Description

The Manager Environmental, Health and Safety will be charged with administering and improving EHS programs for Vi-Jon. Key responsibilities include developing assigned locations EHS strategies, implementing policies and procedures, facilitating training, and leading projects to achieve annual targeted reduction goals and efficiency gains. The Manager EHS Safety must have an understanding of current best practices in EHS. The Manager Environmental Health and Safety works collaboratively with all business teams and supports all areas to assess soundness of the safety environment. Roles includes understanding the operational risk within all groups, providing related risk assessments and educating all levels and management to achieve overall company goals and minimize financial loss.

Essential Function:

§ Responsible for the strategic direction of the safety initiatives and programs in facilities

§ Develops, implements, monitors, and manages safety programs, policies, and procedures.

§ Ensures the organization complies with all federal, state and local environmental and safety regulations.

§ Manage all environmental permitting

§ Manage Hazardous Waste program

§ First point of contact for all EHS matters.

§ Functions as a technical resource to the organization for expertise in EHS functions and collaborates with internal stakeholders and external partners to refine processes and execute projects that support the EHS strategic plan

§ Responsible for identifying safety program, policy and culture improvement opportunities and then planning, promoting and implementing corrective actions in partnership with affected departments

§ Responsible for supporting daily Health and Safety activities for locations to include management of policy enforcement, emergency response, accident/incident investigation, audits/inspections, training, record keeping, wellness initiatives, review of SDS forms, etc.

§ Drive reduction in accidents/incidents through improvement of communication at all employee levels, understanding employee perceptions of safety programs, engagement of middle and upper management, analysis of leading and lagging indicators, and a proactive mindset for engineering risk out of processes

§ Conduct and manage site specific local, state and federal requirements for emissions, disposal and reporting

§ Manages compliance and testing in support of site specific local, state and federal requirements for emissions, disposal , WWTP reporting

§ Partner with other site EHS Managers to develop, promote and implement corporate Sustainability projects, collect and validate key metrics and KPIs, waste/scrap reduction, recycling activities

§ Provide operational risk direction, guidance and education, and provide input on operational risk issues, e.g. incidents/ complaints/ errors, operational risk part of new products, policies & procedures, business resiliency

§ Conduct or coordinate safety related training in the field via new employee orientation ongoing training and retraining initiatives

§ Investigate accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures; to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future and to report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing

§ Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibility: Yes

Education: Bachelor's degree in relevant field;

Experience: Preferred minimum 3-5 years' experience in safety and risk management

Competencies

• Extensive knowledge of state and federal EHS regulations

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively to groups

• Requires strong multi-tasking skills with ability to plan, organize, implement and evaluate instruction

• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs and capable of mastering multiple EHS-specific computer programs

• Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes

• Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment

• Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy

• One of key liaisons with third party insurance and safety partners

• Coordinate and direct company managers in post-accident handling of workers' compensation claims

• Lead the Safety initiatives and ensure proper documentation and follow up is achieved

• Devise and compile documents & reports to educate, inform and support company leadership

• Independent and self-motivated

• Ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines

• Highly organized and proactive

• Ability to perform error root-cause and trend analysis of issues to prevent reoccurrence

• Skilled in risk and trend identification and mitigation techniques

• Strong influencing skills

• May be required to travel, including overnight and weekends, to attend work-related conferences/ seminars, or assist at company's business locations

• Prefer facilities and manufacturing background

• Strong interpersonal/ influencing/ communication skills-key to make safety an "embedded conversation"

• Continuous evaluation and improvement of company's Risk Control initiatives

• Assist in ensuring company-wide adherence to all federal and state regulations relating to safety in the workplace

• Pro-actively seek enhancements to company's Risk Management programs, resources and educational materials

• Build and maintain relationships at all appropriate levels of management and control functions (e.g., legal, compliance)

• Demonstrate continuous interaction, sharing of best practices to address common control or risk concerns, raising the level of management understanding in terms of emerging risks that impact their business

Certificates: Preferred Certified Safety Professional

Travel: Inter-Company

Work Experience:

Minimum five years EHS Management experience in an industrial or manufacturing, multi-site environment

Environmental/Atmospheric Conditions: Worker exposed to extreme heat and cold with temperatures sufficiently high or low to cause bodily discomfort. Exposed to sufficient noise to cause worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level. Worker exposed to hazards such as proximity to moving mechanical parts. Works in laboratory, production line, and warehouse environments. Worker will be required to wear appropriate PPE.

Physical Demands: Standing and walking - 40% of time on job; sitting - 60% of time on job; climbing stairs and ladders - up to 15 times a day; repeated motion of hands (typing) - 30% of time on job; communicating (talking and listening) - 75% of time on job.

HELPFUL TO THE JOB, NOT CRITICAL: Ability to bend, stoop, and kneel; ability to lift up to 50 pounds and the ability to visually track moving objects

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.