Health, Safety and Environmental Manager

Alkegen is a global leader in high-performance specialty fibers and inorganic materials used in high-temperature industrial, automotive and fire protection applications. We have nearly 80 years' experience in providing innovative solutions to our customers' application problems across several different business sectors. Our products are known universally for their quality and proven performance with names like Fiberfrax® ceramic fiber products, revolutionary low bio-persistent Insulfrax® and Isofrax®.

Our purpose, mission and values are based on our commitment to produce high quality products that help our customers save energy, reduce pollution and improve fire safety

The Health, Safety and Environmental Manager is the site lead for all Health, Safety and Environmental matters and is an integral member of the Management team. The individual is responsible for implementing, maintaining and improving HSE management systems and driving adherence to national as well as corporate standards.

This position reports to the Plant Manager. The role has the responsibility for defining, guiding and leading implementation of the HSE improvement strategy of the site as well as execution of small projects and activities to drive improvement within the HSE field. The individual will be the subject matter expert of all topics in the field of HSE and will work closely with operational teams to achieve world-class safety performance. The role holder will be a doer, someone who thrives on involvement, a proven self-starter and finisher capable of influencing and involving all employee groups to deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the site has robust systems and procedures that demonstrate compliance with all relevant national legislation in the area of HSE and that a regular audit schedule is carried out to validate compliance to regulations.
• Ensure that the site demonstrates compliance with corporate standards and develops HSE standards in line with government and company defined objectives
• Defines, develops and implements Health, Safety & Environmental Improvement strategies in line with site & company strategy and meeting short term objectives
• Acts as the subject matter expert (SME) on site for HSE issues and provides guidance to all managers and staff while acting as the focal point for all regulatory authorities external to the site on HSE topics including reporting of incidents to meet Unifrax and national HSE reporting standards.
• Maintain & develop the HSE pillar & subcommittee management structure to drive improvement in safety performance on site, employee engagement and reduction in risk to all employees.
• Manage communication of site safety & environmental performance to group level in line with business expectations.
• To ensure that full root cause analysis is carried out using appropriate investigation techniques on all first aid, recordable, lost time incidents and fires. Following Root Cause Analysis, ensure follow up and completion of action plans & management of stakeholders to completion to prevent reoccurrence.
• Maintain a regular occupational dust / fiber monitoring campaign to ensure compliance to corporate and national standards and produce regular internal communications on atmospheric monitoring results to the workforce.
• Responsible for managing and communicating all Health, Safety and Environmental KPIs and reporting all related data on a regular basis.
• Manage occupational health surveillance monitoring within the site to ensure that the employees are not exposed to long term risk within the workplace and that the organization is not exposed to liability from employee behaviors.
• Ensure risk assessments are completed / maintained in line with the sites defined schedule or when changes are made to the process inside the workplace via a recognized change management system. Ensure timely completion of resulting action plans with relevant managers and stakeholders.
• Ensures employees are trained in HSE topics in order to meet minimum site standards in safety for each role carried out in their employment & new employees (agency, contract or permanent staff) have HSE inductions before commencing work in line with company policies.
• Ensure that the site meets, maintains & develops emergency response procedures with drills and desktop exercises that meet corporate and national emergency response standards to ensure that all personnel conduct themselves in an appropriate manner in the event of an emergency.
• Manage the site safety budget on a monthly basis, understanding any causes of over (and under) spend; contribute to operational financial (budget) planning of safety items / consumables (PPE) and small improvement activities to improve SHE within the site.
• Define and sponsor medium scale improvement projects to improve workplace safety standards including submission of CAPEX documentation for SHE investment.
• Coaches, guides and influences other managers to improve / develop management styles & behaviors to improve the safety culture on site, while acting as a role model to ensure noncompliance Vs regulation in the workplace is not tolerated.
• Ability to develop a strategic direction for the department and develop goals for the facility while driving Safety Teams.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience leading HSE in a manufacturing/industrial environment and able to demonstrate strong HSE leadership experience that has driven reduction in incidents and an improvement in HSE culture
• B.S. degree in safety, industrial hygiene or a related field with a technical/engineering focus.
• The role holder will as a minimum hold the OSHA 30 hours general industry or CSP, preferred
• The role holder will have prior exposure to ISO14001 & ISO 18001 environmental & occupational standards; have experience of driving compliance and improvement inside the environmental area.
• The role holder will be able to demonstrate knowledge of OSHA safety legislation and understand current practices in topics as diverse as machinery guarding, lockout/tagout, chemical hygiene, respiratory protection, etc.
• The role holder will be able to demonstrate experience of working with formal Management of Change systems (MOC) to reduce safety and operational risks. Formal experience in Process Safety Management techniques such as HAZOP is an advantage but not essential for the role.
• The applicant should be able to demonstrate experience in application of behavioral safety management systems in order to drive an interdependent culture within a workforce.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• EHS: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: In person