Environmental, Health & Safety Manager

Environmental, Health & Safety Manager

Verbio NA

Verbio Nevada

Verbio is seeking a highly motivated, self-driven EHS Manager for its Verbio Nevada production facility located at 59219 Lincoln Hwy, Nevada, IA 50201.

About Verbio

At our Nevada location, Verbio produces ethanol from corn as well as biomethane (renewable natural gas) as an ethanol co-product from feedstock.

Position Purpose

This role will ensure the safe and environmentally compliant operation of the facility by providing leadership and technical support and fostering a strong safety culture and maintaining operations with regard to all Federal, State, Local and Corporate regulations. This is a full-time salaried exempt position including health, dental, vision, 401(k), vacation and other employee benefits.

Essential Functions

• Ensure the facility conforms with all federal, state, and local regulations and permits, including but not limited to OSHA, EPA, IDNR, NPDES, City of Nevada, FCC, FRA, DOT
• Develop strategic direction for EHS initiatives to mitigate associated risks, then identify, prioritize, and implement.
• Own the overall EHS management system structure for compliance assurance, including reporting needs along with integrating all compliance tools into plant operations.
• Ensure timely and complete environmental testing, sampling and reporting per permit requirements, i.e., stormwater, wastewater, stack testing, excess emissions.
• Maintain positive, proactive relationships with all regulatory agency contacts creating ease of communications and a positive view of the plant by regulators.
• Assist production, engineering, and maintenance staff to ensure all new or modified equipment meets safety and environmental requirements including permitting needs.
• Ensure training systems are in place to provide the proper platform to promote EHS standards within employees, contractors, and visitors. This includes live and online training and onboarding.
• Lead incident investigations for safety and environmental incidents, including root cause analysis when applicable along with action-tracking of corrective / preventative actions.
• Work in conjunction with Human Resources to manage workers' compensation claims, as needed.
• Complete site safety hazard assessments including PPE, Safe Work permits, hazard communication, new processes, and industrial hygiene needs.
• Perform site environmental audits to ensure compliance with environmental permits.
• Ensure EHS audits are completed, gaps identified and communicated, and deficiency plans developed and implemented.
• Owns and leads the development, upgrade, and implementation of the site EHS Plan including but not limited to the Emergency Action Plan, Facility Response Plan, SWPPP, SPCC and Combustible Dust Programs, CEMS, LDAR.
• Own / Assist in the development of the site PSM Program
• Execute all internal reporting needs in a timely manner.
• Develop and foster strong working relationships with all functional units of the organization.

Qualifications

What We Offer

VERBIO North America is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.