DescriptionWe are looking for a talented Health, Safety and Environment Leader - Moderate Complexity - to join our team specializing in Health and Safety for our Cummins location, Morristown, TN.
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
- Team Development: You will build strong, high-performing teams by leveraging diverse perspectives and fostering a shared identity to achieve common goals.
- Strategic Business Insight: By applying deep knowledge of the business and marketplace, you will help advance organizational objectives and shape effective HSE strategies.
- Regulatory Leadership: You will manage complex health, safety, and environmental compliance requirements, ensuring adherence to international standards and maintaining external certifications.
- Emergency Preparedness: Through coordination of emergency action plans and application of best practices, you will mitigate risks and uphold regulatory obligations.
- Cultural Influence: You will champion a positive HSE culture by influencing leaders and employees to adopt safe behaviors and create a supportive environment.
- Data-Driven Performance: By measuring and analyzing HSE performance indicators, you will identify trends, inform strategy, and drive continuous improvement.
- Conflict and Complexity Management: You will navigate complex challenges and resolve conflicts effectively, maintaining focus and minimizing disruption.
- Talent Growth and Trust Building: You will develop others to meet career and organizational goals while fostering trust through integrity, authenticity, and courageous leadership.
- Action Orientation: Take initiative to identify issues, implement solutions, and drive continuous improvement without delay.
ResponsibilitiesTo be successful in this role you will need the following:
- Cross-Functional Relationship Building: Ability to foster strong partnerships across departments to ensure shared accountability and commitment to a positive health, safety, and environmental culture.
- Employee Engagement and Inclusion: Skill in consulting with employees and incorporating their input into the development and implementation of HSE programs, policies, and procedures.
- Strategic Risk Management: Expertise in leading hazard identification, environmental aspect analysis, and risk assessments to uncover compliance gaps and drive strategic improvements.
- Operational Planning and Execution: Capability to set site-specific targets and objectives, manage planning actions, and ensure timely execution of initiatives.
- Training and Support Leadership: Proficiency in developing and delivering training, internal communications, and support content that is current, compliant, and accessible.
- Regulatory and Legal Interface: Confidence in representing the organization with external regulatory bodies, supported by legal counsel, to manage compliance and uphold Cummins’ standards.
- Performance and Data Analysis: Ability to evaluate HSE data, audit findings, and compliance metrics to build tactical improvement plans and drive measurable performance gains.
- Talent Development and Continuous Learning: Commitment to coaching teams, developing future leaders, and pursuing self-development through professional HSE organizations and emerging industry trends.
Education, Licenses, Certifications:
College, university, or equivalent degree in Occupational Health, Safety or Environmental required. Professional certification in HSE-related field preferred.
Experience:
Significant relevant experience required, including management of health, safety and/or environmental ISO Standards required. 5-7 years of experience, 1-2 years management experience.
Qualifications- Lead plant ICare Program
- Support the development and implementation of plant ergonomic initiatives.
- Develop and initiate plant safety culture improvements.
- Provide guidance and support to plant engineering projects.
- Leading the site’s Health Safety & Environmental Management System
- Collaborating with the site’s leadership team to develop the site’s HSE continuous improvement plan
- It's an On-Site position.
Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.
