Environmental, Health and Safety Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Environmental, Health and Safety Manager to provide leadership and presence at our West Monroe, LA corrugated facility.

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Manager provides leadership and strategic direction by building a partnership with front-line leadership and collaborating with business partners to develop and mentor the production team relating to environmental, health and safety.

Our culture is defined by the Principle Based Management™ philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's facility in West Monroe, LA is one of the industry's most sophisticated and modern corrugators and has an impressive array of modern finishing equipment, including flexos and die cutters to provide the widest range of corrugated packaging today.

To learn more about our Packaging division, please visit: www.gppackaging.com.

What You Will Do


* Provide transformational leadership, direction, and influence to achieve the EHS vision through management commitment and employee ownership


* Develop and align facility EHS programs and strategies according to the business/enterprise EHS plan


* Prepare environmental permits and EHS reports


* Foster an environment where employees understand and exercise their decision rights regarding EHS


* Lead the development of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards


* Increase critical hazard awareness thereby reducing the likelihood of at-risk behaviors


* Ensure an effective change management process is in place


* Partner with facility leadership to develop short and long-term EHS objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize and mitigate risks; create and maintain a safety committee for the site


* Ensure the development, improvement, and implementation of training systems to meet plant needs


* Conduct routine management reviews and adjusting plans as necessary


* Foster an EHS environment of collaboration and active participation with all employees, external stakeholders, and regulatory entities


* Prepare environmental permits, reports, and inspections.


* Communicate with compliance officers, and work with regulatory agencies around compliance.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Environmental Management, Environmental Science, or Biological Science


* Four (4) or more years of Environmental, Health and Safety leadership experience in a manufacturing, industrial or military environment

What Will Put You Ahead


* Experience with environmental permitting (i.e.: air and storm water) and reporting


* Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or similar certification


* Corrugated experience


* Experience in areas of Hazardous Energ...