Senior Global EHS Program Manager

Job Description

Xylem |ˈzīləm|

1) The tissue in plants that brings water upward from the roots.

2) a leading global water technology company.

Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, is the leading global provider of efficient, innovative, and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used, managed, conserved, and re-used. Our international team is unified in a common purpose: creating advanced technology and other trusted solutions to solve the world’s water challenges. We are committed to creating an organization of inclusion and diversity, where everyone feels involved, respected, valued and connected, and where everyone is free to bring their authentic selves and ideas.

If you are excited and passionate about helping us #letssolvewater, we want to hear from you! For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com​.

We Offer You More Than Just “A Job”

• Professional Development – To advance the capabilities of our people, we offer a wide variety of experiences to support our employees’ professional growth and continuous learning.
• Total Rewards – We offer comprehensive programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, work-life integration, and corporate citizenship.
• Watermark – Watermark is our corporate social responsibility program working to provide education and access to safe water to ensure healthy lives, gender equality, and resilient communities. Employees have the opportunity to learn and volunteer on various water-related projects.
• Employee Networks – Our Employee Networks provide a professional, supportive network for employees from diverse backgrounds, including Women’s, LGBT+ and Allies, Veteran’s, People of Color and Allies, Hispanic Origin & Latin Affinity, Emerging Leaders, and Working Parents Networks.

The Role:

Xylem’s Applied Water Systems (AWS) division is looking for a Senior Global EHS Program Manager with an engineering mindset, strong technical, analytical and communication skills with proven strategic and tactical experience at delivering efficient and effective methodologies. Your role will be to create and manage the tools and resources needed for site EHS teams to execute standard work.

Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:

• Define leading and lagging key performance indicators (KPI) to be used across the company.
• Define, implement, and automate a “one source of truth” scorecard based on these KPIs for standardization and benchmarking. Scorecards must be automated (both delivery and updates).
• Manage global safety projects, respective reporting tools and update key stakeholders
• Manage ISO, Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Management Systems and Leadership Training.
• Develop reporting tools for initiatives, including systems, policies, and procedures.
• Outline gaps, risks, and actions to standardize and upgrade existing management systems program.
• Define compliance assurance strategy and develop tools and resources for seamless execution by sites.
• Create and automate predictive assurance metrics for strategic planning.
• Define and manage an ergonomic and manual material handling strategy to aid injury/illness prevention.
• Define and implement employee engagement initiatives that foster a growing safety culture.
• Develop and launch employee training tools, resources, and tracking mechanisms.
• Communicate the overall EHS strategy and roadmap with periodic status updates to stakeholders.
• Provide project decision support, insights and recommendations through data gathering and information analyzing.
• Recommend improvements to project scoping, building, testing and deployment across the company.
• Research and provide recommendations on a wide range of EHS topics, including procurement and budgeting needs
• Conduct research in response to specific EHS improvement initiatives.
• Participation in Xylem Watermark volunteer activities

Minimum Qualifications: Education, Experience, Skills, Abilities, License/Certification:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational health and safety or related field
• Have or working towards CSP, CIH, NEBOSH, or CHMM certification.
• 10+ years of professional work in a senior capacity as Sr. Manager, Regional Manager, North America Manager or Global Manager
• Experience leading multiple large-scale projects/initiatives
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that convey complex ideas in a simplified manner.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Operate with a sense of urgency without compromising quality
• Excellent time management skills with proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Deliver to tight deadlines and targets and demonstrate ownership
• Proven aptitude to manage many competing projects and priorities.
• Able to move fluidly between collaborative and independent work styles.
• Forward thinking Manager with a high degree of customer service, thinking outside of the box, and holding to company policies and goals
• Validated leadership skills in a dynamic environment
• Demonstrate sound decision making, taking ownership, and delivering results.
• Have the ability to adapt well to growing environments with changing circumstances, direction, and strategy
• Have a flexible approach to work. Able to organize own priorities, workload, and travel.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Environmental Management
• Lean, 5S and Kaizen experience
• Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH) or equivalent.
• Industrial Ergonomics experience
• Data Analytics experience
• Continuous Improvement (CI)
• Industrial Engineering

Physical Demands:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Moderate physical demand and exposure to shop and field elements
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Regularly required to stand, reach, bend, squat, push, pull and move about the facility
• Walk or stand at least 6+ hours per day

Work Environment:

(The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Office: Standard office equipment; work usually performed in an office setting free from any disagreeable elements.
• Job Site: Regular exposure to job site conditions and hazards, e.g. petrochemical refineries, mills, mines, construction sites, industrial/power plants, wastewater treatment plants, etc.
• Shop: Regular exposure to all outdoor weather conditions; intermittent exposure to shop and job site noise.
• Standard weekly job hours: 40+

Xylem is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.