Manager - EHS

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognised brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programmes that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Job Title: Manager - EHS

Travel Required?: Travel - up to 10% of time

Date: 21 Mar 2025

On-site

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number#165946 - Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

About Us:

We are Colgate - a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet. We are a leading global consumer products company with a portfolio in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We serve consumers in more than 200 countries and territories around the world and are proud that Colgate-Palmolive is in more homes than any other.

Our strong culture of collaboration, diversity, sustainability and inclusion is rooted in our core values of Caring, Global Teamwork and Continuous Improvement. Employees are rewarded by rich development and career experiences and progression.

This is a rare opportunity to join a global market leader that is highly regarded for employee development opportunities.

This role Reports to: Director of Manufacturing

Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for driving Safety, Occupational Health and Environment related requirements in CP Malaysia. Ensures compliance to CP standards and to local regulatory requirements.
2. Drives sustainability initiative in plant.
3. Imparts training and drives safety culture in plant.
4. Support change control process, Review all e-MOC for EOHS compliance.
5. Support Waste Handling & Disposal, verify waste segregation at point of use and coordinate waste disposal activity.
6. Ensure treatment of waste water and verifies treated water meets the specs.
7. Create awareness and Promote Sustainability in the Facility.
8. Receive & review sustainability suggestions/projects with peer function and publish the progress reports.
9. Responsible for conducting Mock-Drill to ensure readiness and awareness among the employees.
10. Ensures ERT team is fully certified and trained to meet any plant emergency.
11. Responsible for Safety Orientation for new hires, visitors.
12. Supports training with Training and Development Leader, quality, EOHS and FP&R Modules to identify training needs to company employees and contractor employees.
13. Ensure compliance of external Audit findings – Related to EOHS.
14. Take Plant Walk-through’s, Job Safety Analysis and EOHS meetings and closure of gaps identified.
15. Implement and meet all local regulations in EOHS area.
16. Responsible to finalize all the incident investigation reports and recommend control measures.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

1. Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering or equivalent in Occupational, Health and Safety qualification.
2. 10 years of Manufacturing work experience, DOSH green book certification will be an added advantage.
3. Good computer proficiency. Good knowledge of google tools.
4. Basic knowledge of SAP.
5. Teamwork and Collaboration - Must have strong interpersonal and training skills, must be able to support to shop floor personnel.
6. Analysis/Decision making - Analyze problems and decide on appropriate course of action to resolve problems.
7. Effective Execution - execute projects on time and with required functionality.
8. Planning / Priority Setting - be able to set priorities in an always changing manufacturing environment.
9. Relationship Building – critical functional relationships must be established with Plant operations, Engineering, shop floor personnel, Division EOHS.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.