EHS Manager

About Us 

OmniMax International is a leading North American building products manufacturer, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We have 12 manufacturing facilities across the United States and Canada. As the top supplier in the residential roof drainage and roofing accessories markets, OmniMax has extensive scale, top brands such as Amerimax, Berger, Verde, and Flamco, and longstanding relationships with the nation's largest home center retailers and building product distributors. OmniMax International is owned by funds managed by SVPGlobal, a global investment firm with more than $18 billion in assets under management, established by Victor Khosla in 2001. Learn more at www.omnimax.com and www.svpglobal.com.

Elevate Your Safety Career!

We are seeking a skilled Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager to join our team responsible for developing, organizing, implementing, administering, and monitoring all EHS programs and improvements. The EHS Manager is responsible for: ensuring thorough implementation and execution of Omnimax' EHS related programs and processes, ensuring all EHS programs comply with company and regulatory requirements, identify EHS hazards and establish controls to mitigate risks, developing and maintaining safety and environmental programs, policies, and procedures.

• Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, Environmental Management, Engineering, or closely related field required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
• 3 - 8 years of Health, Safety, and Environment experience required, manufacturing experience preferred
• Working knowledge of safety and environmental codes, OSHA, DEP, EPA regulations, and other regulatory agencies (Lockout-Tagout, Electrical Safety, Ergonomics, Air Quality & Emissions, Energy Management, etc.)
• Experience with Lean Problem Solving (8D or A3), and Root Cause (5 Why Analysis)
• Experience with behaviour-based safety preferred (DuPont STOP

Duties and Responsibilities 

A typical day may include:    

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight to ensure ongoing compliance, including all training and record keeping activities in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal rules and regulations
• Establish, implement, and sustain Omnimax' EHS Management System
• Main point of contact for third party management systems audits performed with responsibility for responding to audit findings including determination of root cause, development and implementation of corrective action, and providing the audit response
• Conduct regular site audits and inspections, and assist with corporate EHS Internal Audits
• Identify and interpret all relevant legislation; advise on requirements to ensure compliance
• Interface between local, state, and federal regulatory agencies, corporate and insurance carrier representatives to ensure compliance with appropriate requirements
• Identify, develop, perform, and track EHS training requirements
• Develop an Emergency Response plan to all potential emergency situations, conducting regular drills and ensuring corrective actions are identified and implemented
• Create and manage budgets for EHS activities, and quantify the cost of EHS incidents with cost justification
• Lead investigations on environmental and safety incidents including near misses, injuries, releases, and non-compliance; ensure that root causes are identified and effective corrective actions are implemented
• Drive efforts to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing processes including hazardous/solid waste minimization and reduced water/energy consumptions
• Responsible for managing all requirements related to hazard communication management including chemical approvals, GHS compliant labeling, employee training, and proper disposal
• Responsible for establishing specific objectives and targets that address EHS risk reduction, injury prevention, waste elimination, and energy elimination based on risk
• Communicating with staff and employees to drive alignment and consistency to goals and company objectives.
• Manages performance, productivity, attendance, quality and housekeeping expectations and drives personal accountability. Addresses performance problems, recognition and provides coaching where appropriate. Ensures policies and work practices are administered in a fair and consistent fashion.
• Ensures accurate reporting and tracking of metrics.
• Work closely with the engineering group on project installations
• Ensures a continuous focus is placed on process improvement and reduction of waste. Empowers and encourages employees to continually evaluate and improve daily processes.
• Maintain proper training levels through effective selection, interviewing, and training of personnel

Position Details  

• Full Time
• Located in: Lancaster

We are proud of our commitment to equal employment opportunity for all qualified job candidates and associates and ask that all associates support diversity and inclusion in the workplace. OmniMax prohibits unlawful discrimination based on age, race, color, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

Working together, we have a tremendous opportunity to define our company culture, grow our business and provide long-term opportunities for our employees and shareholders.

If you are a performance-driven individual looking to advance your career and your values align with ours, we invite you to explore career opportunities with us. We look forward to learning more about you.

Recruitment agencies: Please do not submit candidates for this role. Any submissions will be considered unsolicited and will not be reviewed.