APAC Environment & Regulatory Manager

Provide assistance in order to develop, implement and/or manage the Industrial Regulatory compliance process within a specific scope in accordance with the group Procedure and/or corresponding Subsidiary's procedures (including : Healthcare Regulatory Affairs & Pharmacovigilance).

Job Description

• Provides Environmental and Regulatory oversight and support for the ALAM APAC local sites and HSES in Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, with particular expertise in the local country regulatory processes.
• Joins the Global Environmental & Regulatory Team in Strategic Planning and development of Global Environmental and Regulatory Procedures and Management Systems to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, Air Liquide and ALAM standards.
• Develops approaches to meet regulatory requirements with new construction, process changes, etc. including writing permit applications and negotiating with regulators with local HSES.
• Evaluates the Environmental and regulatory impacts of capital projects at the initial stage, conducts environmental risk assessments, determines applicable regulatory and permitting requirements, ensures regulatory approvals are timely and permitting and regulatory requirements are implemented.
• Identifies needs for environmental or regulatory consultants and works with them to ensure compliance and accomplish business needs.
• Leads the APAC Region sites in the Global Industrial Compliance Program including Regulatory Watch and Regulatory Tracking to identify applicable upcoming requirements; and, develops and implements related compliance programs and management systems supporting the APAC sites.
• Keeps current with the sites on changing laws,regulations, and regulatory agencies practices.
• Partners with the sites to drive strategic global environmental compliance programs and initiatives.
• Supports sites projects, permitting, and regulatory authority reviews and approvals.
• Develops, communicates and trains on environmental programs, processes, best practices, and tools to assure compliance and improve management systems.
• Works with Regional Operations HSES to ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements. Provides technical direction, guidance as well as implementation support.
• Integrates environmental management and sustainability issues into procedures and practices at local and global level.
• Ensures regulatory inspection readiness.
• Provides oversight and supports communications with local and national regulatory agencies. Advises on and supports regulatory negotiations when needed with sites HSES and Leaders.
• Supports and reviews site environmental permitting and reporting (local or nationally-required reports), monitoring and inspections for continued environmental program enhancement.
• Areas include air, wastewater, surface water, groundwater, hazardous and nonhazardous waste management, storm water, spill prevention & control, and emergency response reporting.
• Forms effective partnerships with other functions to align on shared strategies and goals.
• Works with Product Stewardship, Product Management and Sales to provide customer support and ensure compliance on HSES/Regulatory issues for handling and use of ALAM products.
• Supports the Global Product Stewardship Manager as needed for APAC product registrations.
• Works within the ALAM and Air Liquide APAC Region and across ALAM to leverage improvements and learnings.
• Makes data based decisions. Is methodical in the analysis. Lets the data lead to a decision