Global EHS Manager

At Morgan Advanced Materials, our rich history and dedication to innovation define who we are. Since our establishment in the UK in 1856, we have expanded globally, now operating across 70 sites in 18 countries. Our goal is to create a more sustainable world and enhance quality of life. We actively pursue this purpose through the development and production of advanced materials. 

Within our business unit, we specialise in innovating cutting-edge carbon, graphite, and carbide products that deliver outstanding performance. We use our expertise to tackle complex challenges across many diverse industries to provide effective solutions for our valued customers. 

Our products are shaping a better future; from enabling electric cars to charge faster and drive longer distances to maximising the operational efficiency of wind turbines. We are proud to help generate power for billions of people, deliver water to drought-stricken regions, improve the efficiency of industrial pumps, and protect lives both on the land and in the air. 

Key Figures: Revenue £1,114.7m (2023), ~8,500 employees, manufacturing in 20+ countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK.  Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.

Job Purpose:

• This position is responsible for the implementation of the Performance Carbon Global Business Unit, EH&S plan for Materials Facilities. The Manufacturing, Materials EHS plan outlines the goals and objectives for engagement of our workforce and continuous improvement in EH&S;
• This position is responsible for collaborating with all materials locations within Performance Carbon to ensure best practice are shared and consistent implementation of the EH&S strategy;
• This position will provide leadership, coaching, and auditing of all materials sites within the Performance Carbon GBU;
• The role’s responsibilities encompass all aspects of EHS risk and compliance and ensure that all actions are conducted accurately, comprehensively, ethically and on a timely basis, through planning, leadership, building competencies and auditing.
• It is important to note that EH&S leads on the materials sites continue to report directly, locally but with a very strong secondary reporting into the Global EHS Manager, Materials. Consistency of application is critical.
  
  

Role Summary:

In conjunction with the Site Managers, and the Manufacturing Director, Materials, this position is responsible for ensuring full implementation of the Performance Carbon EH&S plan for the materials facilities. The EH&S strategy outlines the goals and objectives for engagement of our workforce and continuous improvement in EH&S. The EH&S manager will be responsible for monitoring the materials sites’ progress against these goals and objectives and providing leadership, coaching, and auditing of all materials sites, as well as assisting the other members of the Manufacturing – Materials, Operations & Supply Chain leadership team with modifications to the Manufacturing, Materials EH&S plan, as necessary.  The role’s responsibilities encompass all aspects of EH&S risk and compliance, including process safety and industrial hygiene, and the role-holder is to ensure that all actions are conducted accurately, comprehensively, ethically and on a timely basis, through planning, leadership, building competency and auditing. The role acts as a deputy for the Global EHS Director, Performance Carbon.

Essential Functions:

The essential duties and responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to the following:

• Acting as the EH&S expert for the Manufacturing, Materials organisation by being current on regulatory and compliance issues and overall trends that may impact EHS matters and performance for the business.
• Implementing the Performance Carbon EH&S strategy for materials facilities ensuring consistency with, and adherence to, Group EHS Framework and Risk Principles, address compliance, risk, safety, environment and sustainable resource efficiency with specific goals and objectives identified.
• Work as the point person in ensuring that each North America location conforms to and follows Performance Carbon Process Safety and Industrial Hygiene Strategies.
• Work Closely with the Performance Carbon Process Safety Engineer and Global Industrial Hygienist.
• Assisting Site Leaders and local EHS Teams in completing Process Safety activities such as PHA, HAZIDs, Flammability Assessments, etc.
• Assisting Site Leaders and local EHS Teams in completing all required Industrial Hygiene activities, including Ergonomics.
• Working closely with the Global EHS Director, Performance Carbon, to evaluate Group EH&S and aligning it into the Performance Carbon strategy to develop the annual site plans for materials facilities and consequently, cascade of EH&S related objectives.
• Monitoring progress against EH&S objectives and communicating progress regularly to the site leadership and employee population.
• In collaboration with the rest of the Manufacturing - Materials, Operations & Supply Chain, Performance Carbon leadership team, establishing trained, qualified, competent, capable, engaged and motivated individuals within each site to manage the day-to-day implementation of the required tasks, and to lead EH&S activities throughout the materials facilities on a “dotted line basis”.
• In collaboration with the Global EHS Director, Performance Carbon, responsible for developing and operating EH&S management systems to achieve compliance with all Morgan and local regulatory requirements.
• Participating in the design of new facilities or major revisions of existing facilities to assure proper EH&S considerations are put in place.
• Assisting Manufacturing, Materials leadership with driving thinkSAFE to achieve continuous improvement in the effectiveness of visible safety leadership activities.
• Playing a significant role in the Morgan EH&S Audit Program: Coordinating and leading facility readiness for comprehensive compliance audits. Leading the materials facilities through periodic self-audits and conducting on-site focused audits at other regional locations.
• Collating and presenting consolidated EH&S statistics for the Materials Facilities on a timely basis, ensuring that standard Group reporting processes are adhered to and reporting is compliant with Group and local requirements.
• Act as a deputy for the Global EHS Director, Performance Carbon in the Operations & Supply Chain leadership team.

The above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities – other duties may be assigned.

Key Deliverables, Performance Metrics and KPIs:

• Local, Regional and Global regulatory and Morgan policy compliance at all materials facilities in the area of EHS.
• EHS incident reporting, tracking, investigating.
• Relevant Lagging Indicators, such as # of LTAs
• Relevant Leading Indicators, such as # of DWBs and their closure rates
• Formal Manufacturing - Materials EH&S Strategy with relevant Objective Breakdown Structure.
• Complete management and operation of Performance Carbon ThinkSafe framework for Materials Facilities.

Soft Competencies:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Integrity and Trust – Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.
• Managing Vision and Purpose – Communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; talks beyond today; talks about possibilities; is optimistic; creates mileposts and symbols to rally support behind the vision; makes the vision shareable by everyone; can inspire and motivate entire units or organizations.
• Managing Through Systems – Can design practices, processes, and procedures which allow managing from a distance; is comfortable letting things manage themselves without intervening; can make things work through others without being there; can impact people and results remotely.
• Directing Others – Is good at establishing clear directions; sets stretching objectives; distributes the workload appropriately; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; maintains two-way dialogue with others on work and results; brings out the best in people; is a clear communicator.
• Organizational Agility – Knowledgeable about how organizations work; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network; understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures; understands the cultures of organizations.
• Standing Alone – Will stand up and be counted; doesn't shirk personal responsibility; can be counted on when times are tough; willing to be the only champion for an idea or position; is comfortable working alone on a tough assignment.

Requirements:

• Degree in related field (Environmental management, health and safety management, occupational health, process safety management or similar) or equivalent experience in EHS Management.
• Experience in Process Safety Management and OSHA PSM
• Experience in managing and developing Industrial Hygiene programs.
• Progressive managerial experience in EHS Management
• Demonstrated experience in performing a leadership role in a global manufacturing organization
• Extensive knowledge and experience of EHS regulatory, risk and compliance in one or more countries of the Performance Carbon GBU
• Advanced English language skills
• Experience in industrial hygiene management is an advantage
• Experience in process safety management is an advantage

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This job description does not state or imply that all duties to be performed are specifically identified above. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested or instructed by an authorized person of the Company. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.


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