Job Description

Essential duties and responsibilities

Provides technical expertise, assistance, training, and resources to customers, associates, legal, engineering, and management as needed (i.e., anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control, and minimization of occupational injury or disease conditions to ensure employee safety and legal liability)
Develops data tracking mechanisms and maintains data to keep the facility’s visual safety management programs current
Advises plant management on proactive and reactive safety initiatives. Conducts job safety analysis, machine guarding, ergonomic and other assessments to make recommendations for corrective actions to mitigate risk
Works closely together with plant, operations and facility managers to actively identify, control, minimize, mitigate and/or remove risks in site’s day to day operations
Responsible for managing the facility’s Workers Compensation and Modified Duty programs.

Determines OSHA recordability and maintains the facility’s OSHA required documents, i.e. 300, 300A and 301

Collect data and prepare environmental, health and safety reports, such as air emissions, hazard waste, storm water, tier II and accident/incident reports
Participate in and facilitate HS&E audits, front-end process engineering events focusing on risk assessment, evaluation of new processes, and review of facility layouts for potential HS&E issues.
Oversees industrial hygiene activities including but not limited to noise, hazardous material sampling, Safety Data Sheet (SDS) review and PPE assessments, etc.
Develops customized safety communications for the facility (e.g., Newsletters, Safety Alerts, etc.)

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

Drive Customer Focus   
Display Global Perspective
Cultivate Innovation
Make Sound Decisions
Manage Execution
Ensure Accountability
Drive Collaboration
Engage & Inspire Others
Develop People
Build Trust
Maintains a professional persona reflective of a first level leader in the organization

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

Ability to openly and effectively communicate about continuous improvement, build credibility through relationships, and provide leadership to the program.
Demonstrated presentation skills
Excellent speaking-listening-writing skills and attention to detail.
Proficient with Microsoft Applications: Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
Be a self-starter with excellent organizational skills in planning and organizing to handle multiple tasks concurrently.
Advanced problem solving capabilities, attention to detail and numerical aptitude.
Ability to work in multidisciplinary team
Planning and organizational skills, such as time and resource allocation

CERTIFICATIONS/ACCREDITATIONS

Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and/or Certified Industrial Hygiene (CIH) strongly preferred

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 5 years health and safety experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Minimum 5 years management experience
Experience reviewing and interpreting industry regulations and developing facility strategies to support personnel safety and compliance
Microsoft Excel - intermediate to advanced skills required
Microsoft Access experience strongly preferred

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS ENABLING SUCCESS:

Ability to work on multiple projects and collaborate with various levels of operating management in a complex manufacturing environment to identify and mitigate actual or potential safety risks
Able to work closely with other operational personnel to solve problems and improve operations and achieve 100% compliance
Ability to effectively lead and participate in a team environment.
Capable of handling difficult situations and conflicts in an ever-changing manufacturing environment
Exceptional interpersonal and analytical communication skills both written and verbal
Ability to partner effectively with the line organization to drive accountability for safety and zero incident mentality
Proven experience as a team player with a strong commitment to the HS&E profession
Demonstrated ability to display a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail 
Excellent organization and time management skills 

EDUCATION

Bachelor or Master’s degree in Safety Engineering, Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or related field
Experience may be considered in lieu of a degree under unique circumstances.