Supervisor, Environmental Health & Safety

Basic Function:

This role will guide, mentor, train, and coach his/her direct reports to be productive, engaged, and quality contributors within their team and the overall functional group. The supervisor will communicate, assign, and monitor department goals, activities, quality of work, and objectives to all team members. The supervisor will also track and report any shortfalls in the progress of the production schedule/and or plan.

Major Duties:

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of solid and hazardous waste streams.
• Supervise and lead the activities associated with environmental waste management by providing work direction, production schedules, training for continuous improvement, and mentoring for assigned associates.
• Understand and implement the business unit policies and procedures driving associate with an emphasis on environmental compliance, safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Monitor compliance to ensure tasks are completed on time.
• Perform data collection and provide metrics and reporting as required.
• Communicate daily with EHS Director proactively providing solutions to problems and concerns.
• Serve as Back up to the Environmental Engineer (as needed)

Management

• Assigns associates to tasks, communicates necessary pass up/pass down information necessary for proficient shift handoff, ensures employees are working safely and compliant with plant safety rules and GMP guidelines.
• Responsible for leading improvement projects and initiatives aligned with the business strategic imperatives to include, but not limited to: Safety, Employee Morale, Waste reduction, EHS Inspection Process, and EHS Training.
• Focus department ownership: Assessment of current state, establishing targets, development of glide paths, develop and execute action items and achieve targeted results. 
• Establish staff and manpower requirements to achieve compliance in meeting scheduled workloads. Ensure activities within the Unit across all shifts comply with expectations set forth and are consistent with Department objectives and policies. Ensure all equipment is operational and performs within expected tolerances.
• Solve department issues and drive continuous improvement, reduce waste, ensure all department employees have defined job duties and expectations, and are managed.
• Timely corrective action should take place when needed.
• Interface with all other sites functional areas as needed (HR, Quality, WHSE, Planning, Payroll, etc.) Facilitates employee communication meetings as necessary, staff lines effectively, balancing Revlon full-time and temporary associates.
• Maintains good associate relations and morale.
• Attending various meetings to meet business needs

Development of People

• Strive to make the Oxford site a great place to work by: proactively developing people (cross training, projects).
• Address all issues, concerns, and disciplinary actions promptly and effectively.
• Innovation – Provide challenges, changes, ideas, and suggestions to drive the organization forward

• Provide/facilitate training as needed.

• Ensure that all appropriate records are accurate and maintained within guidelines.

• Ensures that plant procedures and policies are enforced accordingly and drives accountability for those that are not in compliance.

• Facilitating employee feedback and annual performance reviews for subordinates.

Environmental Responsibilities

• Ensure that department associates are efficiently trained in all required federal and state topics.

• Ensures compliance is maintained with all satellite and central waste accumulation areas.

• Investigates and determines root causes and corrective actions for waste value streams as needed.

• Manage relationships with all waste related vendors, waste vendor purchasing orders, and maintain regular communication to ensure timely service.

• Schedules pick-ups of non-hazardous waste, hazardous waste, recyclable materials, steel drums, and other site waste.

• Ensures that all necessary paperwork is appropriately completed in a prompt and efficient manner per company standards.

• Responsible for the proper handling, documentation, inspection of, and transportation of all site wastes.

• Must be able to respond to plant emergencies and can operate various pieces of material handling equipment.

• Participates in regulatory audits as needed.

Safety and Health Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains the Oxford sites EHS inspection process including follow ups, preventative maintenance, regulatory and routine inspection action items, etc.
• Maintains the Oxford sites powered industrial truck compliance process and tracking.
• Participates in regulatory audits and other safety initiatives as needed.
• Develops and facilitates training as needed

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Prefer a 4-year BS or BA degree in an environmental discipline, but other areas of study will be considered with appropriate and relevant experience and 5-7 years of experience required.
• Experience Proven track record of supervision of associates in a production environment, preferably drug and/or cosmetic with a focus on environmental management.
• Knowledge of production equipment, especially safe operating techniques, product capabilities and troubleshooting methods.
• Must possess teamwork characteristics with the ability to motivate, communicate and proactively develop associates.
• High level of personal commitment, motivation, and intensity with demonstrated leadership in a production environment.
• Knowledge and experience with NC OSHA, Federal EPA, DOT, and NC environmental regulatory requirements.
• Significant communication skills – verbal and written
  

• Bachelor’s degree in an environmental discipline preferred

• High School Diploma required

• Minimum Years Experience Required: 5 years