HSE Manager

Company Description

Beckers Group is a global leader in coil coatings and top-tier supplier of industrial paints, operating in 18 countries and serving customers in around 60 markets. Drawing on 160 years of experience and supported by around 1,700 employees worldwide, the company continuously advances high-performance technology to create positive impact through its coatings. Beckers head office is located in Berlin and the company is owned by Lindéngruppen, a Swedish family business focusing on long-term development of industrial enterprises. To learn more about us, please visit

Why Work With Us?

At Beckers, leaders have real scope to make decisions and build something meaningful. If you're ready to guide teams through change, you'll find an organization that backs your direction.

Job Description

Position Overview
o Drive the development and implementation of EHS policies, procedures, and programs for US facilities.
o Ensure compliance to US regulations and Beckers corporate policies with respect to EHS for US facilities.
o Help to increase awareness of EHS concerns and drive engagement in EHS initiatives at both US sites.
o Support Beckers global sustainability strategy through local initiatives focusing on people, products, and operations.

Essential Duties/Functions
Essential Duties are those that are critical, integral, necessary, crucial, primary, and/or fundamental. These essential functions are the basic job duties that an employee must be able to perform.

• Environmental:
o Stay current on changes to EPA & DOT compliance requirements.
o Create, review and revise programs for regulatory & environmental compliance.
o Provide training programs appropriate to job function for all employees.
o Oversee required regulatory reporting (VOC, SWPP, Tier II, Hazardous Waste, Annual Air Emissions, etc.
o Maintain accurate record keeping per requirements in various facility permits, environmental permits, inspections, certifications, and submissions (VOC, SWPP, Tier II, Hazardous Waste, Annual Air Emissions, etc.)
o Instruct and implement sustainability initiatives that lower waste generation and environmental impact.

• Health and Safety:
o Accountable for fostering the safety culture for US manufacturing facilities.
o Maintain updated OSHA programs and develop/conduct training as necessary.
o Assign and track all EHS activities, corrective action plans and tasks to completion.
o Direct incident investigations, develop corrective action plans and manage worker's compensation process.
o Accountable for plant-wide EHS communications, distribute materials to site managers, prepare and provide info at plant-wide meetings.
o Guide initiatives to strategically plan, communicate, and track required employee training. Accountable for new hire onboarding.
o Instruct required internal and external EHS audits and inspections; coordinate and review results to ensure deficiency correction.
• General EHS:
o Audit facilities, (Elk Grove Village IL, Fontana CA), directly or with the use of a third-party contractor for compliance to US regulatory and Beckers Corporate requirements. Assign corrective actions and make recommendations as required.
o Oversight and participation in Incident investigations. Report to US authorities or Beckers Global management as required.
o Management representative for US Regulatory visits. Reply to requests for information or corrective actions as needed.
o Review compliance with Beckers Loss Prevention Standard and report to Global Director of EHS. Monthly reports on US EHS activities and events to Global EHS.
o Oversee management of change. Review changes to facilities, processes, equipment, and raw materials to ensure compliance to US regulations and Beckers corporate polices.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements
• Degree in EHS related field or a degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering with experience in compliance in the coating industry.
• Knowledge of common industrial statistical tools is required.
• Computer literate
• RCRA/DOT hazardous waste training is required within 6 months of taking the position and annually thereafter.
• Continual education is also needed to stay current with changing regulatory requirements.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Work experience in the coatings industry or relevant experience with EHS compliance in a related chemical industry.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to negotiate with internal departments.
• Strong critical thinking and decision-making capability within a team-oriented environment is highly desired.
• To recognize that health and safety is an obligation of every employee and to take reasonable care of oneself and others and to comply with Becker's Health and Safety policy and any Becker's procedures/rules that apply to the role. All employees have the duty to highlight unsafe conditions and EHS Managers, Officers, Supervisors and above have an obligation to shut down any activity if it is operating in an unsafe condition.
Physical Requirements
• Office environment: ability to seat for potential prolonged periods of time
• Employee may be exposed occasionally to excessive noise, moving machinery, marked changes in temperature and/or humidity.
• Employee may also be exposed occasionally to dust, fumes, gases, chemicals.

Additional Information

This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job obligations, tasks, and duties. The obligations, tasks, and duties of the jobholder might differ from those outlined in the job description and other duties, as assigned, might be part of the job.

This job is located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Hours are 6:00am-2:30pm or 2:00pm-10:30pm, Monday through Friday, onsite.