Director of Health and Safety, Environmental Affairs and Energy

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as the Director of Health and Safety, Environmental Affairs and Energy. This is a key leadership role that requires a strong background in health and safety, environmental management, and energy efficiency.

• Ensure the follow-up of H&S objectives and manage the department's activities in a safe manner;
• Ensure legal and normative compliance of the plant's activities and processes in terms of H&S, Environment and Energy;
• Administer and manage the management system of the HSEE department, including policies, processes, directives, and activities, as well as budget planning and control;
• Establish performance objectives and monitor the HSEE KPI system, reporting variances and defining actions to reduce or eliminate variances in objectives and KPIs;
• Identify opportunities for improvement to maintain legal compliance, increase operational efficiency, reduce operating costs, and ensure performance maintenance;
• Support and implement best practices in the management and monitoring of HSEE activities;
• Maintain technical knowledge related to HSEE department activities, analyzing and implementing new guidelines and activities to keep the company at the forefront of technology;
• Participate in internal and external committees necessary to maintain legal compliance and communications with stakeholders.

• Represent the company in all matters related to H&S, Environment, and Energy in its relations with the community, government, professional associations, and other groups by maintaining proactive communications and participatory relationships;
• Establish and enforce safety rules for the protection of employees, achieving the department's objectives and managing KPIs related to the company's Health and Safety program;
• Member of the Executive Committee, participating in activities and decisions of the company Management, supporting Management on all issues, requests, and questions about HSEE;
• Manage and mobilize the HSEE department team, including the H&S coordinator, environment coordinator, and environment technician;
• Motivate and maintain discipline within the group, settle grievances raised by the Union, and take necessary corrective actions, ultimately maintaining good working relations with the Union and its colleagues;
• Determine and update the positions, roles, and responsibilities of department resources to ensure efficiency, performance, and completion of the department's and plant HSEE activities and processes;
• Advise, train, and coach Management and their team in H&S, Environment, and Energy matters, implementing processes and activities necessary to maintain legal compliance;
• Train the HSEE team members, participate in the improvement of their technical, legal, and administrative skills and knowledge;
• Support plant operations from HSEE's perspective, get involved in solving day-to-day, minor, and major issues, implementing corrective actions defined in committees with the help of members of the manufacturing departments;
• Support corporate decisions from global H&S, Environment, and Energy meetings, participate in corporate activities, and implement directives, processes, or activities from global departments;
• Manage the activities of the emergency brigade, including coordination of training and practices, maintaining the skills and knowledge of the brigade members, as well as the emergency measures committee.

• Ensure that all company activities, processes, and guidelines comply with H&S and environmental laws and regulations, modifying them as necessary;
• Ensure legal monitoring to maintain compliance of the plant's operations, modifying and improving operations, processes, activities, guidelines to maintain legal compliance, submitting comments on H&S and environmental regulations to positively influence their development;
• Modify, control, and validate the performance and compliance of the plant's emergency plan, as well as the transportation emergency plan;
• Manage and maintain the content of the ISO50001 (Energy) and Responsible Management standards, participating in internal and external audits;
• Manage assurance audits, implementing modifications related to non-conformities resulting from audits, and maintaining certification of standards;
• Review and investigate complaints received, arriving at solutions to prevent them from resurfacing;
• Validate the legal compliance of major projects and factory modifications, ensuring the evaluation of suppliers of goods and services and changes in raw materials;
• Ensure that the appropriate environmental permits are obtained for all facilities and equipment at the site;
• Ensure and maintain compliance with environmental permit activities with respect to gaseous emissions to the atmosphere, liquid effluents, solid waste, and hazardous waste generated by the plant, as well as the management of contaminated soils, ensuring that all waste from the site is disposed of in accordance with laws and regulations;
• Maintain necessary contacts with government agencies.

• Review and modify as needed the departmental mission, objectives, and KPIs, planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the tasks and activities of the HSEE department and managing its performance;
• Lead the General Health and Safety Committee, planning and facilitating meetings, monitoring performance, analyzing, and implementing actions and recommendations related to incidents and accidents occurring in the plant at the HSEE level;
• Represent the company on Kronos' global HSEE committees, citizen, industrial, municipal, and government agencies, on behalf of the President and Director of the plant;
• Participate in HAZOP meetings, ensuring that OHS, Environment, and Energy aspects are analyzed from the perspective of operational risks;
• Manage and secure access to the factory site;
• Write monthly reports of HSEE results, write annual reports to environmental authorities according to expectations and operating permits, write annual reports on GHG emissions;
• Write incident reports reported to government authorities, ensuring that the causes of incidents and the actions necessary to prevent recurrence of events are described.

• Plan and control the operating budget of the H&S, Environment, and Energy departments;
• Plan and control the annual expenditures of the activities of the various programs of the department (H&S program, environmental sampling, emergency brigade, fire surveillance);
• Identify, describe, and implement initiatives to optimize and reduce operating costs;
• Establish a project-based investment plan to reduce the plant's operating costs, reduce energy consumption, and ultimately reduce GHG production.

• Understand and know basic chemical processes, their associated risks, and potential mitigations to reduce the potential for accidents and incidents;
• Maintain and improve technical knowledge of energy, S&H, and environmental equipment and processes.

We are looking for a candidate with a Bachelor's or Master's degree in the field of Management (GOP, Management) or Engineering (Chemical Engineering), with at least 15 years of experience in the heavy chemical industry, 10 years of experience in environmental management and H&S, and 5 years of management experience in an unionized environment. Proficiency in Microsoft tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, knowledge of international ISO9001 and ISO50001 standards, knowledge of environmental laws and regulations, knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety laws and regulations, and bilingualism, oral and written – French and English.