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Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Safety Health and Environment Manager
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About this Position
At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.
This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.
What you´ll do
- Support the implementation of SHE and management systems to ensure environmental regulatory compliance and Henkel SHE programs at specified Henkel Americas facilities.
- Support SHEQ OHSAS 18000, ISO 14000 management systems
- Manage compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
- Determine priorities for safety and health investigations in Henkel's diverse work areas and make assignments accordingly.
- Determine sampling priorities for the institution and request the necessary budget resources to accomplish goals.
- Develop and recommend appropriate engineering or work process modifications to prevent worker illness or injury.
- Provide follow-up assessment of recommendations.
- Develop reports and recommendations independently.
- Assist other employees in developing reports and recommendations.
- Participate in interdisciplinary team to discuss multidisciplinary approaches to resolving safety & health issues.
- Make recommendation with respect to equipment purchase, engineering controls, workspace planning and work process planning.
- Determine training needs and independently develop new programs as necessary. Oversee training development and delivery.
- Review IH sampling strategies and results.
- As needed, assist in development of strategies and interpretation of results.
- Serve as expert consultant for safety issues within the organization.
- Recognize injury and illness trends within the organization and work to address these.
- Work with Operations, Risk Control and other departments to reduce occupational injury and illness.
- Develop and implement UA NA Region-wide policies, procedures and program with input from Regional Director.
- Provide input to engineers for development or improvement of engineering controls.
- Contribute to the design of new facilities where hazardous materials will be used or hazardous processes will be located.
- Work with Facilities to develop new safety committees or take leadership role in enlarging the focus/scope of the safety committee's activities.
- Prepare reports to management on investigations and evaluations of safety management issues.
- Provide leadership and direction to professional and technical staff and participate in the professional development of staff.
- Maintain current knowledge on OSHA SARA, CWA and CAAA Federal, State and local regulations as well a
What makes you a good fit:
- B.S. in Occupational Health, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related discipline.
- 5 years of experience with SHE management related functions and administration preferably within the chemical industry highly preferred
- Working knowledge of Federal and State SHE regulations.
- ASP/CSP certification desired.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office tools, with experience with AutoCAD, Visio, Visual Basic a plus.
- Ability to work effectively with the SHE team and operations management and staff.
- Ability to solve broad range of complex problems.
- Ability to utilize approaches that require innovation and change.
- Experience in emergency response and incident command training and implementation.
- Well-developed planning and organizational skills including the ability to work independently, prioritize activities, meet commitments, and proactively manage time and generally manage travel and a challenging workload.
- Incorporates business risk in analysis of alternatives.
- Understands cost versus benefit analysis.
- Strong networking skills.
- Must be able to identify and effectively utilize resources such as contract expertise.
- Must work effectively within teams and within diverse work groups.
- Demonstrates clear and concise oral and written skills as well as an ability to train others.
- Can tailor communication to all audiences.
- Effective listening skills.
- Proactively support and or lead SHE initiatives that support the business.
- Must be able to establish and influence strategic business thinking.
Some benefits of joining Henkel
- Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
- Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
- Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
- Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
- Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement
The salary for this role is $90,000.00 - $120,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.
Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
JOB ID: 26093306
Job Locations: United States, MN, Cannon Falls, MN
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English. Should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company, you will be working with colleagues from all over the world, and English is our official company language. Generally, our recommendation is to please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact, it is our expectation that Henkel employees will want to grow and explore different career paths during their time with us. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and in two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
If I have questions regarding my application, who do I contact?
Our recruiting team will help you with all requests regarding your application. Contact the team here.