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We're Hiring for an Environmental Health and Safety Manager!

If you are excited and passionate about helping #LetsSolveWater, consider joining our team today! Xylem, Inc. is a leading global water technology company servicing more than 150 countries and is dedicated to solving the world's most challenging water issues. We are looking for individuals to join our mission by exceeding customer expectations through smart sustainable solutions. At Xylem, you will have the opportunity to solve water by participating in our paid Volunteer Program, !

THE ROLE: The Environmental Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for leading the Environmental, Health, Safety, and Operational Sustainability strategy and tactical execution for Xylem's manufacturing operation. In this role, the incumbent will also partner with operational leadership teams, as well as corporate EHS teams, to develop, lead, manage, and sustain EHS related activities and programs that yield a successful injury prevention, occupational regulatory compliance, and environmental footprint reduction campaigns. We offer a full benefits package to include Flexible Time Off (FTO) for salaried positions, health, dental, vision, investment savings plan, and additional miscellaneous benefits.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Strategic Oversight:
  • Serve as part of the site leadership team, directing, coaching and acting as lead subject matter expert (SME) to EHS activities
  • Strategy planning, tactical execution, and delivery of critical EHS commitments
  • Identify, mitigate and/or eliminate occupational safety hazards using the hierarchy of controls methodology
  • Lead, direct and manage incident investigations and respective corrective actions
  • Contribute to the global strategy which dictates goal development and deployment
  • Maintain a culture of compliance in Local, State, Federal and Country regulations for occupational health, safety and environmental regulations
  • Maintain a culture of compliance with consensus standards as well as Xylem policies and procedures
  • Partner with leadership teams at various levels to define, outline and implement continuous improvement strategies related
  • Serve as lead and/or liaison when dealing with regulatory agencies
  • Responsible for audits, respective actions and follow up
  • Act as liaison to production supervision and personnel for exposure monitoring results, recommendations, and control strategies
  • Interface with supervisor and managers regarding health and safety matters
  • Lead efforts to reduce environmental foot print in waste to landfill, water and greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Assist in developing programs that continuously Improve injury prevention and occupational exposure
  • Build cross-functional relationships with Business and Functional leaders to foster support for continual EHS improvement.
  • Collect, monitor, analyze and evaluate metrics that measure effectiveness of EHS compliance and training programs and provide senior management with feedback
• Tactical Oversight:
  • Assist in maintaining safety related permits and air monitoring equipment
  • Perform Job Hazard Analysis, system auditing, and ergonomic task analysis
  • Monitor contractor safety compliance
  • Execute Corporate EHS and Security directives in a timely manner, leading to successful completion
  • Lead, direct, deliver occupational health and safety training per OSHA 1910 Code of Federal Regulations
  • Develop a culture in safety that drives employee engagement and empowers them to always make safe choices
  • Act as Incident Commander by managing the containment, clean up, and disposal of hazardous materials
  • Identify, monitor and mitigate health and safety activities related to occupational noise
  • Complete, communicate and manage the sites risk assessment and overall mitigation plans/projects
  • Outline annual capital budget needed for injury prevention investments
  • Maintain safety and environmental metrics
  • Manage OSHA recordkeeping
  • Lead, direct, perform environmental (Air, Water, Waste) regulatory inspections including "cradle to grave" environmental audits of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDF)
  • Lead, direct, manage, coach teams on accident investigation and help facilitate the programs and procedures to ensure work related injuries are reported and investigated in order to prevent reoccurrences

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years' experience in Occupational Health and Safety or related field
• Knowledge and understanding of federal, state, and local laws and regulations related to industry specific compliance, including but not limited to OSHA, EPA, and Consensus Standards (i.e., NFPA 70E)
• Knowledge of methods, accepted practices, considerations and regulatory requirements associated with safety and protection of workers, environment and site
• Knowledge of related industry's technologies, processes, innovations, issues, and initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written)
• Critical thinking and good problem solving skills
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Desired Experience/Certifications/Education:

• Certified Safety Professional
• Bachelor's Degree In occupational Health and Safety or related field
• Knowledge of Workers' Compensation Laws
• Experience managing EHS projects
• 3 Years' experience managing people (direct reports)

At Xylem, we embrace diversity and strive to create avenues where employees feel valued and appreciated through our DE&I initiatives and Employee Resources Groups (ERG). Xylem is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action workplace. Xylem prohibits discrimination, harassment of any kind and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or sexual orientation (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, marital status, medical conditions or disability, genetic information, age, or other non-merit factors.

Xylem is a team creating advanced technology solutions to the world's water challenges through developing new technologies and services that will improve the way water is used, conserved, and re-used in the future is central to our work. Our products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor, and return water to the environment, in public utility, industrial, residential, and commercial building services settings. Xylem also provides a leading portfolio of smart metering, network technologies and advanced analytics solutions for water, electric and gas utilities.

Disclaimer: The information listed within this job description is designed to indicate the general nature of work expected for this position and shall not be viewed as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required in this position. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job absent undue hardship. Xylem reserves the right to modify this job description or assign other duties to this position as needed.