Broad Function and Purpose of Position:Develop, organize, administer, and maintain the Company’s Environmental Health & Safety Program. Minimize the number and reduce the severity of in-plant accidents and injuries while maintaining the efficiency of the Corporation and the well-being of its employees and customers, as well as the community. The EH&S Program must comply with all federal, state, corporate and international policies and procedures. The EH&S Program must be goal-oriented and driven towards continuous improvement.Specific Responsibilities:Environmental, Health & Safety Program management:Act as the authority in all areas of Environmental, Health & Safety, ergonomics, and industrial hygiene.Keep Management apprised of developments in federal and state EH&S laws and regulations.Develop, organize, administer, and track corporate Safety Training Programs. Implement and maintain monthly, quarterly and annual training programs.Integrate all Corporate and Regional Environmental, Health & Safety programs into daily operations.Work with corporate- and facility-level teams to assure that new or modified processes equipment is designed to ergonomic standards and meets regulatory requirements.Communicate safety-related issues through memos, reporting metrics, safety newsletters, on-site meetings, and through the disbursement of relevant publications.Submit monthly and yearly State and Federal EH&S reportsMaintain ISO and 14001 ProgramsMaintain the Injury and Illness Tracking Programs.Manage programs such as GENSUITE Compliance Manager to ensure legal compliance with all EH&S applicable internal requirements and local and federal regulations and rules.Lead all Near Miss, and Accident Investigation root cause analysis. Implement corrective actions to prevent re-occurrence.Establish targets and long-range accident prevention and cost-control objectives.Work with the Human Resources Department Workman's Compensation team to reduce costs associated with lost time injuries and assist in developing return to work program.
