Environ & Safety Lead

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The EHS Leader is a critical member of the Natural Leadership Team (NLT) providing guidance and coaching in the areas of safety and environmental stewardship to all plant members. The EHS Leader interfaces across the OCA Business to provide solutions to safety challenges as well as advances and innovation in Hazard Identification. The position acts as the subject matter expert in the plant and is accountable for building capability to ensure a plant wide safety culture.

Reports to:  Plant Leader

Span of Control:  Leadership of all plant safety and environmental processes

Direct Reports:  0

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Live the Safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities

• Complete all required safety training.
• Adhere to all plant and position-specific safety policies, procedures and standards
• Educate team members on safe operations of new processes 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.
• Demonstrate Leadership through the Owens Corning SAFER TOGETHER brand

Metrics

• Personal Safety Action Plan (PSAP) - implement and review with leader annually

2. Leading and executing Safety & Environmental in the plant

• Lead and support safety initiatives and processes to drive towards an injury free and interdependent safety culture.  
• Lead and support environmental initiatives and process to drive towards zero NOVs and zero waste to landfill.
• Effectively communicate Owens Corning’s stand on safety to ensure 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.
• Model and grow the SAFE TOGETHER mindset
• Incorporate the safety stand and safe improvements into all people-related initiatives.
• Maintain a leadership presence on the plant floor, influence employee and Leadership behaviors, and fully engage employees in the safety process.
• Enhance plant knowledge, engagement, conditions and stability for OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) and lead the team to continued VPP certification through sustainable programs and processes, including a culture of employee ownership, incident reporting / risk reduction and continuous improvement.
• Enroll and engage the entire workforce to build a powerful safety culture.
• Advise and guide the Natural Leadership Team (NLT) in developing and implementing a risk-ranked strategic plan, prioritize and advocate capital/resource requests, and advise the leadership team on all aspects of environmental requirements and responsibilities.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of all critical EH&S processes, programs, and procedures.
• Sets and accomplishes critical metrics regularly to ensure continuous improvement in processes and programs that lead to a 100% engaged safety culture at the plant.

• Live the Safety Stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities.

Metrics

• Safety Metrics – RIR/TIR, First Aids, Minor Injury No Treatments (MINT), Near Misses, Dakota Compliance, foundational safety program effectiveness and Critical SIF
• Safety Improvement
• Engaged Safety Teams
• Increased momentum in Near Miss and Hazard ID Reporting
• Risk control process / hazard control risk score reduction

3. Knowing Our Customers

• Elevates the customer perspective of self and others by knowing our products, manufacturing and selling

processes; leverages this knowledge to influence other leaders to make the best business decisions.

• Works to understand all phases of product distribution, sales, and field use. 

Metrics

• Demonstrated knowledge and sensitivity displayed during discussions.

4. Leading and Developing Talent

• Build leadership capability within Safety teams
• Build knowledge and capability within the Leadership team

Metrics

• Safety team audits confirm team progress and documentation is compliant.
• Critical SIF Ownership

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3 years EHS leadership in an industrial environment or graduate of Owens Corning Environmental, Health & Safety Leadership Program
• Bachelor’s degree in safety and environmental management or similar

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) qualification preferred
• Leading change management efforts
• Demonstrated success coaching and leading teams in a high employee empowerment culture, while training and developing technical skills in others.
• Managing and delivering results through projects and initiatives.
• Experience utilizing computer programs and Microsoft Office products.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Ability to travel as required (10-20%).
• Learns concepts and new skills at a very rapid pace and applies learning to the job. 
• Understands deep and complex scientific concepts and can troubleshoot problems based on abstract data.
• Conducts himself/herself with the highest ethical and moral standards
• Achieves results fast, individually and through teams – can synthesize data and multiple points of view quickly and creatively to arrive at balanced solutions. Has a strong bias for action. 
• Takes business risks, grows from failures and celebrates success.

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About Owens Corning

Masonite is now proudly part of Owens Corning. Owens Corning is a global building and construction materials leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our four integrated businesses – Roofing, Insulation, Doors, and Composites – provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique material science, manufacturing, and market knowledge to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders, and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2023 sales of $9.7 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer.