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 company's worker's 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) on-site 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 program's 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 cost-effective, 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 24-Hour (technician), ASP or CSP, OSHA 30-hour, 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.