Description
What you will do
The Associate EHS Manager - Japan is responsible for monitoring and investigating workplace hazards, ensuring compliance with regulations, conducting audits and risk assessments, developing training materials, participating in health/safety teams, and mentoring lower level engineers:
Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement EHS programs and policies in compliance with local regulations and company standards for the Associate EHS Manager - Japan role

• Conduct EHS audits and inspections to identify potential hazards and recommend corrective actions

• Provide EHS training and guidance to employees and contractors to ensure a safe and healthy work environment

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and mitigate EHS risks in new projects and initiatives

• Lead incident investigations and root cause analysis to prevent future incidents

• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices to continuously improve EHS programs and policies

• Develop and implement environmental, health and safety policies and procedures within the company, leveraging technical expertise in workplace ergonomics, health and safety standards, hazard assessment, accident investigations, and emergency response.

• Ensure compliance with local government regulations pertaining to environmental health and safety, and handle contracts with appropriate agencies.

• Coach and advise the environmental, health and safety staff and management on ways to improve outcomes and programs in their areas.

• Oversee the development of company training programs for employees in areas such as hazardous material handling, emergency response, industrial hygiene, electrical safety, and machine safety.

• Coordinate various councils and teams to reduce exposure to environmental, health and safety issues and manage these teams to implement necessary company-wide changes.

• Provide upper management with ongoing consultation pertaining to environmental, health and safety regulations, identifying the impacts of changes to regulations on key business objectives.

• Conduct safety and health training, and mentor new hires and lower level engineers.

• Review and recommend content of health and safety policies and programs, and provide content to emergency response plans and participate on emergency response team.

• Implement and provide training on health and safety policies and programs developed for a site to assure that workplace conditions comply with all local government and company requirements.

• Facilitate compliance audits, assist management in conducting risk assessments, and participate on health and safety teams.

• Conduct hazard assessments, determine root causes, recommend solutions to identified hazards, design, and implement solutions.

• Participate as the lead health and safety representative in external audits and inspections by local government agencies.

Qualifications
What we are looking for
Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

• 6-8 years of experience in EHS management in a manufacturing environment

• Strong knowledge of local EHS regulations and standards

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively train and guide employees and contractors

• Ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and mitigate EHS risks

• Experience in incident investigation and root cause analysis

• Ability to interface effectively with regulators and associates required.

• Ability to quickly interpret complex regulatory issues and provide recommended course of action required.

• Excellent project management skills required.

• Knowledge of environmental regulations and implementing environmental plans required.

• Advanced knowledge of government regulations related to EPA RMP & OSHA 1910 Standards, and company policies is required.

• Ability to assess processes/systems to identify and troubleshoot complex issues regarding compliance to the standards, and can provide recommendations on corrective actions, and lead resolution efforts by partnering with various functional representatives is required.

• Requires 6-8 years related experience.

• University/Bachelors Degree or Equivalent.

Desired Qualifications

• Certification in EHS management is a plus

• Superior team player required.

• Experience with creating and implementing global environmental strategies required.

• Experience in creating technical solutions for challenges associated with Air, Hazardous & Non-Hazardous Waste, Storage Tanks, Water and Wastewater Management is required.

• Technical experience in diverse EHS&S areas including but not limited to air, water, hazardous and medical waste, machine safety, industrial hygiene and chemical handling is highly desirable.

Primary Location Asia Pacific-Japan-Tokyo-To-Chiyoda

Job Function Environmental Health & Safety