EHS Manager

EHS Manager

New York - American Water Company

Sea Cliff, NY, US, 11579-1926

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN), parent company of Liberty, is a diversified international generation, transmission, and distribution utility. AQN is committed to providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective energy and water solutions through our portfolio of utility investments to over one million customer connections, largely in the United States and Canada.

At Algonquin, our vision is to be the most trusted utility service provider in North America – a premium regulated utility, known for our customer focus, commitment to sustainability, and strong community partnerships. Our employees are at the heart of that vision. We believe that when people are empowered to learn, grow, and contribute their ideas, we can achieve remarkable results together.

We are building a culture that values integrity, inclusivity, and innovation. By joining Algonquin, you’ll be part of a team that is shaping the future of energy and water, while creating long-term value for our customers, communities, employees, and shareholders.

Purpose

This position is responsible for providing tactical support to implement, monitor and improve Liberty’s EHS management system consisting of policies, procedures, standards, programs, providing training, tools and techniques with the assigned Operations scope, including activities to ensure employee engagement and education, regulatory compliance, hazard identification and control for the assigned Operations scope. The incumbent will be responsible for leading the continuous development of the health and safety culture and positively impacting employee engagement within the assigned scope, through collaboration with local leadership and with the surrounding EHS Team. This position will be responsible for supporting improvements in our EHS risk assessment and risk mitigation process through collaboration with local leadership. The incumbent should have a foundational knowledge of occupational health, safety and environmental regulations and management systems and work with other internal stakeholders to ensure proper functionality and use of such programs with a view to compliance and a commitment to an illness and injury-free workplace.

Accountabilities

• Tracking of training records for EHS training and maintenance of EHS curriculums in collaboration with Safety Assistant (PTE) the Learning and Development group.

• Provide Gensuite technical support and training as needed to ensure daily optimal function of the Gensuite system

• Lead ground-level collaboration with assigned Operations scope for buy-in, understanding, implementation of Liberty EHS policies, procedures, programs and compliance with regulatory requirements, EHS initiatives, critical tasks, and potential areas of opportunity to operationalize safety within local operating procedures and work practices, job-specific, modality-specific, etc.

• Coordinate and support hazard identification, risk assessments, JHA, job briefing/planning activities through regular ongoing field crew visits to support proactive observations, coaching and exchange of ideas for safe work practices

• Maintain a level of knowledge of current and emerging legislations, regulations, and trends related to EHS

• Support the updating of Liberty EHS standards, policies, and procedures as needed

• Support coordination and response for planned and unplanned EHS regulatory events, such as but not limited to: requests for information, inspections, complaints, and correspondence from governing bodies (OSHA, DOT, PUC, etc.) as assigned

• Support ongoing monitoring of EHS compliance across the assigned scope and work in collaboration with the business units to resolve deficiencies, prioritize operations and capital spending related to EHS compliance

• Perform and support field/task, facility/site, equipment inspections and calibrations as required

• Actively participate and support emergency and storm response efforts for mutual aid, unplanned events, avalanche/wildfire events, crisis management, etc.

• Triage and manage employee injury and illness incidents and claims in collaboration with employees, people leaders, HR, and worker’s compensation third-party representatives

• Facilitate root cause analysis and event learning of all incidents in the assigned scope, in collaboration with local leadership, appropriate with the energy-level and potential risk exposure.

• Support development and distribution of EHS communications specific and applicable to the scope/work group supported (flash reports, safety bulletins)

• Support and actively participate in assigned scope EHS committees (responsibility may vary depending on representation and existing processes), Operational Excellence Committees, Tool/PPE committees, etc.

• Record, track, trend and develop action plans for leading and lagging EHS indicators

• Support and actively participate with the EHS team on projects

• Adequate computer skills for incident report and exchange of information for lessons learned (Microsoft Suite, Gensuite

• Creating of reports outlining incident metrics and trend analysis to identify high-risk focus areas for improvement.

Education and Experience

• University - Bachelor degree or equivalent

• 5-10 years of field experience at an water/wastewater operations role is an asset.

• Broader knowledge of theory and principles within occupational EHS professional discipline or advanced knowledge of specific technical/operational practice, including but not limited to, incident investigation, behavior-based safety, safety programs, workplace inspections, procedure compilation, etc.

• Understanding of and experience working in the utility sector, specifically transmission and distribution is an asset.

• Good understanding of and experience working with EHS regulations (both Canadian and US)

• Good organizational and multi-tasking skills

• Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with and communicate with people at all levels of the organization

• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Suite, Gensuite, Adobe Acrobat, Publisher) Applications such as ISN, Gensuite, MSDS Online will be learned on the job.

What We Offer

As a valued member of our team, you will enjoy competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience. You will also have access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage & a 401K plan with a 5% match, effective day one

• Annual bonus and merit increase eligibility

• Life insurance and short-term & long-term disability

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Free Employee Assistance Program & Headspace account

• 3 weeks of vacation, paid sick days, 12 paid company holidays, & 3 paid volunteer days

• Tuition reimbursement, professional development opportunities, & reimbursement for certification costs

• Reward & recognition programs, service awards, a great company culture, and a collaborative & flexible work environment

Compensation

Full salary range: $120,925 - $181,387 per year.

*Liberty considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education, training and skills, and geographic location.

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.

As the successful candidate

Our Mission

We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization—it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.

Our Vision

We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make animpact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.

Our Guiding Principles

• Customer Centric

• Integrity

• Entrepreneurial

• Teamwork

• Owner mindset

• Outcome focused

• Continuous learning

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.