EHS Leader

OC Business Title: EHS Leader

Job Title: Sr Safety Lead

Job Code: ESU502

Revision Date: March 2025

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Sr. EH&S Lead is responsible for building a plant and department culture with an unconditional stance on safety. This person will lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of critical safety, health, and environmental process / programs / procedures to achieve a zero-injury environment. The Sr. EH&S Lead must spend significant time on the plant floor, engaging and coaching employees and contractors on a daily basis. As an integral part of the plant leadership team, the Sr. EH&S Lead will provide information and guidance for activities relating to the site-wide safety and operating objectives.

Reports to: Plant Leader

Span of Control: People Leader (Direct reports up to 4)

Job Responsibilities

The Sr. EH&S Lead will establish and accomplish aggressive personal, and facility goals that align with the division and Owens Corning corporate goals. These goals will reflect a total commitment to developing a strong safety culture, achieving a world-class safety process and the environmentally responsible operation of the facility.

Live The Safety Stand, Adhere To The Safety Responsibilities

• Adhere to all plant and position-specific safety policies, procedures, and standards
• Educate team members on safe operations of new processes and/or modifications
• Effectively communicate Owens Corning’s stand on safety throughout the plant to ensure all employees believe in and behave in a manner that supports our stand that all accidents are preventable, safety is everyone’s responsibility, and that working safely is a condition of employment at Owens Corning
  
  

Environmental Health and Safety Leadership

• Develop and update SIF Programs and other Safety policies and procedures at the plant is a main activity for this role
• Develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of all critical EH&S processes, programs, and procedures
• Facilitate completion of risk assessments and Job Hazard Analysis for all site tasks and processes
• Translate safety and health strategies into results
• Maintain, collaborate and update EHS Information and communicate metrics
• Develop and implement training programs in a coordinated effort with NLT
• Maintain all EH&S training documentation as required by corporate and federal / state standards
• Coordinate necessary EH&S audits and inspections as required and ensures follow-up items are completed
• Continually reinforce the company’s stand on safety and always recognize employee accomplishments and contributions
• Lead recordable injury, first-aid, and near miss investigations and in the development and implementation of action plans
• Continuously educate employees on EH&S standards and procedures
• Perform safety orientations and monthly safety training
• Empower employees to prevent and correct unsafe acts or work conditions
• Sets and accomplishes critical metrics regularly to ensure continuous improvement in the processes that lead to a 100% engaged safety culture at the plant
  
  

Job Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3-5 years of experience working in an industrial or manufacturing environment
• Bachelor’s degree in safety related discipline required
• Leading results effectively / collaboratively through others
• Being a part of creating and accelerating a high-performance organization
• Assessing the environment and successfully identifying opportunities and closing gaps to accelerate business performance
  
  

Preferred Experience

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or similar qualification preferred
• Leading change management efforts
• Demonstrated success coaching and leading teams in an involving environment
• Managing and delivering results through projects and initiatives
• Bilingual in Spanish and English capability to translate and facilitate information in both languages
  
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrate sound leadership on the job through safety performance, communication skills and teamwork
• Good organizational skills
• Strong working knowledge and technically adept in implementation of OSHA, industrial hygiene and other general industry EHS standards
• Comfortable in identification and coaching unsafe acts or behaviors for both salary and hourly employees
• Ability to establish agreement and consensus with management
• Ability to effectively engage hourly employees is critical
• Ability to promote a team environment and must be able to initiate, lead and drive cross-functional team projects to successful completion
• Adept in developing and delivering safety training
• Able to anticipate risks and propose practical plans to mitigate them
• Appreciate the EH&S organization’s impact and can convey how EH&S is an integral part of the Plant’s business strategy
• 70% of the scheduled day on the plant floor / 30% of the day at the desk
• Highly ethical – can be trusted to do only the “right thing” for the employees, shareholders and others. Follows a balanced approach without compromising integrity
• Results oriented – energetic, resourceful, with a strong service orientation and positive can-do attitude. Fully committed to the job and to deliver outstanding work. Never satisfied with the status quo, continually striving for excellence
• Change agent – capable for creating a vision improved performance and enrolling others to achieve goals
  
  

Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that has placed on the Fortune 500®. Owens Corning is devoted to delivering sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe. A holistic sense of community exists across our entire organization as our talent grows globally. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within each and every employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope - human in scale.