What are the responsibilities and job description for the Health and Safety Manager position at VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC?
About VLS!
VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC, is a recognized leader in providing sustainability solutions, with three divisions providing industry-leading services. With a mission to innovate solutions to meet clients' sustainability goals, VLS has over 1,200 employees in 40 locations across North America.
Waste Services
VLS Waste Services provides customized waste processing solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous industrial and commercial waste, including landfill diversion and sustainability programs, solidification of liquid waste, recycling, wastewater treatment, and waste sequestration.
Railcar Services
VLS Railcar Cleaning and Repair Services division provides specialty cleaning services for difficult-to-clean products, including chemicals, hardened materials, and pressurized gases, and comprehensive repair services for certified full-service repairs, tank car qualifications, and maintenance.
Marine Services
VLS Marine Services division offers state-of-the-art barge cleaning, repair, and gas-free facilities for various chemical solvents and downstream petroleum products.
Job Summary
The Health and Safety Manager is instrumental in supporting Waste operations by ensuring the effective implementation of OSHA standards and VLS Environmental Solutions' health and safety policies, practices, and procedures in field operations. The successful candidate will contribute to the company's success by embodying our health and safety culture with a strong, positive field presence. Reporting to the Director of Health and Safety, this role supports the Waste East division and is based at the Spartanburg, South Carolina facility.
Job Duties
At VLS our employees are the core of our business. As such, we value our employees' physical, mental, and financial wellbeing by providing first class, high value benefits and resources that are centered around a proper work-life balance.
Physical and Mental Wellbeing: VLS is committed to supporting our employees' physical and mental health by providing:
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - Based on each employee's need, we offer various high quality, low-premium medical, dental and vision plans, which include our first-in-class concierge service (available in Spanish) and 2nd MD Offering.
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Healthcare Saving Accounts (HSA) -- Set aside pre-tax money to use toward your health care spending. VLS provides an employer contribution to all HSA accounts.
Time Off - We offer 11 (eleven) company-paid holidays, in addition to our paid time off and voluntary time off plans.
Employee Assistance Program -- 24/7 assistance and counseling services that are 100% confidential and free to all employees and their dependents.
Telemedicine -- All employees and dependents receive free virtual visits by licensed practitioners any time, any day...including holidays!
Financial and Retirement Planning: At VLS we offer the following to assist our employees with planning around their finances and saving for retirement:
401(k) - Generous 401(k) matching program after 90 days of employment. VLS will match up to 5% of your pay every pay period. Matching contributions are 100% vested immediately.
Life and Disability Insurance -- Employer-paid life insurance, along with short-term and long-term disability coverage provided to all full-time employees.
Voluntary Life Protection Plans -- Employees and their dependents can elect coverage in our voluntary life/add, critical illness, hospital indemnity and accident plans.
Rewards and Recognition Programs -- We celebrate our employees! From birthdays to anniversaries and other various milestones/achievements, we have programs in place to recognize our employees.
Financial Planning - Free One on One financial planning with a certified Financial Planner/Coach.
Employee Discount - Employee Discount Program for savings on everyday goods and services at various retailers throughout the US.
VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC, is a recognized leader in providing sustainability solutions, with three divisions providing industry-leading services. With a mission to innovate solutions to meet clients' sustainability goals, VLS has over 1,200 employees in 40 locations across North America.
Waste Services
VLS Waste Services provides customized waste processing solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous industrial and commercial waste, including landfill diversion and sustainability programs, solidification of liquid waste, recycling, wastewater treatment, and waste sequestration.
Railcar Services
VLS Railcar Cleaning and Repair Services division provides specialty cleaning services for difficult-to-clean products, including chemicals, hardened materials, and pressurized gases, and comprehensive repair services for certified full-service repairs, tank car qualifications, and maintenance.
Marine Services
VLS Marine Services division offers state-of-the-art barge cleaning, repair, and gas-free facilities for various chemical solvents and downstream petroleum products.
Job Summary
The Health and Safety Manager is instrumental in supporting Waste operations by ensuring the effective implementation of OSHA standards and VLS Environmental Solutions' health and safety policies, practices, and procedures in field operations. The successful candidate will contribute to the company's success by embodying our health and safety culture with a strong, positive field presence. Reporting to the Director of Health and Safety, this role supports the Waste East division and is based at the Spartanburg, South Carolina facility.
