What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Health & Safety Manager position at Aurorium?
Company Overview Aurorium is the materials innovation partner that helps global manufacturers harness the power of possibility to make the world a better place. Their specialty ingredients and high-performance materials enhance quality of life, support health and wellness, and enable customers to deliver value-added solutions.
Key industries served include healthcare, personal & home care, mobility, infrastructure, and paper & packaging. A Responsible Care® company, Aurorium follows the highest regulatory standards across all manufacturing facilities. The company’s global integrated supply chain offers the customer product consistency, easy access, supply security, and reasonable turnaround on delivery. Aurorium is committed to operating at the highest levels of manufacturing consistency, quality control, and safety.
Description At Aurorium, safety isn’t a function — it’s a shared responsibility. We are looking for a hands-on EHS leader who is passionate about injury prevention, operational excellence, and building a strong safety culture across multiple manufacturing sites.
This role partners closely with site leaders and front-line teams to embed EHS ownership into daily operations, while ensuring compliance with global company standards and regulatory requirements. If you thrive in a manufacturing environment, enjoy influencing without authority, and believe that chemicals must stay where they belong, this role may be for you.
Job Details
What You’ll Do
You bring credibility, accountability, and a results-driven mindset. You’re comfortable being in the plants, challenging the status quo, and translating EHS standards into practical, day-to-day execution.
If you have the energy, drive, and passion for joining the Aurorium team, we would love to hear from you. Apply today!
Aurorium offers competitive total compensation packages, including benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, 401(k), disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, paid time off, and paid holidays.
Aurorium is a global Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of and will not be discriminated against based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability status, genetic information, or any other protected category.
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Key industries served include healthcare, personal & home care, mobility, infrastructure, and paper & packaging. A Responsible Care® company, Aurorium follows the highest regulatory standards across all manufacturing facilities. The company’s global integrated supply chain offers the customer product consistency, easy access, supply security, and reasonable turnaround on delivery. Aurorium is committed to operating at the highest levels of manufacturing consistency, quality control, and safety.
Description At Aurorium, safety isn’t a function — it’s a shared responsibility. We are looking for a hands-on EHS leader who is passionate about injury prevention, operational excellence, and building a strong safety culture across multiple manufacturing sites.
This role partners closely with site leaders and front-line teams to embed EHS ownership into daily operations, while ensuring compliance with global company standards and regulatory requirements. If you thrive in a manufacturing environment, enjoy influencing without authority, and believe that chemicals must stay where they belong, this role may be for you.
Job Details
What You’ll Do
- Champion the mindset that every Aurorium employee is an EHS leader
- Coach, mentor, and challenge leaders to strengthen safety culture and accountability
- Provide functional leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to site-based Health & Safety managers to drive consistency, capability, and performance across locations
- Spend significant time in the field (~50% travel) supporting the manufacturing sites
- Identify health and safety risks and partner with sites to implement effective prevention programs
- Develop corporate EHS procedures and support site adoption and consistency
- Establish KPIs and evaluate site-level EHS performance
- Support incident investigations, audits, risk assessments, and corrective action closure
- Ensure timely reporting of injuries, illnesses, and near misses
- Support OSHA Process Safety and EPA Risk Management Plan compliance
- Assist sites with regulatory inspections and responses
- Support the use of digital EHS management systems (e.g., Intelex)
- Collaborate with corporate and site EHS teams on reporting and continuous improvement
- Bachelor’s degree in Health & Safety or related field
- 10–15 years of EHS and industrial hygiene experience
- 2 years in leadership roles, working in a global matrix environment
- Experience in chemical manufacturing, refining, or high-hazard environments
- Proven ability to lead safety culture change and implement management systems
- CSP, ASP, or similar certification preferred
- Experience with ISO 14001/45001 and digital EHS systems preferred
- Strong coaching, problem-solving, and influencing skills
- Ability to travel 50%
You bring credibility, accountability, and a results-driven mindset. You’re comfortable being in the plants, challenging the status quo, and translating EHS standards into practical, day-to-day execution.
If you have the energy, drive, and passion for joining the Aurorium team, we would love to hear from you. Apply today!
Aurorium offers competitive total compensation packages, including benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, 401(k), disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, paid time off, and paid holidays.
Aurorium is a global Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of and will not be discriminated against based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability status, genetic information, or any other protected category.
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