EHS Manager

The EHS Manager acts as a partner and coach to managers, elevating leaders' safety capability and activating strategies to maximize safety performance and enable business growth. This role creates connections, delivers programs and processes at scale, and drives insights to action that mobilize enterprise talent across the NA region to accelerate business outcomes.

What's in it For You:

• The opportunities for career growth, both within and outside of your current function, are limitless with Ecolab!
• You will be given the opportunity to initiate, maintain, and optimize several safety-related projects in this role.
• Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety, sustainability, inclusiveness, and performance.
• Comprehensive benefits package starting day 1 of employment- medical, dental, vision, matching 401k, company paid pension, stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement and more.

What You Will Do:

• Review, evaluate, and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures and provide recommendations to control the risks involved.
• Identify local business needs; escalate gaps to be included in Global Divisional Training Strategy; provide feedback on program effectiveness.
• Communicate requirements; monitor adoption; approve NA divisional standards, policies, and site visit protocols.
• Provide leadership, coaching and support to NA commercial leaders; facilitate program communication to ensure adoption in NA.
• Support investigations; communicate outcomes; partner for return to work needs.
• Lead serious incident investigations (pSIF or SIF); report out and ensure closure.
• Engage and collaborate with Safety Champions per divisional needs and business model to provide cross-functional support and identify opportunities to leverage initiatives throughout the organization.
• Interpret insights; drive NA Division action; experiment with AI uses.
• Highlight safety programs that are needed; co-design with COE; refine programs per division if needed.
• Develop, implement and deliver SH&E related training programs.
• Partner with business leaders, Corporate SHE COEs and SHE professionals to ensure consistent execution of the strategy and ensure compliance with local regulations as well as with Ecolab standards.

Position Details:

• Location: St. Paul, MN, hybrid 3 days in office
• Overnight travel required up to 40-50% of the time

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in occupational safety and health, a technical / chemical engineering degree, or related field.
• 7 years of experience working in safety, health and environment with customer facing responsibilities.
• Demonstrated success in developing and implementing field facing programs.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to partner with global colleagues, SHE professionals and senior business leaders.
• Demonstrated project management and change leadership skills.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time for customer site visits, safety audits, local training/meetings.
• No Immigration Sponsorship available for this opportunity.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Effective leadership and interpersonal skills to successfully build and influence collaborative working relationships across the organization.
• Experience with residential pest management safety.
• Record of consistently delivering results despite obstacles and setbacks.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in a variety of communication settings (one-on-one, small, and large groups), across diverse styles and position levels.
• Policy development / Safety Management System experience.
• Ability to work in a matrixed and multi-cultural environment.
• Field service and sales experience.
• Certified Safety Professional certification or ability to achieve.

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Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are inclusive. We are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA).

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.