The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager provides strategic direction and oversight for occupational health, hygiene, environmental and sustainability issues. Is responsible for developing, implementing, and monitor environmental health and safety (EH&S) programs and policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations.
Ensures that safety equipment inventory is maintained, performs periodic safety inspections, and monitors hazardous waste removal vendors. Interacts with all departments, conducts training in safety, emergency response and hazardous material handling. Monitors environmental compliance and maintains liaison with appropriate regulatory agencies. Alerts leadership team with corrective action where environmental health and safety hazards exist.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage EH&S activities including planning, implementing, and managing technical performance to ensure quality and financial objectives are attained.
- Manage EH&S project(s) including project design and schedule to meet objectives. Directs the development of short and long-term EH&S objectives and recommends goals to general management.
- Ensures and maintains all necessary permits for Environmental and Regulatory Compliance.
- Participant as team member in all DBG Management systems.
- Lead the implementation and maintenance of ISO14001, ISO45001. Coordinate and share best practices with DBG corporate and sister facilities.
- Ensure that appropriate corrective action is taken where health and safety hazards exist.
- Manages activities related to EH&S programs and ensures company compliance with any applicable regulations, reviews requirements regarding safety aspects.
- Develops appropriate electronic and hard copy reports and records. May develop new or revise existing electronic or hard copy systems and makes internal and external presentations.
- Collaborates with senior management to develop and implement current and annual technical, schedule, quality, and financial objectives for the EH&S program(s) to ensure strategic business objectives are met. May also participate in the development of annual and long-term objectives for the organization.
- Represents the organization as a primary spokesperson with line management, program managers, technical staff, and outside representatives.
- Promotes workplace safety, and develops, maintains, and manages the EH&S programs at DBG Conway. This includes proactive incident and illness prevention, respiratory protection, contractor safety, and hazardous chemical management.
- Completes all regulatory reporting requirements (Fire, OSHA, EPA).
- Manage/ Coordinate the Joint Health & Safety Committee activities, agenda preparation, reports, follow-ups, incentive programs.
- Manage / Coordinate the Environmental Committee (if one exists)
- Manage all safety programs, conduct training and manage documentation, including but not limited to: Area Safety Representatives (ASR), Lockout/Tagout, Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP), Evacuation Procedures, PPE, Pedestrian Safety, Ergonomics, Heat Stress, Bloodborne Pathogens.
- Compiles, analyzes, maintains, and interprets safety statistical data related to exposure factors concerning occupational illnesses and accidents, first aid incidents, near miss records and conduct root cause analysis for accident reports and evaluate injury case studies.
- Manage and perform monthly safety walks with department managers and Joint Health & Safety committee.
- Manage and perform all safety walks with insurance carriers, or consultants as required.
- Support the onboarding and orientation safety & environmental training & awareness.
- Manage/ support/ track worker’s compensation claims including intake, investigation, reporting and return to work efforts. Must have ability to maintain confidentiality on all issues related to the position.
- Adaptability to perform under stress when confronted with emergent, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or situations in which working speed and sustained attention are make-or-break aspects of the job.
- Work closely with HR Manager on claims management as related to the HR & labor management provisions; design and implementation of modified, alternative work, early return to work programs.
- Responsible for site security program & procedures.
- May be required to assist in the consolidation and disposal of hazardous waste.
EDUCATION REQUIRED
High School Diploma/GED with 8 years industrial safety/hygiene and 2 years of management experience.
Bachelor’s degree (preferred)
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Min 8 years industrial safety/hygiene experience with 2 years of management experience.
Experience working with ISO45001, ISO14001 compliance.
Lead / Champion in ISO45001, ISO14001 an asset.
