AGC | EHS Team Leader, Elizabethtown, KY

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AGC Automotive Americas (AANA) is a leading supplier of automotive glazing for the OEM and aftermarket industries and is part of the AGC Group, the largest global glass supplier employing more than 50,000 worldwide in approximately 30 countries.

The EHS Team Leader supports the site environmental team in fulfilling all EPA regulatory and Environmental Management System requirements.  Concurrently, supports the Safety Department in fulfilling select OSHA regulatory and other safety requirements.

Principle Responsibilities:

  • Environmental:
    • Maintains the MSDS database, site MSDS library, and ensures site-wide compliance with MSDS requirements.
    • Supports the manager in maintaining:
      • EPA regulatory compliance
      • ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
      • Site recycling program
    • Conducts internal audits and develops corrective action plans
  • Safety and Health:
    • Acts as the site Emergency Response Team Commander during drills and emergency scenarios
    • Organizes and schedules ERT team trainings
    • Manages and ensures proper maintenance of site eye wash stations, emergency lights, fire extinguishers and sprinkler systems
  • Supports the development and maintenance of the site OSHAS 18001 SMS.

Education/Experience Requirements:

  • High School Diploma or GED required
  • 4 – 6 years of experience in a manufacturing environment

Skills/Qualifications:

  • Effective organization and time management skills
  • Knowledge of creating purchase requisitions via MAPICS and Infor XA browser functions
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office:  Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Effective communication skills, verbal and written

Leadership Competencies:

  • Passion – Exhibits a dedication to AGC, plant and department mission, people and values pursuing continuous improvement and thinking deeply about our business.
  • Innovation & Change Orientation – Networks with internally and externally.  Stimulates, encourages and cultivates new thinking, ideas and experimentation.  Exhibits intolerance for maintaining the status quo.  Anticipates and quickly adapts to change.  Takes calculated risks
  • Influence & Communication – Expresses a clear and inspiring vision of the future.  Overcomes resistance to change and builds a commitment for the future.  Engages others in achieving more than they believe they can achieve.  Takes time to get to know and communicate with others at every level of the company.  Facilitates listening, open dialog, and two-way communication.
  • Leveraging Diversity – Aggressively seeks to eliminate barriers that inhibit collaboration.  Identifies and utilizes diverse talent from across the organization.  Employs the strengths of diverse teams to facilitate cross-organizational strategy and initiatives.
  • Selecting & Developing the Best People – Actively engages in identifying and developing successors and high potential candidates for future leadership roles.  Sets and demands a consistent standard for selecting from inside or outside and puts them in right positions.  Recognizes and mentors unrealized potential in others.  Identifies and provides opportunities for growth and development.  Provides feedback and coaching to achieve peak performance.  Empowers teams to think and work independently.
  • Leading Toward Success – Empowers individuals and teams to translate vision into goals and goals into action.  Provides the resources necessary to attain goals and complete actions.  Confirms that actions taken are timely and consistent with best practices from both within and outside the company and industry.  Assigns specific accountabilities and holds oneself responsible for outcomes.  Engages in a continuous process of “thinking and rethinking” goals, strategies, actions, and progress to arrive at optimal solutions and results (PDCA).  Promotes and engages in fact-based decision making that facilitates quick action.  Eliminates barriers that impeded progress toward key projects and goals.  Persists until goals have been reached.
  • Integrity – Behaves in a predictable, consistent and reliable manner.  Follows through and delivers on commitments.  Leads by example.  Communicates an agenda with transparency.  Acts in a manner that puts company interest before self-interest.  Exhibits unquestionable business ethics on a global basis.
  • Courage for Challenge – Expresses optimism and a positive attitude even when faced with adversity and crisis.  Makes tough decisions.  Learns from failure and recovers.  Engages in life-long professional and personal development.

We offer a competitive compensation package including base salary, structured bonus plan, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career advancement.

Equal Opportunity Employer – To be considered applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.