EHS Specialist

Company Overview for Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions - Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor-Alkali, and Oil & Gas.

Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® tradename; we market our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid.

We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services to our customers, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate. This commitment is made possible through our dedicated people, consistent products, continued protection of the environment and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy-efficient production facilities.

Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business, producing plastic resins and petrochemicals, takes place at three wholly-owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Point Comfort, Texas.

EHS SPECIALIST
POSITION OBJECTIVE
This position will implement and maintain FPC USA’s EHS (Environment, Health and Safety) management system to ensure all aspects of the EHS programs are in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, adhering to corporate EHS policies, procedures, industrial standards and ISO requirements (e.g. ISO 14001, 45001, 14040 and 1467). Additional responsibilities include EHS compliance audit, training scheduling, corrective action tracking, and other EHS related activities (e.g. Product safety, DOT/SDS and Product LCA assessment).
MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

• Implements and maintains FPC USA’s EHS management system to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, industrial, ISO standards and corporate policies.
• Acts as a liaison to work with plant site EHS personnel to ensure sites’ and corporate EHS programs are aligning with each other and meet local, state, federal regulatory requirements and applicable industrial standards.
• Coordinates with plant sites for EHS management system implementation and regulatory compliance audit, scheduling, and corrective action tracking.
• Acts as Corporate EHS Master Training Plan PIC (person-in-charge) for developing, maintaining, scheduling and tracking progress of training for EHS related programs
• Utilizes knowledge management system (KMS) “Auditor” to maintain audit protocols, track audit findings, corrective actions and to verify completion for continue improvement.
• Assists with stakeholders to monitor new and amended Federal EHS regulations and industrial standards and prepare regulatory memo for Management as necessary to ensure compliance.
• Assists in maintaining corporate procedures (e.g. Product Stewardship manual), policies and guidance documents in conform to the company’s document retention procedures. (i.e. Intranet)
• Works with Product Stewardship team to develop and maintain FPC regulatory database including ImageWave SDS database.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 years of work experience in chemical, engineering, safety, environment, or related scientific discipline.
• Training and/or auditing experience in EHS management systems and/or ISO standards
• General knowledge of petrochemical and plastics production beneficial
• Experience in working and communicating with different staff departments (e.g. Sales, production, technical, et al.)
• Strong knowledge of chemical, environmental, EHS and other scientific principles.
• Knowledge of the structure of U.S. regulations (e.g. EPA, OSHA, and FDA) and ISO standards.

Check Out Our Benefits
Health Coverage and Perks

Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance plans

Flexible spending accounts for health, dependent care

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

Group Term Life, Dependent and
Supplemental Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement
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Work/Life Balance

10 Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off for a balanced life
(Vacation, Sick and Personal Time)

FlexTime Available

Competitive Compensation

Competitive salary, incentive/bonus, 401(k) plan with company match,
Cash Balance, Pension Plan