Environmental Health & Safety Manager

• Establish and communicate EHS goals develop strategies and tactics to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for everyone.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive written safety standards policies procedures and guidelines that align with industry regulations and best practices.
• Regularly monitor and update leadership of changing EHS requirements update safety practices and documentation to reflect changes in regulations industry best practices and company requirements.
• Design and implement training programs to educate employees on safety standards policies procedures and guidelines.
• Responsible for monitoring and ensuring compliance with governmental regulations related to the following areas: Title five air permit Wastewater Ground water and Storm water.
• Manage the facility leadership & employee safety programs including the plant safety committee safety awareness and incentive programs.
• Conduct regular EHS inspections and audits.
• Oversee site incident and injury reporting investigation and recordkeeping. Assist in the management of workers compensation claims and the Return-to-Work program.
• Manage the site EHS corrective and preventive actions to ensure timely follow-up and implementation.
• Ensure the timely completion of all required safety environmental and sustainability reporting to external agencies. Maintain the site EHS recordkeeping program.
• Evaluate and procure safety equipment as needed.
  

• Bachelors degree in Safety Environment or other related field; Masters degree preferred.
• Current compliance with required ongoing EHS training minimum 40 hours per year.
• A minimum of five years of EHS experience preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of computers is necessary to work with spreadsheets word processing and email; including Microsoft Word Excel and Outlook
• Excellent written and verbal skills will be required to communicate with all levels of the facility and company.
• Ability to gather comprehend and screen/analyze information in a variety of media (regulations bulletins research etc.) and disseminate to management supervisors employees suitable ways such as training memos reports presentations etc.
• Ability to assess and investigate situations in order to recommend corrections or improvements to site systems and environment based on interpretation of standards.

• Primary work environment is an office setting however occasionally will enter the plant environment
• When in the plant environment employee may be exposed to moderate to high noise levels moving mechanical parts and/or to chemicals used in the process
• Humid conditions and outdoor weather conditions including extreme heat and cold possible dusty damp or wet conditions.
• Personal Protective Equipment such as safety glasses steel toed boots flame resistant clothing and hearing protection may be required
• Regularly required to walk sit talk and listen.
• Mostly sedentary some light lifting of files supplies or equipment is required.
• The employee will be required to do some walking/climbing stairs and occasional use of ladders
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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