Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Plant Specialist

  • Full-time
  • Department: Environment, Health & Safety
  • Location: San Gemini

Company Description

To be the leading producer of glass bottles and jars worldwide you need passion, commitment and innovation baked into the very fabric of a business and its people. For more than 120 years, our glass makers have honed their craft—channeling their creativity into more than 1,800 patents held today. When you join O-I you become part of that story.

O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. We are dedicated to make what matters to shape a healthier, more sustainable and more exciting world. We transform the industry to make glass more relevant and more accessible to more people.

Job Description

SCOPE AND IMPACT:

In this role, as the ASPP of our San Gemini plant, you will plan and lead all the Environment, Health and Safety activities in our plant. You will be part of the larger EHS community of O-I Italy: we have 10 plants in Italy and 1 in Hungary, each with at least one EHS specialist in it.

In this role you will report to San Gemini's Plant Manager (direct line) and to the Italy-Hungary EHS Manager (dotted line).

 

YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • EHS and Property Protection Management Compliance (40%) - identify legal and corporate compliance issues within the plant, develop, implement and lead solution plans (with support from the relevant corporate departments), advise plant management on their legal obligations and support the EHS function in our Italian HQ to develop tailored and cost effective compliance strategies, develop relationships with local regulators, support internal corporate EHS audits

 

  • EHS and Property Protection Management & Continuous Improvement (10%) -  identify and implement programs to improve EHS performance beyond legal requirements when needed (i.e. reduced utility costs, reduced insurance costs, safer working environment), be the facility expert for EHS incident investigations offering support and guidance, monitor all corrective actions until they are completed

 

  • EHS and Management System (25%) - ensure there is an established and active EHS Management System which meets all specific local requirements and all minimum corporate requirements at the facility, maintain ISO14001 status in San Gemini, establish/maintain GMF procedures and standards

 

  • EHS Staff, Culture (25%) - offer technical and regulatory EHS and Property Protection Management support to all relevant staff within San Gemini plant, develop and execute training programs focused on key job functions with greatest potential for EHS and Property Protection impact, perform internal audits/inspections and monitoring to ensure compliance to EHS and Property Protection Management policies, build relationships with internal stakeholders to engage the workforce to own EHS and Property Protection programs

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Relevant university degree (i.e. Environmental Engineering)
  • H&S qualification/professional membership (i.e. NEBOSH diploma, CMIOSH)
  • At least 2-3 years of experience as EHS professional in a manufacturing company
  • Italian CEFR level C2/Native, English CEFR level B2 or above

 

REQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS

  • You’re open to ideas and concepts presented by your colleagues- collaboration will be the keystone of your success in O-I
  • You actively listen your colleagues - building strong internal relationships in our San Gemini plant will help you achieve your goals
  • You enjoy engaging with co-workers to get work done - our EHS Leads in the plant are in direct contact with the shop floor

Additional Information

If you are smart, passionate, innovative, culturally open, curious and collaborative, we’d like to hear from you. O-I is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that attracts and embraces the brightest minds and creates a culture that welcomes a diversity of ideas and perspectives while encouraging growth and rewarding performance

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