EHS Auditor - Dublin, United States - Ashland Global Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

Description

Ashland Inc.

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we'd like to meet you and bet you'd like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for an EHS Auditor to join our corporate EHS Team. The EHS Auditor can be located at one of our sites or remotely based. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Environmental, Health and Safety function.

The key responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Auditor plans and conducts EHS compliance, management system and Process Safety Management audits and is in on-going communications with management at all levels to report and follow-up on audit results.

The EHS Auditor is responsible for driving audit excellence through the following key accountabilities:

• Proactively developing and maintaining a broad knowledge of current and emerging country and local EHS regulatory requirements affecting Company operations
• Providing detailed regulatory interpretation of complex laws and regulations in a manner that delivers accurate and efficient feedback and guidance to leadership.
• Demonstrating a breadth and depth of understanding of multiple EHS subject areas.
• Appling subject matter expertise and excellent communication skills to independently and objectively helping stakeholders identify and meet EHS compliance and management system requirements.
• Facilitating maintenance of audit protocols and effectively applying protocols during fieldwork.
• Planning, participating, and leading site audits that include experienced subject matter experts from other parts of the organization and/or external contractors.
• Managing multiple complex projects within scope, budget, and schedule expectations and ensuring that project deliverables meet Ashland's evidence and quality standards with minimal oversight.
• Working across multiple technical disciplines and management levels.
• Collaborating with peers and leadership to identify and implement processes and tools that enhance the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of EHS audit work.
• Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Leading and influencing teams in a matrix organization.
• Participating in special EHS projects that require technical knowledge and skills.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• BS or BA degree in engineering, environmental science, safety, occupational safety or related major
• A minimum of three years of EHS experience in a manufacturing, chemical, pharmaceutical, or refinery setting.
• Experience in managing EHS programs at the facility, regional, or corporate level.
• Natural attention to details.
• Professional certification (e.g. CPEA, PE, REM, CHMM, CSP, CIH, or other equivalent certification) or ability to obtain within months.
• Strong working knowledge of global EHS regulations, and general consensus standards.
• Experience with implementing or auditing ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001 and other relevant management system requirements; prefer experience with RC14001.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement processes, tools, and techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Prior regulatory compliance and management system audit fieldwork experience, including international, preferred.
• Proficiency in working with a variety of information systems and technologies.
• Ability to travel up to 50%, including international travel.

The following skills are preferred:

• Six Sigma or Lean certification
• Data organization, manipulation, trending, and graphing
• External ISO certification processes
• Credentialed CPEA
• Multilingual

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.

Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.

Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.