Environmental Health & Safety Supervisor Forest Park, IL

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Due to the highly interactive nature of this manufacturing position in-person attendance and flexibility are essential for supporting production schedules effective communication and collaboration real-time problem solving and participation in cross-functional initiatives. Schedules may vary and are subject to change.

Core Hours: 7am-5pm must be available for occassional weekends

Want to make an impact
The Environmental Health and Safety Supervisor is responsible for maintaining the health and safety of the plant workforce and environment by monitoring and evaluating health and safety conditions; assuring compliance with applicable policies procedures and governmental standards; and maintenance of the EHS Programs for the site. The primary objective is to ensure a safe and incident-free work environment including methodologies initiatives and strategies that promote safe operations safety awareness training and continuous improvement to eliminate or control unsafe behaviors environments and hazards.

Ways you will make a difference
Provide EHS leadership and oversight for both the Forest Park and Maywood Drive (Bellwood) manufacturing facilities ensuring compliance employee engagement and continuous improvement in safety performance.
Present EHS programs to train employees in site safety practices by promoting and leading a site culture where safety is ingrained as a core value with all employees
Drive the key effective sustainable implementation of corporate and site EHS initiatives strategies programs and procedures responsibilities via hands on leadership coaching and teamwork
Facilitate train and coach employees from onboarding to OSHA required annual training and other safety related topics to ensure compliance with government mandated training
Collaborate with employees to identify and implement solutions to safety issues identified in inspections and investigations to eliminate incidents and prevent recurrence
Review incident and injury reporting and analyze data to identify trends
Ensure compliance with regulations and company policies by routinely interacting with employees on the plant floor
Analyze EHS programs conditions and behaviors and recommend changes to continuously improve site EHS performance
Lead and ensure thorough investigation of all incidents in coordination with site leadership
Foster/develop a culture where everyone is actively engaged in performing their work in a safe manner and co-workers hold each other accountable to prevent at-risk behaviors
Oversee regulatory compliance audits/inspections and associated record keeping in partnership with human resources and oversees workers compensation claims by working with the insurance company injured employees and clinics from the opening of the claim and until the claim closes
Provide EHS functional and technical expertise/coaching as needed in all areas and initiatives of the function
Collaborate with other key functions on initiatives including Engineering HR Quality Operations etc. to deliver on goals and plans
Understand demonstrate and is a role model of the companys operating principles
Guide site-based safety teams and effectively lead safety committees to engage site personnel
Apply ergonomic principles and recommend improvements with engineering or administrative controls
Examine tasks and determine the best method of accomplishing work to prevent injury

Required Experience:

Manager