Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Description

Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Position Summary

The EHS Manager is responsible for Environmental, Health and Safety programs and compliance within all government regulations. This position must be familiar with all government regulations pertaining to the Environmental, Health and Safety regulations and good industry practice. This position requires an extremely perceptive person, who is capable of relating to individuals at all levels within the organization. They must be sensitive to corporate needs, employee goodwill, 
and the business needs.

This position reports to the Plant Director.

Pivotal Experience & Expertise

Carlstar seeks an action-oriented, self-driven, EHS Leader, who has demonstrated the ability, energy and knowledge to sustain safety and environmental regulatory functions of a growing and dynamic operation.

• Ensure safety/environmental compliance for OSHA, RCRA, TSCA, CERCLA, Clean Water Act, Air Pollution Control, NPDES, CFC, and EPCRA, etc. and maintains/implements all compliance policies, procedures, and reporting documentation necessary.
• Conduct facility audits for compliance with company and governmental regulations.
• Conducts accident investigations and incident analysis to determine underlying causes and develop recommendations.
• Responsible for Hazard Communication and maintaining SDS’s.
• Develop, implement, and implement safety management systems which will reduce incidents and raise safety awareness.
• Responsible for environmental permitting and reporting as required by Federal and State regulations.
• Develops and implements proper procedures for special situations and activities
• Develops and maintains Emergency Action Plan, Emergency Preparedness Training, including evacuation drills, and conducts periodic audits of emergency equipment and fire suppression systems.
• Serves as site representative for Federal, State, and Local agencies conducting audits of the facility.
• Research, plan, organize, and conduct training programs, seminars, and conferences for plant personnel as related to safety and environmental topics and maintains training documents for record keeping and ISO compliance requirements
• Detailed and organized individual who has been responsible for managing all aspects of workers compensation.
• 5 to 10 years of manufacturing experience, which preferably, includes multi-functional experience.

Leadership Capabilities & Culture Fit

• Unquestionable integrity, ethics and judgment.  The courage and ability to take a strong position when required for the good of the Company.   
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.  The ability to be collaborative and drive progress.
• Highly intelligent and analytical, possessing the intellectual curiosity to probe and understand how the dimensions within their area of responsibility work and influence the broader business.  
• Results-oriented approach to decision making.  Proven ability to quickly assimilate and have impact.
• Self-awareness and the natural ability to build trust and confidence.
• Strong interpersonal skills. An ability to positively engage with people at all levels of the organization.
• Model and develop a “learning-teaching” mindset at all levels of the organization.
• He or she will embrace a philosophy of transparency, healthy debate and accountability.

Expanded Scope Opportunity

For a candidate with the right skills and experience, this role could also be expanded in scope to include Corporate EH&S oversight in a player/coach model.  The addition responsibilities in that scope would be the following:

• Identify, share and implement best practices in order to continuously improve safety performance of Carlstar.
• Provide guidance, mentoring and expertise to other EHS resources within Carlstar.
• Ensure EHS resources provide proper support to Carlstar’s North America Distribution locations.
• Compiles, analyzes, and interprets statistical data to exposure factors concerning occupational illness and/or accidents and prepares those reports for informational purposes.
• Compile and prepare enterprise-wide reports required by senior management, regulatory agencies, customers, suppliers and any other ad hoc reporting where necessary.
• Monitor incident and audit findings database to ensure corrective action plans are appropriate and executed.
• Assist and oversee response to regulatory complaints and visits for all facilities.