Position Description:Partner with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) and the manufacturing team to enforce facility compliance with company, EH&S programs, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements at our manufacturing facility in Decatur, AL. Lead training of safe work practices to educate and inform and the manufacturing team on management of environmental and hazardous materials reports and conditions.
Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, direct, and enforce Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) at the manufacturing facility, based on safety staffing requirements as defined by Headquarters (HQ) EH&S policy.
- Manage time and resource allocation and provide safety leadership.
- Assess Safety practices and known and potential safety related exposures, develop and implement action plans to mitigate risks, and drive changes to improve team safety awareness and activities.
- Communicate requirements for improving performance to leadership and team for adoption and adherence to changes, using specific-safety standards, best management practices, and EH&S policies and procedures.
- Understand facility safety trends and participate in reducing Incident Rates by meeting or exceeding established Business Unit (BU) goals and manage regulatory exposures to zero citations.
- Develop training for the manufacturing needs to educate management, employees, and Trade employees on Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) programs, policies, and procedures and provide training on safe work practices to encourage and enforce adoption and adherence.
- Promote safe work practices and safe working conditions in accordance with company and Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) policies, Federal, State, and Local regulations, and owner contractual requirements.
- Maintain and enhance working relationships with staff and Safety Representatives.
- Develop and enforce Safety Program and related policies and procedures.
- Identify unsafe actions and conditions and engage with the team to implement immediate corrective actions in accordance with xPL Offsite, Federal, State and Local regulations and owner requirements.
- Develop accountability model for the manufacturing team to ensure pre-planning for activities and tasks.
- Review safety programs for completeness and compliance with company and EH&S policies, Federal, State, and Local regulations, and owner contractual requirements.
- Review quality of Pre-Task Plans (PTPs).
- Hold planning meetings with the team to review site safety program and job hazard analysis for their scope of work and to establish and review risk mitigation plans.
- Develop safety action items for manufacturing meetings and verify conduct training as per OSHA standards.
- Conduct effective worker orientation program for new employees; administer and record participation.
- Collaborate with leadership to create specific safety reports, assess metrics, and make recommendations for improvement over baseline.
- Ensure timely log of safety meetings.
- Conduct and review team's safety audits, assess recommended corrective actions, and issue reports of violations and/or unsafe practices for immediate resolution.
- Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.