Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

Role Overview

• Act as EHS subject matter expert to ensure safety and environmental compliance with company, state and federal policies and regulations.
• Assist the EHS Director in prioritizing EHS focus areas/plants within the Business Segment.
• Assists with development of safety improvement plans and implementation of action items associated with risk reduction.
• Conduct regular site visits to verify progress towards established goals, improvement plans, action items and initiatives.
• Supports and participates in risk reduction activities to manage claims, reduce injuries and reduce workers compensation costs including: ergonomics, manual handling, industrial hygiene and machine guarding.
• Communicate with government agencies, plant leaders and segment leaders.
• Assist in the evaluation and review of expense or capital projects.
• Assist in annual performance reviews and development plans of site EHS professionals.
• Schedule, lead and direct Safety and Environmental Kaizens.
• Assist with injury review, root cause determination and implementation of corrective action.
• Lead and support integration and facility consolidation.
• Conduct creative behavior based, leadership and employee proactive training.
• Implements and monitors environmental, health and safety programs including injury reduction, industrial safety, waste management, air emissions, wastewater discharge, and spill/emergency response.
• Promote the use of the EMS database to manage and track injuries, compliance calendar, JSA’s, corrective actions and other key EMS program elements.
• Analyze first aid, near miss, recordable incidents to implement and communicate proactive measures to prevent similar injuries.
• Conduct safety and environmental audits/inspections, communicate results, document and track progress of corrective actions and follow-up to ensure measures have been implemented.
• Provide technical support to pollution and/or risk prevention projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education credentials in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, or a relevant technical or engineering discipline.
• A minimum of 7-10 years of increasing EHS responsibility including leadership experience.
• Proven ability to influence and lead in a matrix organization.
• Work related skills: Detail oriented, compliance minded, ability to manage a number of disparate projects simultaneously and effective communication are essential skills for this position.
• Computer Requirements: Position requires basic proficiency in software applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours
• Paid time off