EHS Specialist

Job purpose

This position is responsible for providing specialist EHS support to Plant activities and personnel. The holder is dedicated to one EHS related discipline based upon the risk profile of the site. This is in line with the Johnson Matthey value of ‘Health and Safety is our Priority’.

Principle accountabilities

• A. Implement EHS Legislation and requirements to ensure plant activity compliance.
• Track the EHS legislation systematically to study & document the applicability and gaps; update the gaps/result regularly.  Ensuring all related legal and JM requirements are understood and communicated effectively to all relevant departments.
• Act as the plant point of contact for communication with external stakeholders (e.g. Regulators, customers, suppliers, industry bodies, medical providers)
• Be responsible for EHS related governments’ liaison and report, to maintain the EHS permits and regulation conformance monitoring and investigation by governments.
• Implement EHS Three-Simultaneity in new and upgrade projects.  
• Implement and approve PTW (permit to work) and special work permit by regulations and requirements.

• B. Establish and implement EHS Management System, processes, tools and EHS culture activity to support business sustainable.
• Create and optimize effective EHS procedures and process according to EHS legislations and JM requirements new post and updated. And to ensure these are implement in relevant departments.
• Maintain EHS system effectively implementing in site including ISO14001, ISO45001, ISO50001, Safety standardization and Double prevention system, Hazardous waste standardized management, etc.
• Lead and implement SSIP (Site Sustainability Improvement Plant) and SIP (Safety Improvement Plan).
• Implement EHS& Process safety roadmap, workplan and training plan and EHS program to achieve excellent EHS performance.
• Develop and implement IH (Industrial Hygiene) sampling plan and the occupational health checking program to ensure the medical surveillance program/record is compliance with JM EHS requirement and local OH (Occupational Health) regulations.
• Organize EHS activities for employee through EHS gap & behaviour analysis, training, global safety day activity, safety moment, safety 365, SOC (Safety Observation Conversation) etc.

• C Provide EHS specialist advise and service to support business sustainable growth
• Provide Management with specialist advise on requirements relating to their specific EHS discipline.
• Proving specialist training to relevant personnel in the EHS discipline focusing on both compliance and continuous improvement.
• Organize EHS Risk Identification & assessment for the potential hazards through Job Safety Analysis, Process Safety Management, Safety Risk Aspect Tool, Environmental Aspect Tool, etc. and tracking the implementing of recommended actions.
• Implement, tracking and follow up to close the EHS inspection findings at different level, i.e. Group EHS audit, EHS assessment, process safety audit, regular site inspection, etc.
• Supervise relative department to conduct Firefighting system, WWTP (wastewater treatment plant), SCE (safety critical equipment) and ECE (environment critical equipment) maintain to fulfil company and regulation requirements.

• Lead relative departments to conduct LE (learning event), LOPC (Loss of Primary Containment) and all events to be reported. Organize relative departments to conduct the incident investigation with root cause analysis (RCA) method, identify the corrective actions and track implement status, prevent their recurrence.
• Formulate and update company emergency plans and implement emergency drills.

• D. Other Tasks
• Other roles as defined by the related legal and JM EHS policies, standards, procedures and workplan.
• Other tasks from managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in safety engineering or environmental engineering or chemical engineering or similar.
• 3 years above experience in chemical industry or automotive industry in EHS function. Activity sectors in order of preference: Fine/Specialty Chemicals, Pharma, and Oil & Gas and automotive.
• Safety/environment/OH&IH professional technical and regulatory authorities knowledge.
• Knowledge of the applicable international, national & local Standards, legislation and EHS management system/ISO system. *
• Acquire process safety expertise, familiar with process safety basis knowledge.
• Familiar with safety and environment critical equipment’s function in EHS, E.g., WWTP (wastewater treatment plant), Firefighting equipment, etc.
• Have professional and technical certification, E.g. CSE (Certified Safety Engineer), CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist)
• Identify compliance and gaps and with laws, regulations and standards. *
• Can identify and control EHS risk assessment and find incident root cause analysis (RCA) and emergency plans & drills. *
• Skill to update the EHS process, procedure.  *
• Using a PDCA approach to implement the EHS management system*
• Ability to guide cross functional team to timely completion of EHS objectives and program
• Strong problem-solving skills-Defect analysis and prevention and result oriented.
• Communication & coordination skills cross functions to different levels and types of stakeholders.
• EHS Critical Equipment Management capabilities.

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