What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Safety Manager Houston Region position at Living Earth - Houston, TX?
The Position: Were looking for a dynamic, experienced EH & S and Compliance Manager Works as a Subject Matter Expert to develop and implement site specific policies and programs to ensure that our facilities are following safety and health requirements in accordance with federal/state/local regulatory and Company requirements. (OSHA, EPA. DOT & WRM Way standards)
Responsibilities:
Core duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Manages daily EH&S and Compliance activities to ensure interaction with facility management team, team leaders, and facility employees in order to increase awareness and education levels regarding safe and compliant work.
- Assures the plants EH&S and Compliance Improvement Plan is appropriate and executed.
- Analyzes incident data to identify trends and incident types that can be prevented.
- Perform job site analysis to determine employee and property exposures, and institute safe work practices.
- Supports daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual safety inspections, document findings, and implement corrective actions.
- Maintains all site required documentation related to health and safety programs (i.e. accident reports, inspection reports, corrective action logs, training records, etc.)
- Participates in claims management program with HR team.
- Drive consistency in safety programs across all plants, review and approve corrective actions related to incidents and near miss events, participate in tactical planning and support of corporate safety initiatives, assure all incident reports have accurate and complete root cause analysis and corrective actions before closing
- Conduct physical, documented inspections of all work areas focusing on the identification of at-risk conditions and behaviors.
- Perform regular leading indicators assessments to proactively identify negative trends and recommend corrective action before a loss occurs.
- Continuously assess the leadership abilities of both operations leaders and the safety team and report to Executive Leadership
- Develop and coordinate the implementation of the organizational Safety, Security & Environment plan that enables the effective management of risks to produce best in class safety performance and full compliance with industry regulations, including EPA, DOT and OSHA.
- Ensure robust policies, procedures and processes are in place and fully implemented to establish a culture where all employees have safety as a front of mind consideration.
- Ensure appropriate data collection and analysis is in place to enable identification and prioritization of business initiatives to improve EH&S and Compliance performance
- Ensure the education and adherence to the Drug & Alcohol testing regime for the organization.
- Monitor the completion of internal audits and inspections and track closure of identified corrective actions.
- Where assigned - lead cross organizational projects and multi-discipline, project teams
- Represent the company and serve as liaison to such agencies as the EPA, OSHA & DOT
- Request and review background investigation reports such as MVRs, CDLIS, and PSP reports
- Track all driver credentials and send renewal notification reports to site managers
- Maintain terminated driver DQ files and complete employment verifications as requested
- Maintain all driver qualification files, following the checklists and coordinating and communicating needs with site managers
- Support site managers in the performance of driver and operator training and related observations and reporting
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
- Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without needing sponsorship now or in the future for employment visa status
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Bachelor's degree required. A minimum of 5 years of related experience (with an HSE degree / certification), or a minimum of 10 years of related experience (in the absence of any of the above degrees / certification).Must have at least 3 years of Environmental, Health & Safety experience
- Working knowledge of federal, state and local health and safety, and environmental regulations is required.
- Experience working in any one or multiples of the following is essential: Chemical processing and refining environments, manufacturing, food processing, pharmaceutical / biotechnology, construction, heavy industry, and facility maintenance and management.
- Must have experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Power Point)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Working experience of Process Safety Management (PSM)
- Degree with a major in Environmental Health & Safety, Engineering or Business
- Previous experience in a manufacturing, distribution, or operations environment
- Previous experience leading an OSHA VPP Audit or maintaining VPP Status
- Previous supervisory experience
- Previous experience using continuous improvement tools such as Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5-S or Six Sigma
- Previous experience and understanding of environmental regulations, requirements and programs
CERTIFICATES and/or LICENSES
As required by local authority (if required): Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM), Occupational Health and Safety Technician (OHST)
Preferred Competencies:
- Demonstrated leadership with a focus on organizational performance alignment, and building a culture of trust & integrity
- A history of Building Partnerships and leveraging both internal and external relationships to persuade others to take action
- Proven decision making and high impact communication skills