EHS Director

JOB  SUMMARY:

• Leads the Performance Minerals Americas (PMA) Health and Safety (H & S) activities on our journey to being reportable incident free for our locations in USA and Canada.

• Lead PMA Environmental and Sustainability (E & S) activities aimed at achieving group goals in sustainable actions while ensuring environmental compliances.

 KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Alongside Business Area’s industrial VP and Hub Directors, responsible for Environment, Health, and Safety practices and results across the Business Area’s sites and teams, as well as implementation of Imerys Sustainability roadmap.

• Ensures H&S best-in-class industrial standards are achieved in the framework of Imerys Safety System

• Leads H&S systems of Business Area’s operations and H&S managers on site

• Promotes a strong Safety culture across the Business Area

• In case of any accident/incident, conducts  investigation and root cause analysis and defines in collaboration with the site the corrective action plans.

• Oversees and prioritizes the Environmental and H & S corrective action plan implementation from incidents and audits

• Drives the implementation of Imerys Protocols, and PMA USA & Canada H&S Manual across relevant Business Area’s functions and sites in line with local regulations and industry requirements

• Tracks compliance to Imerys Protocols and H&S Manual Policies through periodic audits, and manages the follow up actions with Site Management.

• Collaborates with Hub Operations Directors, Site managers and on-site EHS Managers to transfer best practices quickly.

• Ensures industrial and mining operations of the Business Area are run in compliance with local environmental regulations, best-in-class industry practices and Imerys guidelines.

• Performs Environmental compliance site gap analysis with Imerys guidelines and local regulatory Environmental standards

• Collaborates with global EHS Directors from other Business Areas across Imerys to share good practices, manage protocols, and collaborate on the audit program

• Sustainability Disclosure: Direct the collection and verification of data for annual sustainability reports (ECOVADIS, CSRD, etc)

• Key interfaces: ensures tight coordination with Regional Industrial,  Operations Directors, Business Segments, Industrial VP, Operations Directors, Imerys Center of Excellence for Industrial /Purchasing

ACCOUNTABILITY:

• LTA/NLTA/Total injury rate

• Near Misses & Safety Culture evolution (Maturity matrix)

• Reduction of waste/pollution

• Reporting to: Business Area’s Industrial VP

• Direct reports: H&S/Environmental/Sustainability Managers in the Business Area’s Center of Excellence

SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES:

• Expert knowledge of Safety Systems

• Expert knowledge of MSHA

• Well versed in local and industrial EHS regulations

• Ability to positively influence teams in a matrix organization

• Strong Leadership

• Continuous Improvement mindset

• Ability to organize skills development path

• Commercial awareness to work within commercial constraints/anticipate customers' expectations

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree: Engineering or Equivalent

• Proficient in English  - written and verbal communication skills

• > 15 Years experience in EHS system implementation and EHS management

IMERYS... Mineral Solutions to create tomorrow's world.  Imerys is a Paris based Global Leader, who transforms minerals into thousands of high valued specialty mineral products essential for our Customers' Products.

IMERYS offers competitive benefits including: medical/dental insurance, 401K matching, paid vacation etc.

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