthusiastic – Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Functional Expert – Considered a thought leader on a subject
• Team Player – Works well as a member of a group
• Leader – Inspires teammates to follow them

• Ability to Make an Impact – Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
• Self‑Starter – Inspired to perform without outside help

• Masters of Occupational Safety (preferred)
• Bachelors of Occupational Safety (required)

• Knowledge and understanding of federal safety regulations (required)
• Knowledge of relevant ANSI and NFPA standards (preferred)
• 10-12 years:
  Safety and/or Industrial Hygiene (IH) experience or combination of Process/Safety and IH experience (required)

• MS Excel (required)
• MS Outlook (required)
• MS PowerPoint (required)
• MS Word (required)

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