**Job Description Summary** The Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) Site Leader is responsible for leading, developing, interpreting, and administering, the Environmental, Health and Safety programs for the Holdrege Site. This position develops policies and procedures to ensure employee health services are compatible with corporate goals and objectives. This position is responsible for overseeing worker’s compensation compliance and health/wellness programs as well as developing strategic site safety programs. This role must have extensive knowledge in environmental permitting in a manufacturing environment and serve as Subject Matter Expert on most issues involving Environmental Compliance, Health and Safety regulation, and Workers Compensation. EH&S Site Leader will work closely with both internal and external customers. Ensures compliance with BD EHS systems, policies, procedures and best practices, and all local, state, federal regulations. This role must have the skills to lead in a cross functional organization in order to drive positive EHS change for both Holdrege site and the BD organization. Regular, punctual attendance is an essential job function. Ability to read and write and converse in English. Willing and able to uphold BD Values. **Job Description** We are **the makers of possible** BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a **maker of possible** with us. **Duties/Responsibilities:** + Provide effective leadership for associate, health and wellness. Coordinate day-to-day implementation of industrial health, ergonomic and wellness programs. + Determine EHS site goals and necessary programs with site area leaders and managers. Effectively influences them to be strong EHS Leaders within their areas of responsibility. + Responsible for review EHS policies, programs, and metrics to meet the goals and objectives of the business and fully integrating this into the plant management system. + Prepare, implement, and operate the site EHS management system and programs and implement the necessary policies and procedures with a risk-based and structured approach. + Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Capable of communicating, articulating risks, issues, ideas, plans, and proposals to all levels of the organization as well as influencing others without direct authority. + Keeps abreast of the federal state, local laws (OSHA, DOT, EPA, FMLA, ADA, etc) as well as company policies to ensure the site is in compliance with the regulations. Initiates changes to practices and procedures to support compliance and ensure the necessary permits and licenses to operate in Holdrege are in place. + Ensure effective occupational safety and health programs are maintained with external support from health care providers, insurers, community health, and regulatory agencies. + Ensure employment-related medical screenings and procedures are effective and compliant. + Handle Personally identifiable Health Information (PHI) in communicating with medical providers. + Responsible to ensure safety amongst associates in the facility relating to weather, environmental, machine safety, or ergonomics. + Ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations regarding environmental discharges from the facility. + Ensure compliance with waste shipment regulations. + Training associates as necessary. + Provide oversight and direction for day-to-day compliance with applicable air, hazardous waste, wastewater, and storm water permits, plans, regulations, etc. + Ability to interpret environmental laws and permit requirements, stay updated on the evolving regulatory landscape, and analyze different options for aligning with new regulations and permit requirements. + Ensure all work performed aligns with all environmental and hazardous waste procedures, plans, policies, and requirements. + Provide effective leadership and overall management of site EH&S associates. + Conduct jobsite assessments, focusing on unsafe conditions and unsafe work behaviors; ensure appropriate action is taken to correct deficiencies. + Lead Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), EPA, NDEQ, etc. inspections and investigations. + Monitor and maintain records and permits of hazardous, biohazardous materials, and waste in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal regulations. + Lead Emergency Response Team in case of Safety, Health, and Environmental hazard Lead the Environmental, Health, and Safety improvement plan. + Other duties as required to support the needs of the business. **Education:** This position has the following educational requirements: + **Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering (preferably) required. Alternatively, a Bachelor of Science or equivalent experience in Environmental, Health, and Safety, Nursing, or a related field is accepted.** + **Preferred:** Functional Safety Certifications, Certified Safety Specialist, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Six Sigma Green, or Black Belt **Experience:** + A minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with high EHS standards. + Experience managing a team in a cross-functional environment is preferred. + Knowledge and experience in ISO14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 50001 compliance preferred. Auditor certifications a plus + Experience in Medical Device, Chemical, or Pharmaceutical manufacturing is preferred. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:** Basic or simple knowledge: + Statistical skills + Customer service skills Proficient/working: + Microsoft office + Continuous improvement skills + Experience in managing/handling environmental compliance including reporting and record keeping, environmental permitting for all media, manufacturing operations, regulatory reviews + Computer skills + Organizational skills + Presentation skills Advanced or specialized: + Communication skills + Ability to work with limited supervision + Project management skills + Able to administer and interpret OSHA, EPA, and DOT regulations + Able to perform compliance assessments and action plans + Handling conflict/mediation skills + Leadership skills + Analytical skills + _Problem solving skills_ **Supervision:** Provides leadership, direction and supervision, including writing performance reviews, 1 associate. **Work Environment (if applicable):** + Safety culture, policies, and practices that ensure an increasingly safe work environment for all associates. + Measurable improvement in safety performance on both incident rates and other measures. + Site compliance with applicable federal, state, local and corporate regulations. + Regulatory safety and environmental compliance. + Effective safety and environmental projects and programs. **Other Functions (responsibilities):** + All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. + This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Associates will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. + Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty successfully. **Conditions of employment in this facility include, but are not limited to:** Associates Must: + Must obey all safety rules. + Must follow all QSR (GMP) regulations. + Must cooperate fully with the safety and environmental program. + May not pose a direct threat or significant risk to himself/herself or others. + The “Essential Functions” and “Other Functions” listed in this description do not restrict the addition or deletion of any other responsibilities to this position. + Management reserves the right to change any and all job descriptions without notice as business conditions dictate. + All associates are expected to know and adhere to the Becton Dickinson Core Values which are: + We do what is right. + We thrive on innovation and demand quality. + We are accountable. + We learn and improve every day. + We help each other be great. **PCP Level: N/A** For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law. **Why Join Us?** A career at BD means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and that encourages you to bring your authentic self to work. It’s also a place where we help each other be great, we do what’s right, we hold each other accountable, and learn and improve every day. To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of health. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow, and thrive. And find satisfaction in doing your part to make the world a better place. 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