Duties and Responsibilities:
- 2021 - Full facility EHS preparation and commissioning
- Directs the safety and environmental programs for the facility and ensures these programs are reviewed annually and updated as necessary
- Ensures compliance with all applicable environmental and safety regulatory requirements.
- Understand and maintain compliance with all permits and environmental plans
- Drives environmental strategy to lead site sustainability efforts
- Provide leadership and support for team-based safety and environmental steering teams
- Promote culture of inclusion of all team members in environmental and safety activities and priorities
- Provides key participation and leadership to Process Safety Management implementation an sustainment
- As a member of the EHS team, in partnership with the other site EHS team members develop and audit environmental and safety corporate policies
- Maintain a visible presence across all operating shifts on the plant floor providing assistance, coaching and feedback to site operations. Audits facility to identify and mitigate hazardous safety, health or environmental conditions.
- Analyse incidents and incident statistics to ensure necessary corrective actions/preventive measures have been determined and are in place.
- Manages workers compensation claims, liaison to 3rd party claims managers, ensures necessary reports are filed, tracking and documentation requirements followed, employee restrictions and ramp in/work hardening requirements are followed.
- Provide/support new hire orientation for all safety and environmental topics and ensures all annual compliance training occurs, is understood and documented.
The Ideal Candidate will have the Following Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health Safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Science or related science field preferred, or equivalent work experience
- Entry level to 5 years of environmental, health and safety experience in a manufacturing environment
- Thorough working knowledge of Federal, State and local environmental and safety requirements and the ability to ensure sustained compliance throughout the complex
- Understanding of EHS Management systems (i.e. ANSI Z10, ISO 45001, OSHA SHARP/VPP, etcโฆ)
- Outstanding verbal, written, multi-tasking and presentation skills
- Hi energy and motivational, cultural influencer
- Bi-lingual (Spanish) is a plus
- Ability to drive team member led environmental and safety culture
- High level of interpersonal, coaching and leadership skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Valid U.S. drivers license
- Possess or ability to earn RSO certification
- Possess or plan to earn professional safety / environmental certifications(CSP, SMS, CEP, CIH, CHMM, etc..)