Manager, Environmental, Health & Safety

JOB PURPOSE:

The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager will lead the site environmental, health and safety initiatives. They will assist site leadership with establishing site specific policies and standards to ensure compliance with regulatory and JELD-WEN Global EH&S requirements, prevent injuries & illnesses, reduce workers’ compensation costs and help create a strong EH&S culture.
Experience with MS Suite of products, e.g. Excel, Access, Minitab, PowerPoint & Visio required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identifying environmental, health & safety risks and hazards in the workplace and implementing prevention programs
• 30% of work week is on the floor educating and partnering to solve EH&S and training opportunities
• Advising site leaders and employees on how to minimize risks and hazards in the workplace and improve environmental, health & safety performance
• Assisting the site in complying with applicable environmental, health & safety requirements
• Training site employees on environmental, health & safety requirements and the EH&S management system
• Assisting sites with implementing JELD-WEN EH&S programs, policies & standards and EH&S management system
• Training line managers to recognize hazards and risks and leading the line organization in identifying and controlling hazards and risks
• Conducting environmental, health & safety inspections in the workplace
• Managing emergency procedures (such as fire alarm drills)
• Offering general environmental, health & safety advice to all employees
• Reporting injuries, illnesses and near misses to the corporate environmental, health & safety department and business leaders
• Establishing site specific EH&S reports and communicating performance with the site leadership
• Maintaining accurate EH&S records applicable for the site, e.g. OSHA injury & illness logs, environmental permits and testing, training documentation, equipment inspection records, etc.
• Tracking environmental, health & safety inspection and audit findings to closure
• Assisting the plant manager with establishing and maintaining a site environmental, health & safety steering committee, safety committee, strategic annual plan, and training calendar.
• Sharing environmental, health & safety lessons learned and encourage a learning culture on environmental, health & safety.
• Partnering closely with all site leaders to create, maintain and improve our safety environment.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS Safety Engineering, Safety Sciences, Engineering or similar
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) preferred
• 7-10 years of environmental, health & safety experience in a global manufacturing organization
• Experience implementing EH&S Management Systems, e.g. ISO 14001, ANSI Z-10, or ISO 45001
• Significant knowledge of U.S. and California Environmental, Safety & Health laws (CAL OSHA, OSHA & EPA) required
• Experience using web-based systems to support EH&S, e.g. Process Map, Enablon, Gen-Suite, or similar
• Strong communication, presentation, training and facilitation, project management skills are essential
• Proficiency in LEAN and Continuous Improvement manufacturing principles
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Process safety management experience desired
• Exemplary customer service skills and attention to detail
• Advanced skills using the Microsoft suite, including Excel, PowerPoint and Access databases
• Strong analytical skills to analyze safety & health data
• Up to 10% overnight travel required.

NOTE:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed, to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

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