Environmental Specialist/EHS Supervisor

Environmental Specialist/EHS Supervisor

*This position can be located in Maplewood, MN, Flemington, NJ, Meriden, CT or US Remote Based near a major airport

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This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government, or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You'll Make in this Role
The person hired for this position will be responsible for developing and implementing environmental strategies to ensure compliance and drive continuous improvement, optimization and standardization across Health Care Business Group (HCBG). In addition, this person will provide supervisory leadership and direction for EHS performance excellence and compliance for the USAC HCBG manufacturing plants located in the Eastern United States.

As the HCBG Environmental Specialist/EHS Supervisor, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most creative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Developing and leading HCBG environmental programs to support effective site implementation to:
  • Analyzing environmental data, self-assessments, and reports; communicate findings, trends, and recommendations; support the correction of gaps (including through standard work, procedures and/or training)
  • Coordinating activities and improvement efforts for the environmental elements of the EHS Management System, internal and external audits, BT EHS, and ISO 14001
  • Serving as a subject matter expert to HCBG operations on environmental legal requirements and related controls through technical partnerships, use of the CAMMS system to define and track actions, and support for environmental permitting, reporting and agency engagement
  • Providing support in responding to HCBG product development teams and laboratory operations
  • Coordinating the HCBG environmental network to share learnings and actions across the sites
  • Partnering with 3M Environmental Permits & Compliance Team, 3M Corporate Environmental, 3M USAC EHS, 3M Engineering and other stakeholders on relevant programs/projects

• Providing EHS supervisory leadership and direction, in consultation with HCBG EHS Manager, for 3M Stafford Springs, 3M Meriden 3M Flemington and 3M Charlotte
  • Coaching, mentoring, professional development, performance reviews, succession planning, resource assessments, and budget management
  • Identifying, managing, monitoring and analyzing overall EHS risk profiles of the USAC HCBG east-coast manufacturing plants, setting short and long-term strategic directions and priorities
  • Fostering a culture of trust and collaboration to realize a working environment of open communication, project management, prioritization and a full entitlement mindset toward compliance and risk reduction
  • Actively supporting, monitoring and ensuring the effective implementation of all EHS requirements, programs, compliance tasks, incident investigations and KPIs
• Collaborating regularly with the HCBG POL and POM, plant managers and plant EHS leaders regarding EHS risk profiles, compliance and performance metrics, HCBG and plant-level project priorities/action plans, clarity of roles and responsibilities and resource needs and allocation

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Seven (7) years' experience with EHS programs and procedures within a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master's degree or higher in a science, engineering or EHS discipline from an accredited institution
• Three (3) years combined supervisory and/or leadership experience
• Experience in implementation of comprehensive environmental, health and safety management systems in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with environmental program administration, especially in regard to air, waste and water compliance
• Experience with hazard and risk assessments in a manufacturing environment
• Experience interacting with Federal, State and local regulatory agencies
• Proficiency with various corporate reporting/compliance and other software tools
• Self-directed, detail oriented, excellent communication (oral, written and interpersonal), prioritization, and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead, influence and inspire others
• Analytical leadership, project planning, program development and deployment skills
• Applicable EHS certification(s) such as CSP, CIH, ASP, QEP

Travel: May include up to 30% domestic and international

Relocation Assistance: Is authorized

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.

To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this position. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life - both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Resources for You

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