Global Health & Safety Specialist

Job Description:

Huntsman is seeking a Global Health and Safety Specialist supporting the EHS and Manufacturing Excellence and Engineering Division located in The Woodlands, TX. This position will report to the Global Safety Manager.

Job Scope

The Global Health and Safety Specialist/Lead Investigator supports the Global Safety Manager in enhancing and supporting standards, procedures, guidelines, and best practices for Health and Safety.  This role also involves facilitating incident investigations, providing guidance on legislation, standards, techniques, methodologies, equipment, and technologies to ensure thorough and quality investigations, reports, and learning.  This position will also support the Transportation Safety program in being the technical expert on regulations as it relates to DOT, FMCSA, and FRA. 

In summary, as the Global Health and Safety Specialist, you will:  

Standardization and Implementation:

• Lead the implementation of incident investigation systems, processes, procedures, and controls, and continuously identify and recommend improvements to the EHS program while ensuring compliance with EHS guidelines, standards, and relevant legislation.
• Ensure proper standardization of incident reporting and investigation processes and procedures as well as transportation safety policies and procedures.
• Lead the implementation of incident investigation systems, processes, procedures, and controls.
• Collaborate with operations, logistics, supply chain, and EHS teams to implement best practices for chemical transportation safety
• Continuously identify and recommend improvements in company safety programs while ensuring compliance with EHS guidelines, corporate reports of investigation results for better decision-making.
• Deliver comprehensive corporate reports of the results of all investigations including the Root Cause Analysis and recommendations, to identify and implement areas of improvement and corrective actions to contribute to the continuous improvement of EHS performance.
• Perform analysis and interpretation of investigation results, drawing insights for better decision making.
• Report progress against investigation findings and the corrective actions, mitigations taken, and course of corrective actions to avoid recurrence of the incidents.

Training and Development:

• Develop and monitor the standards of training and workshops on incident investigation for all persons involved in incident investigation including Root Cause Analysis to assure quality investigations that support incident reduction and promote positive safety culture.
• Provide oversight, coaching, on-the-job training, and mentoring of entry and journey-level investigative staff.
• Provide training and guidance to internal teams, carriers, and third-party logistics (3PL) partners on chemical transport safety regulations and best practices.

Regulatory Compliance and Support:

• Support regulatory compliance efforts and other programs related to occupational health and safety (OHS), environment, social and governance (ESG), and other associated HSE programs.
• Ensure transportation operations comply with international chemical shipping regulations, including ADR, IMDG Code, IATA DGR, DOT, REACH, CLP, and local regulatory frameworks in South America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.
• Present regular and ad-hoc management reports on new opportunities, critical issues, and challenges.

Guidance and Strategic Insight:

• Provide guidance to parties involved in incident investigations.
• Promote the positive impact of incident investigations on long-term EHS strategic plans. (Continuous Improvement Cycle)
• Develop and maintain emergency response and spill containment protocols for chemical transportation incidents
• Build and maintain relationships with regulatory agencies, industry associations, and government bodies to stay ahead of emerging regulations.

Additional Duties:

• Carry out any other duties as directed by the Safety Performance Manager.
• Actively contribute to the achievement of corporate and departmental KPIs.
• Supports regulatory compliance efforts and other programs applicable to occupational health and safety, such as transportation safety
• Present regular and ad-hoc management reports on new opportunities, highlight critical issues and challenges and provide strategic insight to ensure effective decision-making.
• Provide guidance to the parties involved in an incident investigation to promote the positive impact of the incident’s investigation long-term HSE strategic plan in alignment with company’s strategies

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
 
The candidate must have an unrestricted right to work for Huntsman in the United States.

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 15+ years’ experience within the petrochemical or industrial sectors leading investigations.
• Proven experience being Lead investigator in complex investigations with experience in utilizing RCA tools such as Apollo RCA, TapRoot, or other RCA methodologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degrees or certifications (e.g., FEMA ICS, CSP, or CIH) are preferred.

Skills and knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of HSSE fundamentals.
• Detailed understanding of applicable regulations and industry standards.
• Experience in HSE audits and knowledge of ISO standards (ISO 45001:2018, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 55001:2014, ISO 31000:2018).
• Knowledge of risk management methods (e.g., HAZOP).
• Excellent planning, people management, analytical thinking, reporting, documentation, risk assessment, technical writing, recordkeeping, and presentation skills.
• Leadership skills to influence and motivate positive change.
• Adaptability to sudden changes and ability to meet tight deadlines.

Working Environment

•  24/7 Availability: Must be available to respond to emergencies and crises at any time, including after hours and weekends
• Travel: Periodic travel to global sites to conduct training, audits, and provide on-site support during emergencies.

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