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Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Supervisor

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with 96,000 other curious, creative 3Mers.

“A long-lasting career at 3M comes from having vision, imagination and the ability to see what doesn’t exist. 3Mers are groundbreaking innovators and it’s important that we give every person the space for disruptive and creative thinking.” – John Banovetz, executive vice president, chief technology officer and environmental responsibility at 3M 

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As an EHS Supervisor, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Providing EHS leadership and direction for the 3M Flemington NJ site in coordination with the Health Care Business Group EHS leadership and with the site leadership team

• Elevating site EHS culture through an expansion of standard work, employee engagement, mentoring and coaching, assuring effective and efficient resources (people and capital) and a pervasive full compliance mindset

• Setting short and long-term strategic direction, site EHS priorities, and assigning resources. Developing and maintaining the technical competency for the Team and providing leadership, coaching and direction to direct reports

• Maintaining and improving the site’s implementation of 3M’s EHS Management System and Facility EHS programs (environmental monitoring and reporting, incident investigations, response teams, management of change processes, EHS systems/data/methodologies, process safety assurance, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, fire protection, etc.)

• Interacting with internal auditors and regulatory agencies and serving as liaison between 3M and governmental agencies to obtain the necessary permit related to health/safety/environment for the plant operation

• Managing risk and protecting the company’s employees, assets, and intellectual property; ensuring compliance to all applicable standards and regulations and conformance to all 3M EHS expectations

Location: Flemington, NJ

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Resources for You 

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers. 

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Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Our approach to flexibility is called Work Your Way, which puts employees first and drives well-being in ways that enable 3M’s business and performance goals. You have flexibility in where and when work gets done. It all depends on where and when you can do your best work.

Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

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Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution

• Five (5) years of experience with EHS programs within a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master’s degree or higher in a science, engineering, or environmental health and safety (EHS) discipline from an accredited institution

• Seven (7) or more years of experience working in EHS roles in a manufacturing environment

• Two (2) years of combined experience in a leadership and/or supervisory role is preferred

• Experience in implementation of comprehensive EHS management systems

• Experience with state and federal regulations including (e.g, EPA, OSHA, NJDEP, etc.)

• Self-directed, detail oriented, good interpersonal, communication, prioritization, and organizational skills

• Analytical, leadership, project planning, program development and deployment skills

• Experience working on a cross-functional team

• Applicable EHS certification(s)