Highlands Region EHS Director

Position Summary :

The EHS Culture starts with you.  As our Region EHS Director, you set the tone for our growing and dynamic company.  Your role is a combination of reducing risk, preventing injuries, monitoring environmental and safety compliance, and creating an EHS culture.  You’ll be part of a team environment – working directly with the EHS, Corporate, Region, and other supporting leadership.  You are accountable for helping create, develop, and administer the EHS strategy and operating rhythms.  You are encouraged to be innovative and collaborative.

Overview :

The Region EHS Director provides leadership within the Region locations and its functional framework, while partnering with TRP Leaders to establish vision and strategy and advance a culture of EHS throughout these locations.  This individual will support planning and implementation of various programs to ensure a safe, healthy, and incident free work environment for every team member.  The role will also provide technical and compliance expertise, support the day-to-day region operations of health and safety, and ensure proper reporting practices of all injuries, health and safety concerns, environmental regulatory compliance, audit / inspection corrective actions, safety matters, and motor vehicle collisions.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities :

• Support TRP with establishing the “ROAD TO ZERO” safety culture by working closely with the EHS Leadership Team to implement proactive methods to drive the EHS programs, policies, and procedures through your assigned region.
• The development of health and safety programs and standards at an Enterprise and Region level is accountable for achieving year-over-year reductions in the frequency and severity of occupational injuries, illness, incident, and motor vehicle collisions.
• Providing strategic vision, leadership, and operational execution of EHS performance consistent with TRP expectations.
• Leads safety programs including, but not limited to incident reduction, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, and employee engagement.
• Supports the development and implementation of TRP – EHS Strategic Initiatives – internal EHS Management System and performance.
• Serves as an EHS subject matter expert and coaches others within the region operations.
• Researches, evaluates, and recommends changes to improve the EHS performance.
• Provides support to the Region during regulatory inquiries, enforcement proceedings, and litigation.
• Provides visibility on EHS progress, performance, and issues to the Executive VP of EHS and Operational Leadership Teams.
• Provide daily and continuous EHS support to the EHS Team and locations.
• Implement and monitor compliance with federal and state H&S regulations and TRP Company EHS – SOPs and Policies.
• Ensure effective and sustainable EHS Management System, programs, and processes are in place.
• Partner with and educate region functions to assure that employee safety, practices, and compliance with EHS regulations are supported.
• Establish, input, and report metrics pertinent to the EHS activities.
• Manage EHS job functions for duties such as facility and jobsite observations, risk assessments, EHS training and compliance, workplace incident analysis, ergonomic assessments, traffic control measures, EHS inspections, corrective action / preventative action status, data collection and analysis of internal audits and systems.
• Conduct compliance reviews, general risk assessments and other EHS assessments to support the TRP – EHS Management System program.
• Provide daily guidance and direction in EHS programs to the Region and TRP Leadership to ensure a common and effective approach.
• Coach, train, guide, support, and mentor the EHS Team through the TRP - EHS Management System.
• Review all accidents / incidents and motor vehicle collisions and investigate, analysis, report, and manage the corrective actions.
• Lead, participate, and support severe / critical incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis as needed.
• Ability to work with employees and leadership to achieve cultural change.

Education and Experience

Benefits

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