Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Engineer at Ashland Inc. in Hopewell, Virginia

Job Description:

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious? Are you always solving? Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for an Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Engineer to join our Ashland LLC, Specialty ingredients G.P. business at our Hopewell, VA facility. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the EHS function. This position will report to the site EHS Manager.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Functions as an EHS resource for plant personnel, acting under the guidance of EHS Department Management and having visibility on the shopfloor. Primarily owns site safety programs and backs up Environmental programs as needed.


• Participate in and provide guidance to Plant Behavioral Based Safety Programs.


• Tracks and audits compliance with Corporate EHS&S procedures and programs.


• Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes including OSHA / ANSI / NFPA.


• Performs inspections of plant safety, security and environmental procedures and practices


• Performs Job Safety Analysis and other safety audits of job tasks.


• Coordinates, updates, and prepares plant EHS procedures, working with multidisciplinary teams of both hourly and salary employees to ensure that procedures comply with the law, meet industry standards, and lead to safer plant operations.


• Assists with updating and reviewing of facility permits, both internal and external


• Prepares written reports, summaries, charts and graphs to track and communicate inspection and audit results.


• Works with the EHS staff and other department representatives to establish and work toward achieving annual departmental and plant goals.


• Keeps EHS Manager informed on plant EHS issues while staying knowledgeable and current on regulatory issues and industry practices.


• Leads and participates in incident investigations and formal Root Cause Analysis.


• Assists in communicating the results of various hazard analysis, incident investigations, etc.


• Attends and participates in professional and committee meetings related to environmental, health and safety issues.


• Coordinates and/or leads various EHS related training topics for new and/or current employees.


• Supports implementation of the Responsible Care Management Systems and associated programs to implement the plan-do-check-act methodology to plant operations.                 


• Participates in Manage of Change Design and Pre-Startup reviews.


• Participates in other EHS initiatives that will contribute to compliance of State/Federal regulations and improve existing Company programs.


• Assigned safety observer for unusual or hazardous project work in plant, e.g., roofing jobs, complex scaffolding jobs.


• Leadership of emergency response team ensuring daily accountability, maintaining compliance through training certification, and performing drills and tabletop exercises to maintain team readiness.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• 3 years industry experience and Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science, Safety and Health, Engineering, Chemistry or related discipline OR minimum 10 years industry experience and Associate’s degree OR minimum of 20 years’ experience in an EHS position.


• Experience at a PSM facility required.


• Experience with Environmental programs required.


• Candidate must be willing to be trained and gain proficiency in areas for programs they are responsible for (examples include but not limited to asbestos supervisor certification, fall protection competent person, industrial hygiene program management


• This individual must also be able to interact well with site employees at all levels.

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• ASP or CSP certification is preferred if not otherwise required by region or country regulations.


• Emergency response experience


• Experience working with regulatory agencies


• Production and/or maintenance supervisory experience


• Implementing change in EHS programs

Third party recruiters and agencies (“Agency”) should not contact employees of Ashland or its subsidiaries directly. Any resumes sent by an Agency to a hiring manager, recruiter or submitted to Ashland’s career portal are considered unsolicited and property of Ashland. Ashland will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, unless the Agency has a signed contract with Ashland’s Human Resources/Procurement department in advance of submitting a candidate for consideration. Verbal and written approvals will not be considered a valid contract for service.

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.
 
At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.
 
Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.
 
Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE:  We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.