MANAGER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY

Job Summary

By effectively partnering with operations and other facility management leadership, the Manager Environmental Health & Safety advocates and assists in maintaining a safe and healthy working environment in a manufacturing setting.  This position is responsible for managing risk by inspecting work areas to determine potential safety and health hazards, identifying safety and health issues, reducing or eliminating unsafe working conditions, and ensuring compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations. 

Essential Functions

 Job duties may change over time and additional job functions may become essential.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


* Provide leadership and direction around all safety and health regulations, policies, and procedures, and assure continuity and consistency of safety policies and procedures.


* Assist in controlling hazardous working conditions and unsafe employee activities through collaboration with supervisory personnel.


* Participate in developing and conducting safety and health training programs that are specific to the work environment and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.


* Lead the investigation and root cause analysis process for safety and health incidents in a timely manner.


* Work with Operations Management to drive safety and health awareness and create safe work practices by implementing programs and procedures.


* Review and recommend the safeguards necessary for safety and health practices during the installation, implementation or modification of equipment or processes.


* Conduct data analysis, communicate safety performance metrics and goals for operations, and regularly track and report progress against safety goals.


* Evaluate and analyze injuries and related trends and work directly with Operations Management to perform root cause analysis and corrective action to prevent reoccurrence.


* Proactively evaluation laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Company and work with the Director – Health, Safety and Security on program initiatives, development and implementation.


* Perform inspections as it relates to storm water, wastewater, solid waste, industrial hygiene, air, etc.


* Serves various leadership and support roles on Safety Committees and multiple cross-functional teams.


* Serve as a primary resource for safety and health questions and concerns for employees, supervisors and managers.


* Lead the industrial hygiene process to identify, measure, analyze and manage workplace hazards or stressors from chemical, biological, ergonomic, and physical exposures.

 This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all of the “essential functions” for purposes of the ADA.

Expected Areas of Competence 

 Self-motivated with a positive, results-focused attitude.


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