Eaton’s Electrical Business is a global leader in power distribution, power quality, control and automation, and monitoring products and services. Eaton’s electrical portfolio includes electrical circuit breakers, vacuum breakers, power distribution assemblies, contactors and motor starters, operator interface hardware, engineering systems and diagnostic and support services, metering systems, power management software, surge protection devices and uninterruptible power systems (UPS). For more information, visit www.eaton.com

Eaton’s Electrical Group has an opening for:

EHS MANAGER

This position provides environmental, health, safety, and security leadership to the sites Plant Schrems/Ziersdorf in Austria and the Suchdol Plant in Czech Republic. Furthermore this position acts fully responsible as the “Sicherheitsfachkraft” to the legal entity Austria.

Essential Functions:

• Directing EHS activities at Schrems Plant, Satelitte Ziersdorf, Suchdol Plant
• Establishing EHS objectives and targets
• Internal Reporting of EHS performance
• Communication of national, area and local regulatory requirements. Handle the contact to the local authorities as the function SFK “Sicherheitsfachkraft” in Austria.
• Supporting the development and deployment of EHS management systems (ISO 14001 / OHSAS 18001 / ISO 50001) as well as the continuous improvement of the EHS system at Schrems Plant, Satellite Ziersdorf, Suchdol Plant.
• Monitoring and analyzing EHS metrics and establish action plans to close gaps.
• Assuring closure of MESH and regulatory findings on a timely basis
• Managing interfaces with the public authorities regarding Environmental, Health, Safety and Security topics in Austria and Czech Republic
• Creating a strong EHS culture that engages employees throughout the sites in EHS teams and processes
• Inspects incidents (including near misses, releases and losses) and accidents to direct preventive and corrective action plans.
• Promote collaborative and support arrangements for occupational health care by labour inspectorates, occupational medical center service, trade unions and other authorities, and channel their activities into a consistent framework, implementation of continual improvement while avoiding unnecessary costs.
• The right to stop or limit production in the case of threat to health or to the environment.

Qualifications:

• Degree in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, environmental discipline or equivalent
• Professional Safety Certification (National Safety Expert for A/CZ e.g. “Sicherheitsfachkraft” or equivalent) required.
• EOQ certified Manager and Auditor for EHS and Process Management recommended
• Proficiency in local languages (German / Czech) as well as English in spoken and written form
• Three+ years’ experience in Environmental Management Systems
• Deep knowledge in various standards for management systems (eg. ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 50001) and understanding of national laws to drive legal compliance
• Working knowledge of quality and EHS tools eg. Statistic methods, problem solving, continuous improvement, occupational health & safety, industrial hygiene
• Experienced in contact with public authorities
• Experienced in leading functional and cross-functional teams

What Eaton offers:

• Permanent contract in fast growing global company
• Excellent working environment – safety and ethics is really important for us
• Eaton Business System offering various tools for management and people development
• Culture & Values - Eaton is more than the products we invent and produce – the way we do business is just as important. At Eaton, our values and culture define who we are – both individually and as an organization – and direct our activities every day.
• Learning & Development - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University.

About Eaton
Eaton is a power management company with 2014 sales of $22.6 billion. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton has approximately 99,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.