EHS Manager

Company Description

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation.

Within this framework, Water Tech brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

The Environmental, Health and Safety Manager will support the plants in areas of EHS, Emergency Response and Regulatory Compliance. The individual will work with the management team to develop and foster an EHS culture. They will develop, train, and enforce policies and procedures that eliminate or reduce risk to promote a safe working environment. Individual will be responsible for conducting inspections of facilities and settings to ensure applicable health, safety, and environmental regulations are being met.

They will lead EHS improvement by identifying areas of improvement and improving processes to sustain improvement through the EHS Frameworks.

This role proactively demonstrates EHS technical and management system competencies that bring value to the organization by proactively recommending and assisting sites with pragmatic EHS solutions. Candidate can be located in San Jose, CA or Salt Lake City, UT. As this role will support both of these service centers. (As well as Stockton and Arvada).

• Provides support of EHS activities to location(s) and acts as a liaison between EHS other functional areas and business operation stakeholders.
• Responds and provides direct EHS assistance to sites in emergencies.
• Participates in MOC review, HAZOP, and FMEAs for processes and products as required.
• Act as the technical EHS focal point for local Emergency Action Plans and Hazard Communication Programs.
• Mentor and develop site safety champions.
• Provide on-site EHS support and assistance to the San Jose and Salt Lake City service centers and associate depots
• Responsible for all environmental reports such as TIER II, Annual Waste Reporting, and all required Local, State, and Federal regulations, etc
• Maintain sufficient supplies of personal protective and first aid equipment
• Assist in training employees in EHS guidelines, company policies and procedures, and regulations pertaining to EHS
• Assists in training employees in EHS guidelines, company policies and procedures, and regulations pertaining to EHS
• Make and maintain necessary EHS records according to established guidelines
• Oversee and provide technical support for the Gensuite (EHS management system)
• Perform compliance audits and implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations
• Interact with diverse teams of production/maintenance and management employees. Build positive relationships with all team members.
• Assist with the development and execution of EHS annual plans as well as framework validations.
• Creates, writes and reviews JSA’s and RA. Educates employees on both the JSA and RA and procedures
• Report and review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental
• Plan, implement, communicate and lead a comprehensive plan during adverse weather conditions. Create real time monitoring and communication system to enhance decision making during events.

• Conducts Safety Orientation
• Create and conduct required and request Safety Training at assigned Service Centers
• Led Veolia Safety Initiatives across San Jose and Salt Lake City service centers and associate depots
• Interface with regulatory and public sector EHS agencies and authorities, acting as a liaison between plant management and government agencies on regulatory matters.
• Administer site EHS targets and objectives to include ISO certifications.
• Facilitate/Coordinate annual EHS audits to support compliance certification
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