POSITION SPECIFICATIONS
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Environmental Health & Safety Manager is responsible for the management of EH&S for all North American manufacturing and distribution facilities and ensures compliance to federal, state and local rules, policies and regulations. The EH&S Manager will work with local management and safety personnel to ensure a safe and sustainable environment for all employees. This position has reporting relationships with corporate HR and Operations. The EH&S Manager will work closely with plant personnel, administrative staff, outside consultants as well as regulatory agencies and local officials.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Actively develop a culture where employee safety is critical to high performance and the presence of an accident-free work environment.
- Analyze monthly reports for injuries, worker’s compensation claims, and environmental compliance.
- Ensure timely regulatory compliance for all applicable Local, State, and Federal Regulations through a proactive approach developing the appropriate relationship with Local, State and Federal offices.
- Report on progress, identify areas of potential improvement in EHS programs, develop and implement state of the art solutions to reduce risks and eliminate concerns.
- Drives continuous improvement using tools and activities, including self-assessments and audit processes, incident/near miss investigations, metrics and targets (leading and lagging indicators), and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent.
- Manage, support, and develop a team of EHS professionals across multiple locations across the US and Canada. This includes providing coaching and training, setting goals, evaluating performance, planning staff assignments and development, and making and approving personnel management decisions (i.e., recruitment, promotions, terminations, and salary changes).
- Work with TPA to perform audits, outline training and maintain safety website with current data.
REQUIREMENTS
- 10+ years in a progressive EH&S career within an industrial manufacturing environment.
- Multi location/multi state EH&S leadership.
- Strategic EH&S program developer, hands on implementor.
- OSHA certification strongly preferred.
COMPENSATION
A meaningful compensation package will be developed for the successful candidate that includes a base salary, along with performance-based bonus, and comprehensive benefits.