Environment, Health and Safety Manager

General Summary:

Responsible for the overall management, direction and coordination of safety and environmental activities within the assigned facility or facilities.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads the safety process within the assigned plant(s).
• Develops procedures for compliance to state and federal safety and health standards and assists plant staff with implementation.
• Interprets/explains/adapts corporate policies and procedures and assists plant staff in policy implementation.
• Leads the incident learning process.
• Participates with human resources in the worker’s compensation and return to work process.
• Manages the medical surveillance and qualification process.
• Provides for effective training and education in safe work practices.
• Ensures maintenance of required documentation and reviews periodically to ensure the documentation adds value.
• Reviews/inspects operations periodically and maintains regular presence on the plant floor.
• Leads the continuous improvement process for risk reduction.
• Establishes trusting, psychologically safe relationships with managers, supervisors, and the hourly workforce.
• Ensures adherence to environmental requirements (as determined by the Corporate Environmental Director). This includes tasks such as periodic training, drills, corrective action team involvement, etc.
• Acts as the facility’s environmental “expert” and emergency response leader.
• Collaborates with the Corporate Sustainability Manager on sustainability initiatives defined within the Environmental Management System (EMS).
• Manages regulatory inspections and citations.

Knowledge, Skill, and Ability Requirements:

• Ability to lead and develop direct reports.
• Critical thinking, participative management, and project management.
• Excellent understanding of state and federal safety regulations.
• Ability to conduct industrial hygiene surveys such as sampling for air contaminants and noise and perform ergonomic assessments.
• Ability to facilitate process improvement projects to reduce risk.
• Ability to guide teams in the incident learning process.
• Ability to customize safe operating procedures through interaction with affected work groups.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with employees, line management and upper management, support functions within the company and members of the community such as local emergency response personnel.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Desire to learn manufacturing processes and be involved in improvement activities other than those related to safety.

Working Conditions

• The EHS Manager will reside 60% in the office and 40% on the production floor. Must be able to adhere to conditions of the plant

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 75% of the time.
• Must be able to move about inside the office and occasionally in the plant, access file cabinets etc.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery such as calculator, copy machine and printer.
• Must be able to communicate with employees and other individuals in person and telephone.
• May operate a vehicle when traveling to other facilities, customers, suppliers, etc.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• BS in Occupational Safety & Health or related discipline. (May substitute equivalent demonstrated competency.
• 5-10 years safety process experience in, heavy manufacturing. Foundry safety experience is a plus.
• Environmental compliance experience (CAA, CWA, RCRA)
• A track record of proactively implementing successful safety initiatives.
• Experience with and/or working knowledge of human and organizational performance (Learning teams, Safety II, Safety Differently) is a plus.