Site Environmental Lead (New Milford, Connecticut)

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. 

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Legal Compliance Management: Interpret, understand, and continuously monitor/manage changing implications of relevant legal requirements applicable to site activities and operations.
• Complex Risk Assessment: Able to identify and understand complex environmental hazards, assess associated risks, and develop similar skills and capabilities in others.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Stay skilled in pertinent environmental and sustainability subjects, particularly those covered by K-C OH&S and E&S Performance Standards and linked to operation-specific risks.
• Leadership in Incident Management: Participate in environmental incident investigations and conduct causal analyses while building similar skills and capabilities in others.
• Training Development and Delivery: Develop, deliver, and train others across a broad spectrum of OH&S and E&S topics relevant to moderately complex operations.
• Program Maturity Assessments:  Conduct routine checks/self-assessments of the site's environmental and sustainability program maturity and performance in moderately complex operations.
• Leadership Skills: Demonstrate relevant leadership skills related to accountability, positive role modeling, and commitment as per the Leadership Curriculum.
• Technological Acumen: Leverage data and digital systems/platforms to improve decision-making and problem-solving. Address technological advancements, such as automation, as relevant to tasks/duties of the role.
• Project Management and Change Management: Exhibit capabilities in project management and managing change effectively.
• Lean Mindset and Collaboration: Role model a lean mindset, emphasizing continuous improvement and value to the customer. Embrace a "go to where the work happens" attitude. Demonstrate strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.
• Manufacturing Planning/Execution/Capital Allocation: Possess familiarity with manufacturing planning, execution, and capital allocation processes.

ESSENTIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Compliance Assurance:

• Ensure the site's compliant with K-C and regulatory controls and requirements related to environmental matters.

OH&S and E&S Management System:

• Act as the functional owner and facilitate the implementation of the environmental and sustainability components within the site’s OH&S and E&S Management System.

Risk Management:

• Identify environmental aspects, hazards, emerging requirements, etc., and verify that they are managed to acceptable levels of risk or impact.

Objective Setting:

• Define the environmental and sustainability objectives for the site and assess the effectiveness of performance.

Program Maturity:

• Lead the facility's initiatives to improve the maturity of the environmental and sustainability programs.

Global and Regional Strategies:

• Effectively implements Global and Region/BU Environmental and Sustainability strategies.

Event Investigations:

• Assist in environmental event investigations to ensure thorough root cause evaluations and verify the effective implementation of corrective/preventative actions.

Training and Orientation:

• Ensure all employees undergo appropriate environmental and sustainability orientation and training programs.

Contractor Compliance:

• Ensure adherence of contractors to relevant K-C standards and OH&S and E&S requirements.

Data Analysis and Reporting:

• Utilize digital systems/platforms to conduct analysis of environmental and sustainability data.  Applies procedures and controls to ensure data integrity.
• Provide insights and recommend improvement actions based on data analysis.

Key Decisions/Decision Rights

Decision rights for this role relate primarily to escalation (to Regional/BU and Global OH&S and E&S leadership) of any potential conditions that cannot be appropriately resolved locally and are associated with potential:

• Non-conformance/non-compliance with K-C and regulatory controls and requirements related to OH&S and E&S.
• EHS risks or impacts that may not be managed to acceptable levels.
• Ineffective corrective/preventative actions specified to address OH&S and E&S events/subsequent investigations.
• Ineffective controls to provide quality and complete OH&S and E&S data for compliance/conformance purposes.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering environmental management, sustainability or a related field.
• 7 plus years of experience in environmental management within a manufacturing environment, with a focus on legal compliance, risk management, and adherence to company standards.
• Qualifications required by local regulatory authorities if any.
• 2 plus years of experience in a leadership, management, or supervisory role.
• Strong communications, interpersonal skills with ability to engage at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to influence behaviors/outcomes w/o direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pursuing or possessing relevant Professional Certifications (e.g., PE, etc.).
• Previous experience with a consumer products organization.

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.

Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.

Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.

Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.

Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

To Be Considered
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For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world.  We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.  When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

Total rewards at Kimberly-Clark includes pay and a full package of benefits that can be tailored to individual needs. The anticipated pay range for this job has a range of $120,000 to $145,000 in addition to bonus potential. Individual pay levels will be based on multiple factors including, but are not limited to, location, role, skill set, and level of experience.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 – when prompted for employee ID, say “OTHER CALLER” - or kcchrprod@service-now.com for assistance. You must include the six-digit Job # with your request.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

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