Position Title: Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager Pay Rate: $126,000 – $184,600 Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range. Category/Shift: Salaried Full-Time Physical Location: 801 42nd St. Springfield, OR 97478 The Job You Will Perform: • Leads site HSE’s programs including Safety Excellence, Safety Above All Else, Safe Align implementation, and Safety Steering. • Pursues an incident free workplace. • Emphasizes 100 percent compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. • Raises performance standards by advancing the ideals of sustainability. • Develops functional reports with appropriate competencies and skill sets needed for future leaders within IP. • Provides oversight, compliance and guidance to the Safety, Health, and Workers’ Compensation in order to achieve safety targets for Safe Align; TIR/LWIR and reduce Workers’ Compensation costs and claim volume. • Implements programs, initiatives, and measures to advance environmental, health, safety, and sustainability key metrics. Including Safety Leading Indicators. • Leads and/or support environmental management team including elimination of significant environmental events and the implementation of a comprehensive environmental management system. • Lead local efforts around company HSE initiatives, such as Contractor Compliance (IPCC), internal HSE self-audit (Key Element Surveys), Environmental Compliance audits, Energy Control Program (ECP / LOTO), etc. • Focuses on environmental footprint reduction opportunities. • Achieves gains and reduces costs and liabilities for environmental and safety incidents. • Responsible for day-to-day activities related to Mill’s Air Emissions, effluent discharge, solid waste contracts, permitting processes and chemical management programs with access to process engineer support for large project work. • Manages regulatory agencies, third party audits, inspections, inquiries, contacts, and reporting. • Assure workers compensation claims are managed so that quality of care is provided, return to work is expedited, and costs are controlled. • Oversees mill security processes. • Works directly with mill management on performance management and development opportunities of team members. Ensures training for team members. • Mentors, coaches and develops Environmental Engineers, Safety Manager, and Safety Engineer. Review RACI, roles, and responsibilities. • Primary Lead for Internal and External Communications. • Primary local contact/liaison for community; newspaper, applicable organizations in regard to environmental issues, etc. • Works to directly influence various levels of local and state officials. • Fulfills area specific 5S expectations (5 Minute 5S Checklists, replenishment of tools and supplies, 5S Audits, etc.) • This position does require the individual to be part of a duty coverage team rotation that includes weekend and on-call coverage. The Qualifications, Skills, and Knowledge You Will Bring: Minimum • Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or occupational health and safety or related degree. • Minimum of 8-12 years’ experience in a broad range of manufacturing environments, forest products industry preferred. • Strong written & verbal communication skills; problem solving, negotiation, presentation, and training delivery skills. • This individual will need to be able to learn and adjust quickly, be action oriented, be adept at building effective teams and be able to set priorities based on the business’ needs, working closely with appropriate HSE/Business leads. Preferred • Professional certification or equivalent (CSP, CIH), with advanced degree preferred. • Union Environment experience strongly preferred. • Expert knowledge of OSHA/EPA regulations. • Preferred experience in High Performance Work System environment • The ideal candidate will have an engineering background and will be the main focal point to address environmental issues. • Must possess collaborative skills, organizational agility, innovation management skills and be able to resolve problems in a timely manner. • Experience in the forest products industry or an industry with a similar risk profile and bring to this position a type of creativity and “can do” attitude that will make the overall organization successful. • Practical understanding of governance and regulation including both law and politics, and the ability to work with the lead hourly team members and exempt and non-exempt staff in effective teams.