Lead compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety requirements, company policies, permits, reporting obligations, and agency inspections.
Manage environmental programs, including hazardous waste, air emissions, industrial wastewater, potable water, stormwater, chemical inventory, spill prevention, and required records and reports, as applicable to the site.
Lead or coordinate process-safety activities for covered operations, including PSM and RMP compliance, process hazard analysis follow-up, management of change, pre-startup safety review participation, compliance audits, and action-item closure.
Manage the site EHS training program, including new-hire, job-specific, contractor, emergency-response, hazardous-material handling, and refresher training.
Lead incident and injury reporting, investigation, root-cause analysis, recordkeeping, corrective-action assignment, verification, and trend analysis.
Oversee operational safety programs, including contractor safety, lockout/tagout, confined space, hot work, permit-to-work, industrial hygiene, and field safety observations.
Lead the site EHS Committee and site EHS communications, building engagement and accountability across departments.
Maintain emergency preparedness through drills, response plans, incident-command coordination, spill or release response, and coordination with external agencies and mutual-aid partners. Participate in site emergency response and/or serve as the designated primary escalation contact.
Support management of workers' compensation claims and the site return-to-work program in partnership with Human Resources and site leadership.
Supervise, coach, and develop EHS personnel, contractors, and vendors as assigned; manage relevant EHS resources and service providers.
Lead site security programs, including access control, visitor and contractor management, perimeter protection, incident investigation, security-vendor oversight, and coordination with corporate security and local emergency-response agencies.
What You’ll Bring
Five or more years of progressively responsible EHS experience in chemical, petrochemical, refining, consumer-products chemical, or other process-manufacturing operations.
Bachelor's degree in environmental science, safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, or a related technical discipline required.
Working knowledge of applicable OSHA, EPA, state, and local EHS regulations and demonstrated ability to manage compliance programs and regulatory interactions.
Demonstrated experience with Process Safety Management (PSM) and Risk Management Program (RMP) requirements for covered processes, where applicable to the site.
Experience with industrial wastewater and potable-water systems, hazardous-waste management, and environmental permitting or reporting preferred.
Experience supervising employees or leading cross-functional teams preferred
CSP, CIH, CHMM, or comparable EHS certification preferred.
Ability to collaborate across functions, build trust, influence change, prioritize work based on risk and business impact, and take projects from proposal through implementation.
Possess or be able to obtain within one year and maintain Louisiana Class I operator certifications in Water Production, Water Distribution, Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater Collection, and Water Treatment.
Strong organizational, analytical, communication, coaching, and continuous-improvement skills.
24/7 Emergency Response: Serve as lead for Emergency Response Team and the point of contact for all EHS emergencies, ensuring rapid response and resolution to incidents at any time.
What You Will Get
KIK offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. You can plan for your future with KIK's retirement savings options including employer match. KIK also recognizes the importance of continuing education and offers Education Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and growth.
About KIK
We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes and pools. We are one of North America’s largest independent consumer product manufacturers with 16 North American manufacturing facilities. We also operate globally in Canada, Europe, South Africa, and Australia. We are known for our portfolio of notable brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America of store-brand bleach and a leading private-label provider of laundry detergent and additives, dishwashing products, general-purpose cleaning, and other home care products.
Our global team of over 2,300 employees drives our capabilities in product development, product formulation, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, packaging design, brand marketing, project management, quality assurance, compliance, distribution, and logistics.
Our organization is constantly evolving and is driven by a set of “One KIK” values – a dedication to following through on commitments in a customer-focused, profit-motivated way; while never compromising on safety, ethics, or integrity.
KIK is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. KIK does not discriminate against qualified applicants or employees based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or uniformed services status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information or any other status protected by law.
KIK is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application, or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the job, please contact Human Resources immediately.
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