Health and Safety Manager

Overview

Stryten Energy manufactures proprietary and custom injection molding products serving the industrial lead battery, automotive and consumer markets. 

The Health & Safety Manager will partner with corporate subject matter experts to implement site specific Health and Safety Compliance Programs. This includes but is not limited to overseeing and managing:

• Lead compliance program
• Machine guarding program
• Lock-out Tag-out (LOTO)
• Contractor safety
• Working at heights
• Ergonomics

Continuously focus on improving the plant’s safety performance measured by:

• Medical and biological monitoring
• Injury rates
• Exposure-level monitoring

About the Manchester, Iowa location:

• Produces transportation batteries
• Approximately 300 employees
• Member of plant leadership team reporting to Plant Manager

Manchester is a city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States, located along the Highway 20 corridor between Dyersville and Independence.  Delaware County is centrally located just 45 minutes from some of Iowa’s biggest hubs (Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Dubuque) – but you don’t need to go far to find excitement.  Delaware County is home to several golf courses, parks, museums, retail shops, a movie theatre, festivals and fairs, water sport recreational areas, and evening entertainment. Delaware County offers successful academics programs in three community school districts and a critical access hospital to provide healthcare close to home.

To learn more about Manchester, Iowa (postal code 52057) – click the links below:

Delaware County Economic Development Website

Wikipedia - Manchester, Iowa

Responsibilities

• Re-implement Employee Safety Committees
• Lead development of Health & Safety department including direct reports
• Annual safety training for all employees
• Continue to encourage and track HS metrics, KPI’s, GEMBA walks
• Overall supervision of programs and activities required under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
• Oversight for the facility-wide Housekeeping Program
• Medical monitoring program as it applies to OSHA's Lead Standard.
• Auditing of facility programs to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
• Supervision of facility inspections, maintenance of required records and timely submittal of required reports to regulatory agencies.
• Coordination of environmental improvement projects as required.
• Coordination with Corporate Environmental Resources Department on facility programs, activities and responses to regulatory agencies.
• Training and oversight of facility personnel performing environmental, health and safety duties.
• Maintain OSHA 300 Log.
• Drive safety improvement projects.
• Follow Excell Lean Manufacturing procedures.
• Comply with current Quality Systems requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience in safety related fields doing similar work – developing a safety culture by leaning on past experiences similar to what has been described.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Preferred degree in Safety, or related field.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) nice to have but not required
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret federal, state and local regulations and technical procedures
• Ability to work effectively with other departments in the development of safety programs
• Leadership ability

Physical Requirements:

• Able to perform continuous walking, standing, and lifting

Equipment Used:

• PC with various software, office equipment, PPE equipment as required

This is a full time position, and working at the plant is required.

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EEO Statement

Stryten Energy is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

About Statement

Stryten Energy helps solve the world’s most pressing energy challenges with a broad range of energy storage solutions across the Essential Power, Motive Power, Transportation, Military and Government sectors. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we partner with some of the world’s most recognized companies to meet the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy storage capacity. Stryten powers everything from submarines to subcompacts, microgrids, warehouses, distribution centers, cars, trains and trucks. Our stored energy technologies include advanced lead, lithium and vanadium redox flow batteries, intelligent chargers and energy performance management software that keep people on the move and supply chains running. An industry leader backed by more than a century of expertise, Stryten has The Energy to Challenge the status quo and deliver top-performing energy solutions for today and tomorrow. Learn more at stryten.com.