HSE specialist

As the HSE specialist:

• Responsible for creating and maintaining an environment that drives continuous improvement in the areas of Environment, Health and Safety. Lead the implementation of and assure compliance with Valvoline EHS policies and local regulations applicable to the region.
• Provide leadership, professional knowledge and technical expertise in the administration and support of regulatory compliance, permitting, policy and program development and training to multiple supply chain facilities.
• Developing and driving programs that continuously improve employee safety performance in the region to world class standards;
• Guiding company wide EHS-related objectives and supporting execution of EHS-related initiatives;
• Developing and implementing regional and local EHS management systems and maintenance of applicable certifications of such systems (e.g., RC14001, ISO45001, etc).

Compliance

Track/analyze local regulatory changes and provide local direction on compliance issues. Coordinate sustainability and environmental permits/processes

Risk management

Identifying and evaluating hazards, prioritizing the associated risks, and thereby managing measures that lead to acceptable (safety) conditions with costs and yield.

Management of processes and systems
Maintain and continuously improve the (EHS) management systems in accordance with the primary process of Valvoline, to support a safe and environmentally friendly work situation. Coordinate purchasing requests regarding EHS related topics.

Incident investigation

Carrying out conducting effective root cause analyses for incidents and trends. Support in defining effective control measures.

Transferring knowledge, attitudes and ethics

Transferring knowledge, attitudes and ethical awareness and acting as a coach and counselor in safety and environmental issues, to enable individuals to fulfill their role and take responsibility

Stakeholder management

Make trade-offs about building relationships with stakeholders and involving and influencing them in the concern for safety.

Culture and behavior

Involving people and the organization to coach them effectively (during changes) for a positive safety result.

Auditing and inspection

Conducting and managing safety audits, in which facts and evidence are tested against legislation and standards, and inspections.

Information collection / analysis and effective advice

Retrieve Environmental and Sustainability, as well as Health and Safety information from the processes within the organization, analyze it and report on it to support decisions on an operational and tactical level.