Enviromental Health & Safety Manager

Essential Functions

• Develop health and safety procedures and programs for all departments and monitor safety compliance to reduce risks.
• Maintain contingency plans, including fire prevention, and procedures for controlling hazardous spills in accordance with government regulation and insurance company requirements.
• Supervise maintenance of material safety data sheets so they are always accessible according to regulations.
• Develop inspection policies and establish regular inspection schedules.
• Supervise training sessions for emergency preparedness, confined spaces, electrical safety, machine guarding, fall protection, and forklift safety.
• Maintain EPA records of hazardous waste, air emission permitting, and water pollution discharge, as well as industrial health monitoring and records of employee hazard exposure according to OSHA regulations.
• Monitor professional literature and attend seminars to stay current with governmental compliance requirements.

Job Qualifications

• Excellent skills in written and oral communication.
• Basic computer skills with both word processing and database applications.
• Ability to drive and inspect both outdoor and indoor areas to observe compliance with established programs.
• Good communication skills, verbal, non-verbal and written.
• Five years of management experience in the field.
• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and health, environmental science, or related subjects.

Preferred: Master’s degree or a professional designation like OHST, ASP, or CSP is desirable.

Environment

• Spend approximately 50% of time walking and touring manufacturing areas.
• Use computer, printer, copier, and telephone.
• Requires walking (50%), standing (50%) and sitting (10%).
• Requires full range of body motion such as twisting, bending, squatting, climbing, reaching above/below shoulders, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Required safety equipment: hair/beard net, safety glasses and ear plugs.
• Requires travel by plane and auto for training and exposure to new processes and equipment, visiting vendors/customers.