Job Duties
- Collaborate with Waste East operational managers to ensure that work policies, practices, and procedures comply with all regulatory OSHA and VLS Environmental Solutions safety
- Conduct quarterly health and safety site inspections at locations in the regional area of
- Conduct required annual instructor-led OSHA regulatory health and safety training, including VLS Safety
- Deliver new hire safety orientation training for new
- Develop required OSHA regulatory site health and safety
- Assist facility management by developing standard operating procedures to safely complete job
- Visit client sites periodically to ensure VLS industrial teams identify safety hazards and implement corrective actions to prevent
- Develop and distribute monthly safety flashes covering various safety topics and lessons learned from previous safety
- Conduct incident investigation using the VLS SCAT mythology to identify root /contributory causes and determine corrective actions to prevent recurrence of
- Support industrial services team with reviewing project scope of work documentation to identify job hazards and ensure safety plans are in
- Manage all injuries to determine care for injured employees, ensure occupational health clinics are providing proper care from an occupational
- Assist in the development of job hazard analysis to ensure job steps, hazards, and control methods are documented to identify hazards and prevent
- Implement and lead site safety
- Work with human resources team to ensure employees working in safety sensitive positions receive annual fit for duty
- Manage third party contractor qualification databases (ISNetworld/Avetta) ensuring all required health and safety information is
- Manage VLS Contractor Compliance database to ensure contractors meet VLS safety
- Manage the VLS e-compliance incident management database for the regional area of responsibility regarding reporting incidents, injuries, near misses and entering employee training
- Communicate with Director of health and safety regarding OSHA regulatory
- Perform workplace hazard assessments to identify operational hazards and personal protective equipment for employee work
- Participate in monthly Waste East region resource conference calls to communicate all matters related to health and
- Mange and comply with all OSHA regulatory recordkeeping requirements regarding
- Participate in conducting internal health and safety audits of the regional area of
- Other duties as assigned by the Director of health and safety
- Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Health, Chemistry, Bioenvironmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or other engineering/science
- Five to seven years’ experience in the health and safety field, preferably in the waste
- Working knowledge of OSHA local and federal regulatory
- Ability to successfully complete pre-employment drug & alcohol screen, and background check upon receiving an offer of
- While performing the duties of this job, the successful candidate must be able to stand, walk, sit, ascend/descend stairs, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk and/or hear.
- Must be able to complete tasks both indoors and outdoors in all types of weather
- Required to carry a company-provided cell phone and be available to respond during working and non-working
- Ability to travel up to 35%
- Must be able to manage multiple tasks successfully and simultaneously, often under short or changing deadlines, in a diverse and fast-paced
- Strong oral and written communication
- Adaptable to organizational
- Ability to work independently to prioritize and manage workload while providing timely turnaround on
- Ability to work as a member of a team, take directions from supervisor(s), focus attention on details, follow work rules and adhere to established work
- Ability to interact with regulatory agencies and peers with self-confidence, poise, and
- Proficient in using MS Office Software features to effectively execute work tasks; and
- Completion of OSHA 30-hour general industry or construction industry
- Completion of 24-hour HAZWOPER
- ASP or CSP certification
At VLS our employees are the core of our business. As such, we value our employees' physical, mental, and financial wellbeing by providing first class, high value benefits and resources that are centered around a proper work-life balance.
Physical and Mental Wellbeing: VLS is committed to supporting our employees' physical and mental health by providing:
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - Based on each employee's need, we offer various high quality, low-premium medical, dental and vision plans, which include our first-in-class concierge service (available in Spanish) and 2nd MD Offering.
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Healthcare Saving Accounts (HSA) -- Set aside pre-tax money to use toward your health care spending. VLS provides an employer contribution to all HSA accounts.
Time Off - We offer 11 (eleven) company-paid holidays, in addition to our paid time off and voluntary time off plans.
Employee Assistance Program -- 24/7 assistance and counseling services that are 100% confidential and free to all employees and their dependents.
Telemedicine -- All employees and dependents receive free virtual visits by licensed practitioners any time, any day...including holidays!
Financial and Retirement Planning: At VLS we offer the following to assist our employees with planning around their finances and saving for retirement:
401(k) - Generous 401(k) matching program after 90 days of employment. VLS will match up to 5% of your pay every pay period. Matching contributions are 100% vested immediately.
Life and Disability Insurance -- Employer-paid life insurance, along with short-term and long-term disability coverage provided to all full-time employees.
Voluntary Life Protection Plans -- Employees and their dependents can elect coverage in our voluntary life/add, critical illness, hospital indemnity and accident plans.
Rewards and Recognition Programs -- We celebrate our employees! From birthdays to anniversaries and other various milestones/achievements, we have programs in place to recognize our employees.
Financial Planning - Free One on One financial planning with a certified Financial Planner/Coach.
Employee Discount - Employee Discount Program for savings on everyday goods and services at various retailers throughout the US.
