Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Position Overview

The Environmental Health and Safety Manager will provide the overall direction towards a zero-injury culture established within our production facility in San Antonio, TX. The Environmental Health and Safety Manager will create, develop, implement and maintain safety policies, programs and requirements for the facility that will achieve industry leading safety compliance and performance. The San Antonio factory is a 1M sq. ft production facility producing class 6 – 8 and EV commercial trucks. Support a multi-shift facility of ~ 1,000 employees and a primary shift (5:30AM – 4:00PM) and recovery days as needed.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for achieving and maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations, company policies and other requirements in a cost-effective manner
• Work cross functionally with Maintenance and Engineering to ensure safety and ergonomic compliance, lead safety meetings, safety governance committee, and establish safety goals and objectives for the site working closely with the Plant Director and staff to ensure optimum performance while maintaining regulatory compliance
• Provide leadership to a small team including Safety Specialist and Environmental
• Drive a culture of safety first, influence, teach and mentor safety across the facility
• Conduct employee training, participate in new hire onboarding
• Co-lead Emergency Response Team with Facilities, partner with site fire, security and medical teams
• Lead Emergency Action Plan, run drills on scheduled basis
• Assist with light/restricted duty assignments
• Conduct risk assessments and make recommendations
• Development and management of all employee safety training at the manufacturing facility
• Conduct and lead accident investigations, conducting employee (hourly) interviews, document/report findings and corrective actions as necessary
• Review plans and specifications for installation of new machinery or equipment to ensure all safety requirements have been met
• Assist in the development of technical documents including Safety procedures
• Maintain a thorough and up-to-date working knowledge of federal and state environmental and safety regulatory requirements affecting company operations
• Oversee preparation of all regularly scheduled reports required by local, state, and federal regulatory agencies
• Ensure site permits and regulatory documentation are kept current. All documentation shall be maintained in a manner that is readily available and shall include training to site management on content and location to ensure document availability during external audits.
• Participate, oversee and provide guidance in all safety incidents, spills, releases, near miss and providing corrective guidance, follow up, reporting, documentation and closure
• Drive and execute Root Cause Analysis support as required for all investigations
• Report metrics and safety performance on a regular basis
• Provide overall guidance for the administration of the local EH&S training function, which is to include local as well as corporate training requirements.
• Responsible for safety training delivery content, methods and records.
• Travel < 10%, occasional travel to other International plants and conferences
• Must be able to support production hours and recovery days as needed

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree

• At least 10 years of health, fire safety or safety experience

• At least 4 years of management experience

OR

• Master's degree

• At least 8 years of health, fire safety or safety experience

• At least 4 years of management experience

OR 

• At least 12 years of health, fire safety or safety experience
• At least 4 years of management experience

Additional Requirements

• Qualified candidates, excluding current International Motors employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. International Motors does not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)

Desired Skills

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification preferred
• Master’s degree in safety (e.g. Safety Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, etc.) discipline
• Knowledge of and experience with OSHA and EPA Regulations, including regulatory inspections
• Experience in safety and health including OSHA recordkeeping requirements
• Experience in the manufacturing industry and setting. Automotive Manufacturing industry preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, and the ability to work well in a cross-functional team environment
• Experience working in a matrixed organizational structure

Benefits and Compensation

We provide a competitive total rewards package which ensures job satisfaction both on and off the job. We offer market-based compensation, health benefits, 401(k) match, tuition assistance, EAP, legal insurance, an employee discount program, and more. 

For this position, the expected salary range will be commensurate with the candidate’s applicable skills, knowledge and experience. 

You can learn more about International’s comprehensive benefits package at https://careers.international.com/#benefits.

EEO Statement

International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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