Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Job DescriptionJob Description

The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager is responsible for all EHS activities, reporting, and permit compliance. This role will have a heavy emphasis in supporting mill environmental compliance as well as leading a team of EHS employees.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supports and fosters safety and environmental compliance
• Manages the environmental and safety departments with three direct reports
• Leads permitting efforts for all capital projects
• Manages permit renewal process for the various permits
• Leads mill sustainability efforts
• Provides environmental guidance for adjacent chip mill and lumber mill
• Routine and non-routine correspondence with the Georgia EPD and EPA
• Leads the mill confined space testing
• Collects, interprets process data by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Provide mill manager and department managers reports on environmental forecasts and results
• Coordinates with mill department managers, planners, and engineering team on environment impacting projects
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, participating in professional societies

Qualifications, Education, Skills and Ability:

• BS Degree in Civil or Chemical Engineering
• 7 to 10 years of experience as an Environmental Engineer or Manager in a Kraft Pulp or Paper Mill
• 5+ years of experience specific to air permit compliance in a Kraft mill
• Possess strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Pulp and paper manufacturing environmental, health and safety knowledge.
• Computer competency with Microsoft Office Tools, mill DCS, and mill wide information systems.
• Independent, assertive, self-motivated, goal driven, detail oriented, flexible
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Communicates well with all working groups

Behaviors:

• Detail Oriented - Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well. 
• Functional Expert - Considered a thought leader on a subject. 
• Thought Provoking - Capable of making others think deeply on a subject. 
• Team Player - Works well as a member of a group. 
• Leader - Inspires teammates to follow them. 

Skills:

• 5+ years related experience

Motivations:

• Self-Starter - Inspired to perform without outside help. 
• Goal Completion - Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks. 
• Ability to Make an Impact - Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization.

Education:

• Bachelors or better in related field. (Required)

Company DescriptionDS Smith is a global leader in providing sustainable, customer-specific packaging with an emphasis on state-of-the art packaging design and local service close to customer facilities. With a product portfolio that includes transit packaging, consumer packaging, displays and promotional packaging, customized protective packaging and industrial packaging, DS Smith answers to each market requirement.
DS Smith provides benefits (medical, dental, & prescription) to newly hired employees. EEO employer.Company DescriptionDS Smith is a global leader in providing sustainable, customer-specific packaging with an emphasis on state-of-the art packaging design and local service close to customer facilities. With a product portfolio that includes transit packaging, consumer packaging, displays and promotional packaging, customized protective packaging and industrial packaging, DS Smith answers to each market requirement. \r\nDS Smith provides benefits (medical, dental, & prescription) to newly hired employees. EEO employer.