EHS Manager





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Job Description

Job Summary:

Responsible for managing and ensuring compliance of all Environmental, Health, and Safety programs at the BD Covington and Madison locations, including the sterilization unit, in alignment with BD standards and local, state, and federal regulations. This role develops and implements policies and procedures that support employee health, safety, and corporate objectives, while overseeing wellness programs.

The position serves as the site’s EHS leader and subject matter expert in environmental compliance, safety regulations, and EHS best practices, with a strong focus on environmental permitting and process safety management within a manufacturing environment.

The EHS Manager collaborates with internal and external stakeholders and drives cross-functional efforts to strengthen EHS performance, cultivate a culture of safety, and ensure continuous improvement aligned with BD organizational goals.

This role reports to the Operations site leader with dotted line reporting to an EHS BU or central function lead.

Job Responsibilities: (Primary Duties, Roles, and/or Authorities)

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide effective leadership for associate health and wellness across UCC headquarters, two sterilization sites, and an off-site kitting operation. Coordinate day-to-day implementation of industrial safety, health, and environmental programs.
• Utilizes systems to track and report EHS performance metrics/scorecard to business unit operations leaders; Engages site operations leaders on EHS matters to ensure a strong culture of associate safety and environmental management.
• Conducts technical reviews and determines impacts for process changes, capital projects, new product development, and equipment modifications for facilities and operations.
• As needed, fulfills the role of inside project manager, ensuring project goals are met within time frame and budget allotted and oversees construction project activity and contractor safety.
• Conducts/leads process safety hazard analysis/hazard and operability studies (PHA/HAZOP) for applicable processes and any future process changes. Responsible to ensure compliance with all OSHA PSM regulations for BD facility programs. Additionally conducts hazard reviews for all process controls, projects, and any process changes for UCC Covington/Madison and as required for other BD divisions.
• Tracks and authors all required governmental compliance reports to complete and submit timely as required by the respective agency or BD permit documentation.
• Leads a proactive individual behavioral based safety program, identifies and establishes leading indicator safety goals for Division facilities and develops programs to promote a strong safety culture in alignment with BD Global EHS Safety Compliance, Management & Performance Improvement activities.
• Responsible for overall site security for the Covington and Madison campuses to include C-TPAT compliance, site security guards (contract or employees), and life safety system compliance.
• Acts as liaison with local emergency response including police, fire, or other emergency services.
• Determine EHS site goals and necessary programs with site area leaders and managers. Effectively influences them to be strong EHS Leaders within their areas of responsibility.
• Responsible for review of EHS policies, programs, and metrics to meet the goals and objectives of the business and fully integrating this into the plant management system.
• Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Capable of communicating, articulating risks, issues, ideas, plans, and proposals to all levels of the organization as well as influencing others without direct authority.
• Keeps abreast of the federal state, local laws (OSHA, DOT, EPA, ADA, etc) as well as company policies to ensure the site is in compliance with the regulations. Initiates changes to practices and procedures to support compliance and ensure the necessary permits and licenses to operate are in place.
• Ensure effective occupational safety and health programs are maintained with external support from health care providers, insurers, community health, and regulatory agencies.
• Ensure employment-related medical screenings and procedures are effective and compliant.
• Handle Personally identifiable Health Information (PHI) in communicating with medical providers.
• Ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations regarding environmental discharges from the facility.

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