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<p><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">JOB DESCRIPTION</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">This position is a member of the site Leadership Team and plays an influential role in developing a culture of safety and continuous improvement within the facility. The HS Manager oversees, develops, and implements best-in-class safety, and industrial hygiene for a manufacturing operation to ensure a safe, compliant, and incident-free work environment. The HS Manager promotes organizational safety and continuous improvement by working with all departments to analyze risk, provide strategic direction, address root causes, and implement or recommend improvements.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Responsible for safety and industrial hygiene plans, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with local, State, and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules and regulations. Maintains a system for reporting, monitoring, and correcting serious safety problems</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Oversees health & safety, and DOT audits/assessments of the EPC and recommends preventative measures</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">As needed, ensures that corrective action is initiated by management, and provides assistance to establish priorities</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Educate Management on H&S best practices, prevention and how to work around/with hazardous substances.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Responsible for Worker's Compensation program and compiles and submits accident reports required by regulatory agencies</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Implement and deliver training programs which will increase proficiency in safe practices, promote safety consciousness, ensure environmental compliance and advance continuous environmental improvement.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Facilitate inspections of the facility to detect existing on potential risks and recommend corrective or preventive measures when appropriate</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Drives implementation of strategic corporate health and safety related improvement initiatives to achieve corporate H&S objectives; identifies elements of change required to support corporate H&S strategy; encourages management team to balance short-term demands with long term benefits of strategic H&S programs; and inspires commitment and involvement with safety objectives and programs</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Drive H&S initiatives, which reduce incident rates while also reducing company costs (e.g., amount of workers' compensation, etc.); establishes order of priority for H&S initiatives (risk management) and drive their implementation in cooperation of other managers, safety teams, and other key personnel</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Establishes specific safety and health goals and objectives for the company and departments ensuring the targets are consistent with corporate strategies and objectives</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Analyzes safety processes throughout the company; proactively seeks areas of opportunity for improvement; identifies root causes of accidents; recommends changes to work flow, equipment or other process elements; and develops and implements support systems/processes (such as safety rewards and recognitions, safety communications, etc.) to achieve safety objectives</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Communicates and celebrates successes to maintain and foster company-wide commitment to safety and continuous environmental improvement; and provide recommendations for corrective direction when H&S programs deviate from strategic plans and objectives.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Serves as primary liaison between applicable regulatory and government agencies. Files and or posts reports as required by external legal and convening agencies such as OSHA 300/300A Logs, etc.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Formulates, maintains and executes Client emergency plans, business continuity plans and responds to safety and employee emergencies</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ensures all significant near misses, injuries, and safety events are investigated and abatement measures implemented</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Monitors and controls industrial hygiene, which relates to the long-term effects of factors such as chemical exposure, noise, lighting, heat, and humidity. Manages hazardous and universal waste storage and disposal in compliance with all applicable regulations</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Monitors activities where accidents could occur, halting any operation or activity that constitutes an imminent hazard to personnel or equipment</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><strong>QUALIFICATIONS:</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">7 to 10 years' experience applying environmental, health & safety and DOT regulations and programs in a manufacturing environment, or equivalent experience preferred</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">B.S. in safety, environmental, Masters preferred.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Experience in ISO environmental management systems and safety management systems preferred</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and/or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) preferred</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Strong background in ergonomic risk reduction</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Strong Background in performing risk and hazard assessments.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ability to research and apply regulations</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Excellent communication skills and ability to work with a variety of stakeholders</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ability to handle confidential information appropriately imperative</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Proven ability to develop safety and continuous environmental improvement as part of the company culture</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Strong analytical skills and the ability to propose solutions to problems</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ability to positively and comfortably handle and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced, changing, and high-growth work environment with focused attention for detail</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ability to uphold safety standards, participates in continuous process improvement on the job, and follows our Manufacturing best practices</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ability to be on call 24/7 for emergencies</span></li> </ul>