EHS Manager (m/w/d) - Your next role? — Givaudan

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Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

As an EHS Manager (m/w/d), you will directly report to our EHS Director and you will join our EHS Fragrances Department in Vernier (Switzerland).

You will direct and support management of all Environmental, Health and Safety functions for a site, in compliance with Givaudan EHS policies and processes, and with all applicable EHS regulations. You will be responsible for managing risk and driving cultural change to reduce the probability of EHS incidents. You will also manage and optimize the EHS organisation to deliver added value to the organisation, and promote the EHS culture across the organisation. Finally, you will act as back-up to the EHS Director and provide leadership on process safety and occupational health and safety matters.

In this exciting role you will

• Support and advice site management on all EHS aspects: act as a coach to line managers to ensure that EHS becomes and remains a line responsibility
• Develop and deploy EHS vision aligned with company strategy for the site taking into account both the OPS/EHS Global Strategy/initiatives as well as the local legislations
• Manage compliance with all EHS Regulations
• Be responsible for all Site EHS trainings for all employees and contractors
• Deploy behaviour-based safety programmes
• Ensure that you strictly implement safety and Health programmes
• Ensure emergency planning is effective
• Accurately complete and submit regulatory reports
• Ensure KPI reporting is complete, and initiate actions to drive towards the agreed targets
• Track site safety behavioural audits and incidents, analyse trends on audits, incidents and near miss reports and report same to management team
• Lead the employee safety committee to promote safety awareness, and improve the safety of the site by driving issues identified to closure
• Manage all hazardous and non-hazardous waste activities
• Manage all documentation required
• Maintain good relationships with relevant external stakeholders (authorities/communities/network)
• Act as primary contact for Federal, State, and local EHS regulatory agencies
• Act as main point of contact with other departments: Regulatory, IT, regional Management Team
• Act as back-up to the EHS Director when required
• Manage process safety activities in collaboration with Process Safety Specialists
• Drive Process Safety Management (PSM) initiatives and support process risk reduction programmes
• Ensure compliance with ATEX requirements and hazardous area classification standards

Your success profile includes

• Master degree in chemistry, Engineering, EHS or other related field
• 5 to 10 years of experience in the industry and prior experience in an EHS plant
• 3 years experience in people management
• Apropriate country EHS qualification/certifications
• Experience in process safety management within an industrial manufacturing environment
• STPS Expert swiss diploma
• “Chargé de sécurité incendie” certification is a plus
• Fluent English and French languages
• Computer literacy (MS Office)
• Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, Risk Control
• Root Cause Analysis
• Process Safety Management
• Audit
• H+S Management
• Emergency Management
• Knowledge of ATEX regulations and hazardous environments

For safety and hygiene reasons, please note that wearing a beard is not allowed in Laboratory/Production roles.

Due to its activities, Givaudan is subject to the regulations of the OFAC (Office Fédéral de l'Aviation Civile). Please note that later in the recruitment process you will be asked to provide a criminal record.

Our Benefits

Healthcare supportPaid time off and family leaveRetirement planSport and leisure clubsCompany shopStaff restaurantMobility allowance

Are you interested in this exciting challenge? We are looking forward to receiving your application! Please make sure you enclose your CV, Cover Letter, Diplomas and Work Certificates.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.

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