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
- A leading player in Agrochemicals and Speciality chemicals

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.
- Robust 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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📌 General Manager – Corporate EHS (Gujarat)
🏢 3P Consultants
📍 Gujarat