Environment, Health & Safety Manager Korea

Company Introduction

Started in the Netherlands 130 years ago, Philips is a leading company in health technology, providing comprehensive solutions across the entire Health Continuum, from healthy living to disease prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and care management, to help people lead healthier lives and well-being. In particular, we focus on presenting integrated solutions by adding insights gained in clinical and consumer fields to advanced technology.

Since establishing its Korean subsidiary in 1976, Philips Korea has been striving to provide meaningful innovation to Korean consumers, improve their quality of life, and create a sustainable society for the past 40 years.

Philips Korea leads the Diagnosis & Treatment (imaging diagnosis and treatment), Connected Care (patient monitoring/analysis and sleep respiratory disease care), and Personal Health (men's grooming, beauty, oral health, and childcare solutions) markets.

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Job Title

Environment, Health and Safety Manager

Region

Seoul, Korea(Seoul Jung-gu)

Role Summary

In this role, you will be part of the APAC Zone Environmental, Health and Safety team, reporting to the APAC EHS Leader and based in South Korea where you can take full use of your expertise and experience in Environmental, Health and Safety. You will be pivotal in improving the Philips H&S performance and reducing operational risks by driving the Philips Environmental, Health and Safety Management System in the South Korea.

This position will oversee all aspects of EHS at Philips Korea, leading compliance with domestic laws and global standards. It will manage safety in Philips' commercial activities and equipment installation and service projects, handle contractor safety management and internal safety program operations, and foster a field-oriented safety culture. Additionally, it will fulfill legal requirements such as maintaining ISO45001 certification, responding to Ministry of Environment regulations, and managing radiation safety, playing a key role in disseminating a safety culture throughout the organization through internal and external audits and training.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Monitor and ensure our commercial activities comply with the H&S laws and regulations in the South Korea.
• Maintain and update applicable Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety licenses and permits.
• Deploy and comply with Philips Corporate Safety Standards and APAC EHS Procedures.
• Providing technical support to commercial projects (Installation and Service Delivery) and managing contractor safety (Site Preparation, Equipment Transporter and Warehousing).
• Facilitating Philips employees in the offices on the deployment of health and safety programs, such as safety Gemba, risk assessment, Accident/Incident reporting, LOTO, etc.
• Conduct regular training and audits
• Maintaining the ISO45001 Multi-site certification for South Korea.
• Qualified to be the Radiation Safety Officer and manage compliance to the local regulations.
• Comply regulations and acts under Ministry of Environment with understanding and applying latest regulatory requirements.

Activities

• Establish EHS Annual Management Plan, monitor targets and performance on a monthly basis.
• Conduct Monthly legal compliance assessment. Manage regulatory reports, registrations and permits required for our activities.
• Conduct accident investigation and submit ‘Safety Alert’ for all EHS incidents.
• Organise Office and Service Delivery Fire and Safety inspection regularly.
• Facilitate EHS briefings to affected parties.
• Coordinate and execute the EHS audit procedures for Internal, Corporate and External audits.
• Manage closure of corrective actions and report compliance status to the EHS Committee and APAC EHS Leader.
• Lead, participate in or facilitate multidisciplinary workgroups on issues such as emergency response, travel safety, Office relocation safety evaluation etc.
• Organise and document regular H&S Committee meetings and minutes respectively.
• Share best practices, information, advice and EHS requirements in the South Korea and ensure deployment, support and training when needed
• Submission of the report and payment related to the Ministry of Environment are completed within the deadline.
• Compliance on the requirements and facilitate audit by the Ministry of Environment for compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Assist CPM and CSD to prepare the Safety Management Plan in accordance to the Customer’s requirements and share relevant Philips EHS Procedures with the Contractors.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

• Bachelor degree or above
• Certified Radiation Safety Officer (방사선안전관리자) under South Korean regulatory standards.
• Certified Industrial Safety Manager (산업안전관리자) in South Korea, qualified to carry out Occupational Health Manager responsibilities.
• 1+ year of experience in management regarding Korea Ministry of Environment compliance is preferred.
• Experience in chemical management tools or ERP systems (e.g., Chemwatch, SAP EHS) preferred.
• Fluent in English
• 5+ years of experience in EHS management in an international business environment preferred.
• Experience with the implementation of the ISO45001 management system preferred.
• Familiar with South Korea laws and regulations.
• Good people management and communication skills through organizational layers.
• Team player, goal-oriented and pragmatic (gets things done)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, well organized.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

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Application Process

Application -> Pre-screening call -> 1st Interview -> 2nd Interview -> Additional Interview(if any) -> Offer

• Please submit your documents in a free format, including a Korean/English resume, cover letter, or self-introduction, as one file (PDF recommended).
• We will contact each applicant individually regarding pass/fail for each stage.

More Information

• If false information is found in the documents, the selection process and employment may be canceled.
• This position may close upon hiring.
• The selection process content/schedule may change due to company circumstances.
• When filling out the application, do not include information unrelated to the job, such as physical condition, place of origin, marital status, property, and family's education, occupation, or property.
• Persons with disabilities and veterans are given preferential treatment in accordance with relevant laws.
• Only those who have no disqualifying reasons for overseas travel can apply.
• If you have any questions before applying, please contact recruit.kor@philips.com.

About Us

At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life.

For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health.

Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.

It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism.

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