Safety Leader

EHS Leader - Toronto Plant

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Reports to: Plant Leader

Span of Control: 1 Salaried and 1 Primary employee as Direct Reports; Primary responsibility is Plant wide; will also be leveraged to provide support across other plants and the broader Insulation business as needed.

Direct Reports: 2

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

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.

Health and Safety Leadership
- Lead and support safety initiatives and processes to drive towards an injury free culture throughout the entire workforce.
- 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.
- Maintain a leadership presence on the plant floor, influence employee and leadership behaviors, and fully engage employees in the safety process.
- Lead and engage the team on sustainable programs and processes, including a culture of employee ownership, incident reporting / risk reduction and continuous improvement.
- Grow and develop the safety teams within the workforce.
- Sets and accomplishes critical metrics regularly to ensure continuous improvement in the processes that lead to a 100% engaged safety culture at the plant.

Environmental Leadership
- Lead and support environmental initiatives and process to drive towards zero non-compliances.
- Drive consistent implementation of environmental requirements in conformance with applicable laws and regulations and governmental guidelines.
- Serve as an environmental expert with experience in air, water, and land-based compliance.
- 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 compliance and the facility’s responsibilities.
- Liaise with all environmental authorities such as Environment Canada, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and local/municipal authorities.
- Lead sustainability initiatives to meet or exceed Owens Corning’s Sustainability 2030 Goals

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

- 10+ years of experience working in an industrial or manufacturing environment
- Bachelor’s degree in safety or environmental related discipline required
- Experience in environmental, safety and health management
- Demonstrated success coaching and leading teams in a high employee empowerment culture, while training and developing technical skills in others.
- Ability to adapt and contribute to plant success in multiple areas (Operations, Talent Development, Project Leadership, TPM)

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

- Certified Environmental Professional (EP), preferred
- Leading change management efforts
- Managing and delivering results through projects and initiatives.
- Experience utilizing computer programs and Microsoft Office products.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

- Ability to travel as required (5%-10%).
- 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.
- Quality and detail driven; unyielding performance expectations of self and others in the area of living the OC Safety Stand.