Environment, Health and Safety Manager

Role description:

The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager will be responsible for overseeing all safety operations at their designated plant. This role will be responsible for supporting and monitoring the Environmental, Health, and Safety program for the plant with a focus on the prevention and control of occupational injury and illnesses.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the planning, execution, monitoring, and continuous improvement of environmental health and safety programs
• Manage programs geared to protect the health and safety of company employees, visitors, and contractors, as well as the company's compliance with regulations
• Identifies and corrects potentially hazardous activities and ensures that employees are informed of safety and health protocols and that environmental health and safety training is conducted as required
• Promotes safe and professional work practices and conditions that are compliant with environmental, health, and safety policies and regulations
• Report any EHS incident, root cause analysis results, corrective actions, and communication to internal and external stakeholders
• Represents the company as the EHS subject matter expert to internal and external stakeholders
• Prepares and submits EHS reports, assessments, and records to internal stakeholders and external regulatory agencies
• Keeps abreast of the latest EHS trends, policies, regulations, and best practices
• Comply with environmental and food safety standards as set forth in plant policies and programs within the departmental responsibilities

Minimum skills / qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Three (3) years of environmental health and safety experience in a manufacturing environment
• High level of independent thinking and be able to resolve regulatory and technical issues to best advise management on resolving health and safety issues
• Ability to interpret OSHA and EPA regulations and related safety/environmental regulations
• Excellent communication skills with internal and external customers
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Preferred skills / qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Safety Management, Environmental Management, or a related field
• Previous experience in a management role
• Professional certification (e.g. CSP, CIH, CHMM)
• Lean Six Sigma certification
• ISO 14001/45001 experience
• Experience in creating Power Business Intelligence (BI) dashboards