General Manager Corporate EHS

18-20 Years

Not Disclosed

Job Description

Job Purpose

To provide strategic leadership for Environment, Health & Safety across the organization while driving operational excellence in manufacturing, project execution, quality systems, sustainability initiatives, and people development. The role is responsible for establishing a world-class safety culture, ensuring regulatory compliance, improving manufacturing efficiency, supporting business expansion projects, and developing future leadership capability.

Company Background

Key Responsibilities

EHS Strategy & Governance: Lead enterprise-wide EHS strategy, standards, governance and safety culture across all sites.
Process Safety: Own PSM, HAZOP/HAZID, LOPA, MOC, PSSR, mechanical integrity and major-accident prevention.
Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with applicable EHS, environmental, hazardous-chemical, fire and statutory requirements.
Risk Management: Identify and mitigate critical risks related to chemicals, fire, explosion, toxic release, occupational health and environmental impact.
Environment & Sustainability: Drive emissions, effluent, waste, water, energy, carbon reduction and ESG initiatives.
Emergency & Crisis Management: Lead emergency preparedness, disaster management, crisis response and business continuity.
Projects & Expansion: Provide EHS leadership for CAPEX, greenfield/brownfield projects.
Audit & Assurance: Establish robust audit, compliance assurance, incident investigation and corrective-action systems.
Digital EHS: Leverage analytics, dashboards, digital systems and leading indicators for predictive risk management.
Contractor & Supply Chain Safety: Govern contractor, logistics and third-party EHS performance.
Statutory & Regulatory Liaison: Maintain proactive relationships with local regulatory authorities, including Boiler Inspectors, GIDC safety offices, legal compliance bodies and environmental boards.
Executive Reporting: Provide EHS risk, performance and critical-incident reporting to the senior management team.

Key Skills and Competencies

Hands-on expertise across all three EHS disciplines with the ability to lead beyond routine safety audits and compliance.
Strong technical depth in environmental management systems, including ZLD, ETP and regulatory requirements.
Sound understanding of occupational health governance, including management of Occupational Health Centres (OHCs) and medical teams.
Strong expertise in industrial and chemical process safety including PRM, hazardous chemical processes and emergency response systems.
Hands-on experience with hazardous chemical reaction processes and complex, multi-product chemical batch manufacturing environments.
Experience managing EHS governance including shared emergency response and fire-safety infrastructure.
Strong shop-floor orientation with the ability to influence behavioural change and embed EHS ownership across shifts, employee groups and operating environments.
Exceptional interpersonal, influencing and empathetic leadership skills with the ability to build trust and foster a culture where employees feel safe, protected and personally accountable for their well-being.
Ambitious and growth-oriented mindset with the ability and interest to contribute beyond EHS into broader manufacturing excellence, project governance and quality management.
Strategic Thinking, Decision-Making, Problem-Solving capability.
Strong leadership, collaboration, stakeholder management, people development and results orientation.
Continuous Improvement Mindset.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree (B.E./B. Tech) in Chemical Engineering is a must.
Post Graduate qualification in Industrial Safety/ Environmental Management or related discipline is preferred.
18+ years of experience in chemical or specialty or agrochemical chemical company with significant experience in EHS leadership.

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