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Celebrating 100 years in 2024, Plymouth Tube Company is a fifth-generation family-owned, precision metals manufacturer. Our products include tubing, extruded shapes and cold drawn shapes spanning specialty carbon, alloy, stainless steel, nickel alloy and titanium. Headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois with seven plants in the U.S. and one in Germany, Plymouth is known for offering industry leading service levels and unique technical innovations.

We have a great family-based culture guided by these four values: People, Customer Focus, Community & Environment, and Long-Term Orientation. These values serve as pillars to support our mission statement: ‘We are committed to providing products and services that meet our exceed our customers’ expectations.’

Plymouth Tube is looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious team member to join our EHS team as an Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager. This person must embrace change, be self-motivated and inspire others inside and outside the mill. This individual should be able to communicate directly and openly with all levels in our organization. There will be many opportunities for the successful candidate to engage their innovative and creative problem-solving skills to help move the mill to the next level. It is a must that the EHS Manager has a high degree of personal integrity in dealing with customers, superiors, subordinates, and co-workers and will represent Plymouth Tube Company in a professional manner. The successful candidate will live in both the big picture as well as in the details, desire to make an impact, and work well on a team and individually.

POSITION SUMMARY

The EHS Manager position will oversee the development, implementation, and management of the site environmental, health & safety systems in a proactive manner. This individual will be responsible for studying leading & lagging indicators and implementing effective solutions, as needed. The EHS Manager will help to ensure compliance with government regulations, company policies, and promote continuous improvement. This individual will support mill operations by educating employees on health & safety, monitoring health & safety systems for all personnel working in the facility, and routinely interacting with employees in their work areas.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Environmental:

• Compiles and submits logs as required by regulatory agencies.
• Keeps managers and employees alerted as to the hazards of working with toxic fumes, dangerous chemicals, and any other hazardous substances.
• Identifies and analyzes sources of pollution to determine their effects on plant operations.
• Collects and synthesizes data derived from pollution emission measurements, radiation monitoring & compliance, atmospheric monitoring, meteorological and mineralogical information, and soil or water samples.
• Determines the needs for environmental permits and makes proper permit applications.
• Reviews technical aspects of environmental project, confers with project engineers to formulate plans, coordinate project activities, establish reporting procedures and prepare environmental project progress reports.
• Coordinates planning, testing, and operating phases to complete project.
• Confers with local regulatory agencies to discover local environmental quality standards, industrial practices, and new developments in pollution abatement.
• Works with State and Federal environmental agencies to provide all required reports.
• Maintains required licensing for operation of environmental control equipment.
• Provides technical assistance to agencies conducting related environmental studies.
• Responsible for Wastewater on site, including reporting, classification of haz/non-haz and all documentation.

Safety:

• Leads collaborative efforts to develop and implement health and safety procedures and programs to improve health and safety culture, reduce injuries and liability, and ensure regulatory compliance to all regulatory agencies.
• Mentors and leads Safety Team and Sub-committees.
• Records and performs analysis on Observation and Safety Audit Data including corrective actions.
• Lead safety investigation process per policy.
• Maintains, updates, and educates employees on Safety Manual
• Participates in the Safety and Environmental Orientation and onboarding for new hires.
• Schedules and conducts health and safety training and maintains training records and materials.
• Maintains safety matrix for training topics for all employees.
• Develop accident prevention and loss control systems and programs for incorporation into operational policies, evaluate effectiveness and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain liaison with outside organizations, such as fire departments, hospitals, and rescue teams to assure information exchange and assistance.
• Devise methods to evaluate and improve safety programs and conduct evaluations.
• Maintain active role in industrial/ community safety awareness groups and associations.
• Logs all safety incidents on the PES logs, corporate logs, OSHA 300, 301 and 301A. Collects and provides data required by PTC, OSHA, and any other related governmental agencies.
• Keeps Mill compliant with OSHA regulatory updates and changes.
• Represents the organization in community or industry environmental groups and programs.
• Perform other duties and assignments as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS and EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental or safety related field preferred.
• 4-5 years as an EHS Manager in a manufacturing environment.
• Environmental reporting experience with Air, Wastewater, and Storm Wastewater
• Hazmat operator’s certification 40 hours, First Aid required.

COMPETENCIES / DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Core Competencies

• Care & Commitment: Consistently reliable, follows work instructions, investigates any inconsistencies, and looks ahead to the next steps. Offers ideas for improvements (safety, operations, process, and quality) and actively participates in improvement processes. Accepts change as part of future state improvement and adapts with positive enthusiasm.
• Team Player: Steps up to help the team even when it’s outside of normal duties or comfort zone, looks out for the safety of self and team. Cooperates with others without dominating the group, values team members for their contributions and professional abilities, and always treats people with respect. Communicates ideas respectfully, honestly, and clearly, and considers the suggestions and opinions of others.
• Customer Focus: Seeks out information on customer requirements, stops a process when an inconsistency is suspected, and reports inconsistencies to the right person. Involves customers and seeks best resource before moving forward with key decisions; follows through on promises made to internal/external customer. Delivers accurate product, services, and paperwork to the next operation.
• Initiative: Initiates problem solving to address issues, acts without being told or directed, actively participates in resolution, seeks best alternative even if it challenges the status quo. Does and says the right things for the right reasons even when it’s uncomfortable, speaks up immediately when seeing a safety hazard, a process error, or problem to resolve. Acts with sense of urgency: Gives immediate attention to tasks or issues that prevent organization from reaching goals, rethinks priorities and organizes work to achieve goals or get goals back on track.

Leadership Competencies

· Safety: Participates in safety efforts enthusiastically, always with an eye for achieving the very best, approaches auditing with a commitment toward learning and improving equally. Consistently looks for opportunities to improve the safety culture, shows sincere interest in the improvement of safety in the organization above and beyond requirements. Actively drives culture where safety is more important than achieving numbers or reaching goals.

• Visionary: Easily identifies problems, gathers data, and seeks alternatives through research and interaction with others, demonstrates effective use of resources (time, money, people, equipment, etc.). Demonstrates forward thinking, submits original ideas based on knowledge, imagination, future needs and potential impact. Inspires people to listen to alternatives and to participate in the decision-making process when possible. Demonstrates fluency and organized thought.
• Service Oriented: Demonstrates a knowledge of quality and service that is important to each customer, ensures adherence to customer specification for both product and services. Easily separates from the way it’s always been done to the way it needs to be done to meet customer requirements, and relays need for change in a positive supportive manner. Identifies both problems and opportunities and communicates to the right person, provides timely response to resolve any issues that prevent meeting customer requirements.
• Communication I: Demonstrates a helpful and resourceful attitude with all vendors, customers, and employees. Is respectfully persistent when needing information from others and follows through on any verbal or written commitment made to others. Keeps people informed and up to date, gives thought to “who” needs to be told “what” and helps others (vendors, customers, and employees) recognize the chain of communication.

Job Specific Competencies

• EHS Excellence: Drives improvements in EHS culture in organization. Maintains necessary records, testing, sampling, and training to comply with OSHA, IDEM and Plymouth Tube requirements. Holds accountable all managers for improvements in Environmental. Noticeably present in all facilities to assist in coaching and counseling appropriate behaviors to improve safety and environmental performance.

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Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $67,040.00 - $100,560.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus opportunities

Work Location: In person