EH&S Manager

Company Overview

Imagine Everything. Build the Future with Hexion.

At Hexion, we push boundaries, rethink possibilities, and create real impact. We activate science to deliver progress—developing breakthrough solutions that strengthen industries, protect communities, and drive a more sustainable future.

This is where bold thinkers, problem-solvers, and innovators come together to shape what’s next. Whether you're engineering advanced materials, transforming manufacturing technologies, or leading strategic innovation, your ideas and actions leave a lasting mark. We cultivate an inclusive culture of growth, collaboration, and accountability, ensuring every contribution propels us forward.

We don’t follow the status quo—we challenge it, disrupt it, and improve it. Every role at Hexion is part of something bigger.

We invest in innovation, sustainability, and continuous development—equipping you with the tools, training, and opportunities to excel. With an unwavering commitment to safety, partnership, belonging, and impact, we empower you to lead change and strengthen industries worldwide.

Your Future Starts Here.  

If you’re ready to push limits, reimagine what’s possible, and create the extraordinary, Hexion is where you belong. 

Anything is possible when you imagine everything. 

Position Overview

The EH&S Manager is responsible for developing and managing a comprehensive environmental, health and safety program and driving a high-performance safety and compliance culture across the company. Collaborating closely with the Company’s manufacturing organization, this highly visible and strategic role leads the development of a comprehensive operational environmental, health and safety (EHS) strategy and drives implementation of that strategy across the manufacturing network. Leveraging data, innovative ideas and best practices, the EHS Manager develops programs and measures to ensure compliance, minimize risk and reduce incidents and exposures. This individual has a proven ability to work within a manufacturing organization to set clear goals, achieve alignment, close gaps in performance and deliver results.

Job Responsibilities

EHS Strategy:

• Develop, communicate, and execute EHS strategic plans that help the company achieve not only its EHS goals but also align with the process improvement opportunities and growth plans. 
• Develops and implements tactical plans to improve EH&S performance and monitors plan implementation. Identifies risks and areas of non-compliance, and refines plan as needed to improve compliance and performance.
• Works closely with leadership to develop a data-driven EHS strategy that leverages industry best practices to achieve best-in-class safety performance. 
• Identifies the top areas of focus from a risk and performance perspective and assists in the development of annual and long-term EH&S goals and plans, including both lagging and leading indicators.
• Provides visible leadership and strategic focus to Environment, Health, and Safety initiatives, and partners with senior leaders in raising awareness and correction of potential EH&S issues.
• Leads site and functional EH&S management-control-reporting-system (MCRS) process to ensure appropriate periodic reporting and analysis of EH&S performance and program implementation status.
• Works with Operations Leadership to develop training tools and programs that improve Operations and front-line knowledge and skills related to safe performance.
• Monitors new regulations and EH&S standards and develops effective implementation strategies.
• Participates in capital expense planning and approval process to ensure EH&S risks and regulatory requirements are rigorously evaluated and prioritized.
• Coordinates investigations of EHS compliance matters and supports due diligence projects, as needed.
• Ensures that the company has a data management system that effectively captures and facilitates execution and analysis for EHS related data. 
• Together with the COO, assists in budget planning and overall management of the EHS function. 
• Prepares and delivers EH&S reports, disclosures, and communications for internal and external stakeholders.
• Leads and supervises the Environmental Leader and guides Operations associates on EHS matters as needed.

Competencies

Future Focused 

• Challenges and inspires people around the safety vision and values
• Leads value creation through the empowerment of others, sharing information and leveraging knowledge across the organization
• Networks inside and outside of the organization allowing for innovation and leveraging of best practices from different pathways

Trust and Teamwork 

• Able to effectively lead and participate in cross-functional teams
• Supports team decisions in word and action outside of the team setting 
• Keeps commitments 
• Communicates in an effective, direct, honest, respectful, and timely manner

Transformational Leadership 

• Recognized as a role model of safe behaviors; helps instill a 24-hour mindset of safety in others
• Sets and communicates clear objectives and goals; completes work efficiently and meets deadlines
• Encourages and reinforces creative and innovative thinking
• Proven leadership in driving sustainable change in performance and culture

Achieve Business Results 

• Exhibits a sense of responsibility and urgency toward goal accomplishment
• Achieves results in a manner consistent with the Company’s Core Values
• Consistently and proactively identifies solutions to manage change effectively

Minimum Qualifications

• 7 or more years of experience as an environmental, health and safety professional in a manufacturing/ chemical environment  
• Experience managing an EHS function or team, including developing and executing strategy, driving results, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated working knowledge of environmental, health and safety standards and regulations in multiple jurisdictions 
• Strong knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) and Industrial Hygiene
• Experience working in and knowledge of requirements for a Coast Guard Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) facility. 
• Experience working with regulatory frameworks and influencing change across cultures
• Proven ability to identify and implement EHS best practices to improve safety and EHS performance
• Good organizational, communication, and networking skills and ability to influence
• Self-directed with ability to work in fast paced environment 

Education

• Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in engineering, chemistry, environmental science, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, or other technically related field 
• Professional certifications, such as Certified Safety Professional, preferred

Travel

• 20% travel for site visits and meetings 

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