Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Location : Cadet. MO

Language : English

Travel up to 25%

Relocation assistance

Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman delivers exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers globally in the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment.

Position Summary

The Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) Manager position support Buckman North America by ensuring compliance with safety, health, environmental, and hazardous materials transportation requirements across NA Operations with primary focus on the Cadet site. Actively leads or participates in sustainability efforts and manages SHE compliance, training, inspections, recordkeeping, and reporting. This professional is a key part of the overall site leadership team.

Key Outcomes / Responsibilities

Outcome : Administration of Safety, Health, and Environmental Systems

Actions :

• Lead and sustain comprehensive SHE systems across North America, ensuring ISO compliance, audit execution, procedural updates, regulatory reporting, and integration of Buckman SHE software for effective incident and compliance management.
• Drive safety performance and culture by supervising regional SHE leaders, supporting Process Safety Management (PSM) components, implementing critical safety standards, managing training programs, and trending key safety indicators to foster proactive risk prevention.
• Ensure environmental, health, and emergency readiness including Emergency Response Team participation and leadership (e.g. training, etc.), supporting sustainability initiatives, health monitoring programs, and robust emergency response plans including fire, HAZMAT, confined space, and medical preparedness across all NA sites.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations and external stakeholders to close safety gaps, resolve hazards, manage CAPAs, lead inspections (e.g., HCAS), support workers’ compensation processes, and maintain a strong SHE presence in leadership forums.

Outcome : Manage Contractor Approval, Authorization and Training

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Outcome : Ensure Compliance with Safety, Health, and Environmental Regulations

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Outcome : Support of S / H / E Programs, Community Council, and CI Initiatives

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Outcome : Ensures Specific Compliance with Hazardous Materials Transportation Requirements

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Outcome : Maintain ISO certifications and system excellence

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Basic Qualifications

Core Competencies

Company Description

Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman delivers exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers globally in the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment.

Company Description

Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman delivers exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers globally in the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment.