Executive Brief August 29, 2019
NAEM Executive Brief, Selected News for the EHS Community
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)
16th President of the United States
EPA Requests Input On Proposed Significant New Use Rules For 31 Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on proposed significant new use rules for 31 chemical substances that were subject to agency premanufacture notices. Comments on the proposed significant new use rules are due Sept. 5.
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Safety + Health Magazine

Making Sense (and Cents) of EHS
As EHS leaders, we’re busy talking in data and analytics while everyone else is discussing the business in dollars and cents. Here are three things you should consider when making your pitch for new EHS programs.
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NAEM’s GreenTie Blog

Sustainability Trends and Best Practices From Companies Doing It Right
Leading companies agree that these four strategies are critical for implementing a successful corporate sustainability program.
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Sponsored Article by Bloomberg

Creating a Crash-Free Culture: Walking the Walk
Learn how EHS professionals can most effectively make driver safety culture part of their organization's DNA.
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Sponsored Article by eDriving

A Joy of Summer Is Vanishing Fast
As the climate warms up, cool summer evenings are becoming a distant memory.
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The Atlantic Monthly

Alternatives to Hazardous Waste Disposal
Not only are hazardous waste regulations complex and difficult to understand; alternative approaches are quickly becoming a strategic set point as part of a corporate sustainability plan. Check out today’s many regulatory-friendly pathways to give your unsalable items a second life.
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Sponsored Article by g2 revolution
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Job Opportunities
Global Client EHS Executive
ESIS Inc.; Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Chubb Global Risk Advisors is a global consulting enterprise which provides health, safety, environmental, and engineering services to clients across the globe. The Global Client Executive (Northeast Region) is responsible for maintaining and expanding relationships with strategically important large telecom, real estate, financial and institutional accounts located in the Northeast Region. Core services being provided to these customers included assessments and remediation involving Building Sciences (asbestos, lead, and mold), Industrial Hygiene, Transactional Due Diligence, Indoor Air Quality, general H&S, and various Environmental permitting, sampling and remediation support. Assigned to not more than five named customers, the Global Client Executive is responsible for achieving account retention goals and personal labor utilization objectives. Four year college degree from an accredited institution, preferably in science or engineering related field along with a minimum of seven years of Environmental, Health, and Safety consulting in the areas of Building Sciences (asbestos, lead, mold), Industrial Hygiene, Transactional Due Diligence, Indoor Air Quality, general H&S, and Environmental permitting, sampling and remediation support and three years of strategic Environmental, Health, and Safety consulting sales experience in a business-to-business sales environment.

Division Environmental Manager
Johns Manville; Denver, Colorado
Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an American corporation based in Denver, Colorado that manufactures insulation, roofing materials, and engineered products. They are looking for an EHS Manager who will be responsible for: ensuring JM manufacturing facilities are in compliance with applicable regulations, identifying and implementing programs that improve factory environmental performance, communicating environmental issues and progress to all levels in the company, mentoring and developing factory environmental staff. This position is accountable, along with plant managers, for eliminating or reducing factory environmental violations, tracking factory performance metrics, renewing and amending environmental operating permits, leading the development, implementation, and renewal of air pollution control permits and implementing new programs to address emerging regulations. Must have a bachelor's degree in Environmental Management, Natural Sciences, Engineering or a related field and a minimum of 8 years of experience in implementing and managing environmental programs and initiatives or a master's degree and a minimum of 6 years of experience will be considered. Title V and/or PSD permitting experience preferred.

Manager of EHS
Fresenius Kabi; Lake Zurich, Illinois
Fresenius Kabi is a supplier of essential drugs, clinical nutrition products, and medical devices. They are looking for an EHS Manager who will lead and direct local personnel with EHS responsibilities (Line Management/Supervision) to ensure a standard approach to the implementation of EHS programs and procedures and work with local Engineering, Quality Assurance, Logistics, Laboratory, and Production/Supply Chain groups to address EHS project issues to ensure that EHS concerns are considered at the design stage and that adequate funds are included within projects’ capital appropriation requests to prevent costly retrofits. You will provide in-house expertise, consultation, technical skills and know-how resources to all Lake Zurich RNA-HQ and Skokie I&DC departments to maintain a standard approach to problem-solving and the early introduction of EHS safeguards for new machinery, equipment, processes, and instrumentation. Five (5) to ten (10) years of solid operational hands-on EHS management experience (including, but not limited to, environmental permitting and registrations for air, land, and water affairs, chemical safety, laboratory safety, occupational safety & health, EHS training, workers’ compensation claim management, etc) is required along with appropriate qualifications in EHS (requires at a minimum a Bachelor’s of Science degree in EHS with 5+ years of experience or a related field with 10+ years of solid experience. A Master’s of Science degree in EHS would be strongly preferred. An advanced degree in Business would be a plus. A certification or designation in EHS would be highly beneficial, a plus, but not required).