EHS Manager

The Senior Environment Health & Safety Manager will be responsible for providing strategic direction and leadership for companies health & safety programs across two facilities and delivering best in class solutions that drive a safety culture based on accountability.

Essential Functions Job Duties: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the experience knowledge physical demands skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Proactively designs develops and implements strategies policies programs processes systems and governance that ensure EH&S compliance enhance EH&S performance

Responsible for the continuous development of environment health and safety policies and Procedures as well as effective implementation

Maintain safety standards and initiatives that improve performance reduce risk mitigate incident frequency and severity and meet regulatory/compliance requirements

Assess and drive implementation of optimal health & safety organizational structure tools training programs governance and accountability models

Ensure appropriate health & safety related internal controls oversight governance and measurement systems are in place to meet compliance requirements

Engage with leadership and stakeholders across operations to drive program effectiveness

Administers the companys workers compensation program

Coordinate effectively with Human Resources on leave administration and the corrective action process relative to work related illnesses and injuries

Investigate all accidents identification of root causes and develop effective programs to prevent recurrence

Conduct (or coordinate) onsite safety reviews and audits to ensure compliance with safe working operations as specified and required by State and Federal OSHA standards company policy and procedure

Responsible for a thorough analysis of accident trends and for the development and implementation of strategies to effectively resolve actual or perceived safety issues

Monitor and ensure compliance with regularly scheduled safety meetings facility inspections and emergency drills at all locations

Provides regular written and/or oral reports to leadership on the safety programs successes and challenges

Ensures compliance with all environmental health and safety standards enforced by local state and federal agencies

Manages the application renewal and reporting process for environmental permitting within business units.

Leads the development and deployment of an environmental program including policies audit program and risk mitigation.

Conducts and/or coordinates internal/external safety and environmental audits to monitor facility compliance.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position will require the supervision of three (3) safety professionals.

Qualifications:

Experience in the interpretation and enactment of OSHA standards and Workers compensation regulation

Proficient in OSHA CFR 1910 & Cal/OSHA Title 8

Proven leadership and teamwork skills with demonstrated ability to both work collaboratively and influence those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exists

Effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels within an organization

Creative in developing and implementing costeffective sensible solutions that deliver results

Education: BS Degree in an occupational health and safety environmental health and safety safety engineering technology industrial hygiene or other related degree preferred.

Certifications: HAZWOPR 24Hour (technician) ASP or CSP OSHA 30hour First Aid CPR and AED Certified.

Experience: 10 years of progressive experience with 5 years of safety management in a manufacturing environment. Food industry experience preferred. RMP CalARP and PSM program management experience required.

Computer Skills: Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this Job the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.