PPG Industries

Responsible for leading EHS for “name of the location(s)”, ensuring that the people and location(s) are legally compliant and satisfy PPG Environmental, Health, Safety and Security procedures, standards and processes. Responsible for establishing an on-going assessment of the implementation of the EHS Management System to comply within local legislation and PPG EHS requirements, and for generating a strategy for site investment in EHS related infrastructure

The role requires some of level flexibility to travel to different locations within the country

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures that EHS legal requirements for the location are always communicated and works with the local Leaderhsip Team to address the requirements in the most effective way
• Implements EHS strategy within the location by developing and aligning local plans, in agreement with local Leadership Team and Corporate & Regional guidelines; provide proactive feedback to Country Mananger to ensure strategy sustainability & robustness in the long term
• Becomes a member of the local Leadership Team, participates in local decision-making and supports local needs in agreement with Location Manager and EHS Country Manager
• Defines and maintains core EHS resourcing needs for the location and requests support to EHS Country Manager in alignment with business needs and partners
• Ensures EHS resources are assigned to core EHS activities and any additional non core activities as agreed by the Business and EHS and SLAs established
• Collaborates with local Process Safety Managers/Coordinators to ensure process safety requirements are addressed
• Identifies and prioritizies needs, proposes and gets approval for EHS local budget, and manages it accordingly in full alignment with Site Leadership Team and Country guidelines.
• Communicates timely for any off-site activities and seeks approval from Location Manager and EHS Country Manager

Impact/Scope of Responsibility

• Responsible for leading and implementing EHS compliance for a single site or multiple sites. Performs tasks in a wide range of environmental, health and safety disciplines to achieve compliance with the organizations EHS standards and with regulatory requirements. Develops, implements and maintains programs, systems and procedures necessary to ensure the overall environment, health, and safety performance of the unit. Conducts comprehensive independent reviews of the environmental, health, and safety policies and procedures.
• Recommends changes to policies and procedures and applicability to other sites/SBUs.
• Conceptualizes issues at multiple levels beyond cause/effect, identifies possible unintended consequences
• Individual Contributor; acts as a lead person or technical expert and provides functional direction and training in the application of the EHS process and programs.

Complexity

• Operates independently, responsible for 1 or more sites (medium plant/moderate complexity, moderate risk)

Innovation

• Analyze complex issues and recommend and implement improvements by changing or adapting existing methods and techniques. Recognizes, evaluates, recommends, and implements policies and procedures to assure awareness and compliance with EHS requirements of the organization.
• Develop solutions to a variety of complex problems. Exercises level of ingenuity and innovative thinking to approach challenges involving variable situations requiring analytical, interpretive, evaluative, and/or constructive thinking; original thinking based on analysis.
• Ability to exercise judgment and make decisions in moderate to high levels of ambiguity with minimal overview; implements agreed upon decisions
• Investigates or reviews accidents, incidents and injuries and complaints concerning hazards in the workplace. Prepares appropriate regulatory reports.
• Responsible for complex technical work in a wide range of environmental, health and safety disciplines to achieve compliance with the organizations EH&S standards and with regulatory requirements. Prepares reports and recommends corrective actions
• Accountability is generally regulated and self-initiated. Decisions are normally implemented with minimal supervisor approval. Facilitates results with communication skills and interpersonal competence.

Communications

• Routinely engages (communicate, influence, collaborates) with Plant/Site employees and Plant/Site/SBU/Corporate EHS Leadership.
• Develops and conducts employee training, emergency preparedness, and/or quality assurance programs. Provides regulatory interpretation and technical advice. Independently prepares or supervises preparation of reports and recommends corrective actions

Discretion & Latitude

• Works largely independently. Participates in determining objectives of assignments. Plans, schedules, and arranges own activities in accomplishing objectives.

Education & Technical Knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in EHS field, chemistry, engineering, or related science, with relevant experience
• In-depth knowledge of occupational health and safety and/or environmental regulations. Must keep fully informed on all existing and proposed changes in occupational health and safety and/or environmental regulations. Working knowledge of key business metrics, key drivers, business vision, and manufacturing processes/challenges as applicable to influence customers

Behaviours expected

• Meets scope and deadlines of leading initiatives as per agreed plan unless affected by urgent business needs or unforeseen circumstances
• Informs to relevant parties (country EHS, business, location) as soon as possible on any deviation to the original scope and deadlines that can lead to a potential failure of the agreed deliverables
• Informs to relevant parties as soon as possible on any deviation to the original scope and deadlines
• Reviews of financial performance and headcount for the location every month
• Reports I&Is, reportable spills, fires and process safety events within 24 working hours after incident and provides presentation on root causes and corrective actions within 72 working hrs after the incident
• Reviews every week incidents in GS2 (Cority) to manage “events to be posted” or cases without casual factors - ensures that adequate number of casual factors are considered for the I&Is
• Conducts at least one safety observation per week with the site leadership team
• Updates and uploads local EHS scorecards on a monthly basis
• Facilitates local EHSLTs and issues minutes using the standard formats
• Participates in EHS country reviews on a monthly basis
• Completes goals and performance reviews in Workday as per schedule
• Issues expense claims on time in Concur
• Behavioral performance is based on the points in the section above
• If the position is for an individual contributor, then engagement is not applicable;
• Leading performance is based on the programmes included in the EMEA EHS Scorecard
• Lagging performance is based on local lagging indicators (I&I, spills, sustainability metrics, audit closure)

PPG pay ranges and benefits can vary by location which allows us to compensate employees competitively in different geographic markets. PPG considers several factors in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications and education, licensure and certifications, and other organizational needs. Other incentives may apply.

Our employee benefits programs are designed to support the health and well-being of our employees. Any insurance coverages and benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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