Job Description

Pay Rate :

$164,900 - $183,200 

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Category/Shift :

Salaried Full-Time

Physical Location :

International Paper

Columbus Cellulose Fibers

4335 Carson Road

Columbus, MS 39701

662-243-4000

The Job You Will Perform:

• Ensure the mill complies with all applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations and corporate policies
• Manage all regulatory reporting requirements and permitting processes
• Support all safety and environmental incident investigation processes, including reviewing investigations and corrective actions
• Work with mill and local health care facilities to manage incident follow up and treatment activities
• Liaise with local health care facilities to partner with the mill for treatment services
• Develop, implement, and maintain effective systems, procedures and training to achieve an accident free and environmental incident free mill
• Implement mill and company health and safety programs to identify and reduce risk from hazards
• Manage mill and company safety initiative progress and tracking systems, including serious injury and fatality prevention, leading indicator tracking program, top 5 hazard identification and remediation, critical health and safety program gap closure, among others
• Achieve continuous improvement through sustainable EHS management systems
• Drive initiatives to identify and develop processes for continuous improvement
• Provide visible and active leadership in delivering excellent safety results
• Coordinate within the EHS department and other business units to optimize area performance to meet the needs of the department and the mill, including process balances as needed (e.g. upset conditions and outages)
• Complete technical process evaluations and improvements
• Provide support for capital project development and implementation
• Implement systems to improve/sustain results in environmental and safety systems
• Provide support for budgeting cycle targeted at delivering year over year savings

Key Accountabilities

• Work closely with local community leaders to present the mill as a good corporate citizen for safety and environmental stewardship
• Instill safety as a core value within the mill team and effectively communicate a shared vision for safety
• Develop thorough knowledge of mill equipment and systems quickly
• Utilize excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to groups and individuals at all levels
• Ability to relate well to peer group and influence and support mill lead team to deliver on multiple obligations including those in the EHS area
• Approach positional responsibilities in an inclusive manner by engaging all team members in area, department, and mill
• Exhibit the characteristics of the IP leadership model (Character, Capability, Catalyst)
• Utilize the International Paper Change Process to drive change
• Utilize strong organizational skills to handle multiple tasks effectively

The Skills You Will Bring:

• Ten (10) years post college experience in EHS
• minimum five (5) years experience managing an EHS team in a complex regulatory environment
• Technical degree in environmental engineering/comparable technical field or equivalent work experience is required.

Key competencies required include:

• Customer Focus
• Organizing, Planning
• Priority Setting
• Process Management
• Managing Through Systems
• Confronting Direct Reports
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Developing Direct Reports
• Directing Others
• Integrity and Trust
• Listening, Motivating Others
• Drive for Results
• Sizing Up People
• Building Effective Teams
• Understanding Others
• Action Oriented
• Technical/Functional Skill
• Command Skills
• Conflict Management
• Timely Decision Making
• Decision Quality
• Learning on the Fly
• Managerial Courage
• Managing & Measuring Work
• Problem Solving
• Standing Alone

The Benefits You Will Enjoy:

International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term Disability, 401(k) and/or Pension (where applicable), Paid Time Off, Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement), and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets. 

The Career You Will Build:

Leadership training, promotional opportunities

The Impact You Will Make:

We continue to build a better future for people, the planet, and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 120 years. Join our team and you’ll see why our team members say they’re Proud to be IP .

The Culture You Will Experience:

International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

The Company You Will Join:

International Paper (NYSE: IP) is the global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. With Company headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in London, UK, we employ more than 65,000 team members and serve customers around the world with operations in more than 30 countries. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Net sales for 2024 were 18.6 billion. In 2025, International Paper acquired DS Smith creating an industry leader focused on the attractive and growing North American and EMEA regions. Additional information can be found by visiting internationalpaper.com.

There are no Relocation Benefits associated with this position.

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