Environment, Health and Safety Manager

As a member of the US/Canada EHS Team, the Tuscaloosa Plant EHS Manager will be responsible for managing and sustaining the EHS management system, driving EHS performance , analyzing and finding trends to drive action.

The Role

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Ensure execution of EHS policies, providing guidance on program feasibility, and implementing EH&S corporate directives and guidelines for locations within responsibility.
• Partner with and influence all departments, Operations, ensuring their needs are supported and coordinated with EHS requirements, guidance, and best practices.
• Perform recurrent (weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual) depending on the necessity) EHS reviews with applicable departments, with key operating leaders and EHS team to ensure a satisfactory performance on EHS metrics and develop and track plant specific improvements plans to drive continuous improvement of EHS programs and processes.
• Establish and maintain appropriate compliance assurance processes and adhere to company specific EHS requirements; Perform and coordinate audits to ensure compliance to applicable legal and other requirements (customers, investor, and corporate requirements) in the assigned plant. Assist with aggressive abatement of findings, and tracking actions to closure.
• Ensure data integrity, accurate and on time reporting.
• Ensure thorough incident investigations are conducted for all significant EHS incidents. Publish EHS Alerts for incidents, and coordinate read across of relevant EHS incidents occurring at assigned company sites.
• Establish, implement, manage & sustain the EHSMS (ISO14001 & ISO45001). Guide initiative-taking plans to identify and control risks.
• Establish relationships with regional governmental agencies, as appropriate; interact and negotiate with governmental entities on behalf of the company.
• Ensure injured worker information is submitted to the Third-Party Administrator (TPA) in a timely manner. Interact with the TPA and medical community to gain an understanding of the status of claims. Interact with plant management to ensure an effective Return to Work program. Create workers' compensation user control reports on a periodic basis. Maintain the OSHA 300 log and ensure injuries/illnesses are accurately logged.
• Ensure the implementation and management of Ergonomic, Sustainability and Continuous Improvement programs to boost the EHS culture.
• Manage the By Product Management Program to assure the right disposition of all by products (waste materials).
• Ensure legal and corporate requirement compliance when opening/closing a plant.
• Coordinate budget planning to ensure needed capital and expense funding is included in the businesses operating plan.

Your Qualifications

• 4 Year University Degree in Occupational Safety or Environmental or associated field desired
• Ability to interact with EHS across multiple sites and across different regions.
• Availability to travel to support EHS leaders toward initiatives implementation.
• Experience executing activity based on standard work and project plans, meeting deadlines, and communicating challenges and opportunities to improve.
• Experience working independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to work effectively with business leaders.

Bonus If You Have

• Master's Degree in Occupational Safety or Environmental or associated field desired
• Previous experience in a JIT manufacturing facility