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EHS Manager

This category encompasses the senior leadership roles or positions that are responsible for cross functional teams. In GE, this would include the leaders of Legal, Enterprise Standards, Global Operations, Services, Resource & Environmental Strategies, Remediation, High Risk Operations and certain additional individuals who report directly to those leaders. This category also includes the EHS Managers for each of the GE Businesses. Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. The role is subject to operating policy objectives. There is moderate autonomy within the role. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.

Roles and Responsibilities

The GSC Gas Value Stream EHS Manager is responsible for supporting EHS excellence in the Gas Power Global Supply Chain (GSC) Gas Value Stream and the GSC Gas Value Stream Plant Leaders to execute EHS Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This Leader works with GSC Site EHS Managers in the Gas Value Stream, providing support to enable fatality free operations and execute EHS priorities. This Leader reports to the Global Supply Chain Gas Value Stream EHS Leader.

Work with Gas Value Stream EHS Leader in developing and executing EHS Strategy for the value stream, to achieve KPIs and business objectives according to business dynamics.

Provide EHS support and technical guidance to the Gas Value Stream EHS teams, ensuring EHS programs are developed and effectively implemented to provide safe working environments.

Partner with Gas Value Stream leadership teams to maintain EHS high on the leadership agenda in line with SQDC (Safety-Quality-Delivery-Cost) focus.

Understand regulatory and market changes and trends and forecast impact to Gas Value Streams.

Support plant actions to achieve EHS compliance and identify, prevent and resolve potential EHS issues.

Support mitigation against EHS liabilities associated with current and former operations and facilities.

Support Plant operations on executing Management of Change (MOC) processes.

Break down silos and barriers and cross borders to collaborate and win as one team.

Support Gas Power EHS colleagues with EHS auditing, kaizens, procedure development and implementation, and standard work/program development and execution.

Collaborate with Gas Power EHS Center of Excellence team on activities including ISO certification, Framework and site visits.

Focus on continuous improvement through implementation of Lean processes and tools.

Operating Cadence: Build and lead GSC (Global Supply Chain) EHS operating cadence, and support GSC EHS Leader in execution.

Develop and maintain GSC Plant EHS Performance Review structure, define a schedule, coach plant teams in preparations, execute according to defined schedule, and lead actions to closure, if any.

Support preparation and execution of GSC EHS Monthly Operating Review (MOR) and taking any follow up items into closure.

Support preparation and execution of weekly GSC EHS PSE and Read Across Reviews, and taking any follow up items into closure.

Work across GSC organization in executing operationalization of the Life Saving Rules, identify roadblocks and support needed points, and lead them to solution, ensuring Life Saving Rules are integrated into our standard work.

Design and improve standard work on EHS processes, procedures and other written documentation used in GSC EHS, in alignment with EHS Center of Excellence and Operations/Digital teams as well as broader GEV EHS teams.

Understand Built In Quality, in theory and practice, partnering with Plants and Quality Teams, evaluate EHS version, prepare and execute a roll out plan.

Advise GSC EHS Leader on anticipated problems/deviations on our strategy development and execution, operating cadence and opportunities for improvements in GSC EHS, evaluating risk factors.

Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may inform work.

Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in EHS, Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Health, Engineering, Business Operations or equivalent

Minimum 5 years EHS experience

Minimum 2 years EHS leadership experience in multi site/organizational structure

Ability to travel up to 40% of the time

Desired Characteristics

Demonstrated ability to influence positive EHS performance

Knowledge of GE's EHS programs and policies

Demonstrated ability to organize, motivate and lead teams, drive change and interact cross-functionally

Proven ability to work in a multinational, matrixed environment, influence and motivate diverse teams to achieve a unified goal

Strong oral and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal and leadership skills