Senior EHS Manager

The Enviva team is driven by our shared vision for a renewable energy future. We are a fast-growing, purpose-driven, global energy company specializing in delivering sustainable wood bioenergy solutions. We are the world’s largest producer of sustainable wood pellets, which provide a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels.

The Enviva team is driven by our shared vision for a renewable energy future. We are a fast-growing, purpose-driven, global energy company specializing in delivering sustainable wood bioenergy solutions. We are the world’s largest producer of sustainable wood pellets, which provide a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels.

Enviva is looking for a Senior EHS Manager to join our team. The Senior EHS Manager will report directly into the Director, EHS.

Responsibilities

• This role reports directly to the Director, EHS
• Supervise small team of EHS professionals
• Provide oversight and coaching to sites within a region of plant, port, and/or shop facilities
• Identify workplace hazards and work with plant staff to mitigate/abate these hazards
• Work closely with Plant Manager and Director, EHS to understand company needs and mission.
• Work closely with Plant team and corporate resources to continuously improve EH&S programs.
• Provide safety training to all employees, contractors, and vendors as required.
• Lead Safety Committee meetings.
• Perform EH&S compliance audits/assessments of facility and contractor work activities at home site and other facilities in the region
• Effectively communicate with contractor teams to create a documented safe work plan.
• Provide prompt documentation of assessment findings, observations, and recommendations.
• Conduct investigations of Health & Safety incidents to include root cause analysis.
• Implement safe work practices and behaviors to achieve ZERO incidents/accidents (TIR).
• Ensure employees’, contractors’, and vendors’ work practices are in regulatory compliance with applicable regulatory agencies, as well as with company standards and policies.
• Provide subject matter expertise in technical areas to include OSHA, EPA, NFPA, NEC, NIOSH, ANSI, and ASTM.

Qualifications 

• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading EHS in a manufacturing setting
• Identify workplace hazards and work with plant staff to mitigate/abate these hazards.
• Work closely with Plant Manager to understand company needs and mission.
• Ability to influence Plant Manager, supervisors, and team leaders to lead with safety
• Provide EHS training to all employees, contractors, and vendors as required.
• Lead Safety Committee meetings.
• Lead the locations Emergency Response Team
• Perform EH&S compliance audits/assessments of facility and contractor work activities.
• Effectively communicate with contractor teams to create a documented safe work plan.
• Provide prompt documentation of assessment findings, observations, and recommendations.
• Conduct investigations of Health & Safety incidents to include root cause analysis.
• Implement safe work practices and behaviors to achieve ZERO incidents/accidents (TIR).
• Ensure employees’, contractors’, and vendors’ work practices are in regulatory compliance with applicable regulatory agencies, as well as with company standards and policies.
• Provide subject matter expertise in technical areas to include OSHA, EPA, NFPA, NEC, NIOSH, ANSI, and ASTM.

Preferred Qualifications - What Will Set You Apart

• OSHA 30 Hour-General Industry
• OSHA 30 Hour-Construction
• NFPA 70e
• Root Cause Analysis (Cause Mapping/Taproot etc.)
• Experience in leading culture change
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

Working Conditions

• Must be able to work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees 
• Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, cold and noisy industrial environment 
• Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment.

Previous certification in the regulatory topics below:

• Combustible Dust
• Accident Prevention
• First Aid/CPR/AED and Bloodborne Pathogens
• Confined Space
• Lockout
• Electrical Safety
• Emergency Response
• Fire Prevention
• Hazard Communication
• Material Handling
• Hearing Conservation
• OSHA Recordkeeping
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Power Tool Use and Guarding
• Respiratory Protection
• Crane/Hoist/Rigging Safety
• Welding/Hot Work
• Incident Investigation
• Working from Heights
• Working and Walking Surfaces

Physical Requirements

• Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day
• Willing and able to work around moving equipment and machinery
• Willing and able to pull and lift, up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.

Travel Requirements

• Travel up to 15% to sites within assigned region

EEO Statement

Enviva is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity (EEO) in any term, condition or privilege of employment. Enviva does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, uniform service member, genetic information or any other status protected by law. Enviva complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which we operate.