Environment, Health and Safety Manager

Now Hiring! Aerospace/ Manufacturing - EHS Manager - Brea CA - $130k -150k.

Primary Responsibilities

Establishes, implements, and oversees environmental, health and safety programs to ensure facility compliance with all state and federal regulations including Cal/OSHA and local laws.

• Own and develop an overall safety and risk management program for facility providing suitable loss prevention attention in all areas/levels.
• Host plant tours for audits and inspections to identify and correct potential hazards/exposures for full compliance with safety/environmental regulations.
• Pro-actively recommend policies, develop safety programs and coordinate initiatives throughout the factory and office areas.

Applies regulatory and company policies/programs to ensure safe and environmentally sound working conditions.

• Engage Production Supervisors in participative groups as SPONSORS and messengers of the Safety values.
• Partner with Human Resources for employee training, health procedures pertaining to accident prevention programs, return to work issues, and coordinating time loss issues with payroll. Identifies and analyzes workplace hazards, health risks, prescribes necessary preventive or corrective measures and safety equipment.
• Contracts with vendors for properly licensed hazardous disposal and monitors waste handling.
• Organizes and equips spill-control teams. Reviewing, updating and maintaining environmental and spill-control manuals and procedures.
• Specifies/approves the purchase of safety and health products and services.
• Recommends external technical/advisory service providers.
• Sets safety standards for specific equipment and areas of operation.
• Researches loss, accident and illness frequency trends by area or operation, and initiate remedial action as warranted.

Educates personnel in existing hazards, develops safety consciousness and assists with developing safety training recommendations. Personally delivers training or coordinates through industry groups and consultants as appropriate.

• Train production supervisors as safety SPONSORS.
• Ensure employee job instructions include PPE, safety, cautions and visibility
• Conduct employee hazard communication (right to know).
• Conducts respirator fit testing and other medical testing as required.
• Develops creative, motivational communications and training techniques to keep safety top of mind throughout the facility.

Conducts periodic safety inspections of the facility, prepares reports, studies accidents and causes.

• Monitors housekeeping practices with a daily walk of the plant.
• Engage supervisors to investigate accident root causes. Solutions should seek to maintain control of hazards occurring from changes in processes, methods, materials, equipment or manpower. Ensure follow-up.
• Inspects fire sprinkler system monthly, insures that fire extinguishers are routinely checked, monitors new chemicals received, maintains current MSDA files for all chemicals and distributes list to impacted departments.
• Reports to management all accidents, health issues, major unsolved problems as they surface. No surprises is the goal.
• Conduct quarterly plant safety audits and reports results to management with recommended corrective actions.
• Maintain the highest ethical standards, even when challenged from above

Qualifications

• Seven or more years EH&S experience working with AQMD, Title V, EPA and Cal/ OSHA in a manufacturing environment with more than $50 million in revenue.
• Sound technical skills as demonstrated by an understanding and practical application of technical knowledge in a leadership role with ability to articulate technical issues at an understandable level to a variety of stakeholders across the organization.
• Ability to work effectively in an environment where tact, sensitivity, respect, tenacity, persuasive ability, and decisiveness are required for success
• Strong writing, speaking, analytical and presentation skills - bilingual in Spanish is a PLUS.
• Previous experience working at a facility with 400 employees.

Education/Previous Experience Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Safety, Environmental or Engineering discipline is required
• Minimum of seven years of experience in Environmental Compliance and Safety in a manufacturing operation.