- Location
- TBC Sandersville, United States of America
- Type
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Education
- Bachelor
- Source
- Workday
Description
It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Position Overview
Safety and Environmental Manger, responsible for the development, coordination and management of effective company safety and environmental program in a lean environment. Develops behavior-based safety learning and training.
Areas of Focus
Safety and Environmental Manger demonstrates professional and community involvement and leadership both within the safety and environmental field and the community.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates the EHS programs to ensure a safe environment consistent with regulatory, environmental, and company requirements and needs
- Promotes the company mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives by formulating plans, procedures, and objectives for EHS programs and by evaluating effectiveness of the program
- Creates and maintains a work environment that encourages open communication and positive employee relations to establish a climate of openness and trust
- Seeks out opportunities for staff involvement and innovation to promote employee creativity and to generate ideas to improve functions, devise solutions, and implement plans
- Operates and maintains water treatment and wastewater equipment, ensuring compliance with state and federal environmental protection limits
- Prepares reports and maintains logs for water treatment systems on meter readings, tests, chemical and equipment usage, and all other record-keeping requirements
- Build a cohesive team with the skills necessary to successfully meet the departmental/company objectives and strategies
- Delivers training information in a formal classroom setting, and conducts on-the-job training on various safety and environmental programs to all required facility personnel.
- Keeps various safety and environmental records and logbooks up to date
- Works with medical department to follow high-cost or precedent-setting workers’ compensation cases
- Is required to assist with cost-control efforts, and participate in manufacturing improvement committees, and the like
- Interfaces with OSHA, and various environmental programs inspectors
- Study, plan and formulate new and revised safety programs, JSA’s, and rules: prepare recommendations and implement for conformance
- Responsible for effective application of safety and environmental policies and practices and to investigate and eliminate hazardous conditions and unsafe practices
- Through safety and environmental training sessions, meetings, manuals, bulletins, films, etc., keep supervisory personnel apprised of hazardous conditions and practices, recommend injury prevention measures
- Conducts industrial hygiene studies that may involve exposure to dust, fumes, mists, gases, vapors, noise, heat, and cold
- Assesses new developments in the safety and environmental field that may have application to the company's operations
- Keeps apprised of developments in federal and state safety and applicable environmental laws likely to affect the company
- Coordinates safety and industrial hygiene to obtain optimum service with insurance carriers
- Investigates serious injuries/incidents in conjunction with line and staff personnel, Human Resources and Occupational Health Nurse and ensures corrective measures are implemented.
- Assists line and staff management to understand OSHA regulations and standards, including guidance on handling OSHA compliance, inspections and citations
- Manages and maintains appropriate permitting requirements
- Supervises approximately 4 (hourly) direct reports and (1) salaried non-exempt
- Evaluates performance, provides feedback, and completes performance reviews
- Supervises and trains light technical and hourly personnel in performing supporting tasks
- Manages the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous waste generated at the facility to comply with local, State, and Federal requirements.
- Completes regulatory required reporting in the areas of air, water, waste, hazardous material, and health and safety
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health and Safety, or related field or equivalent experience
- 8-10 years’ experience
- Working knowledge of safety regulations, OSHA, EPA, hazardous materials, and emergency preparedness
- Willingness to travel to other company locations or for training purposes.
- Proficient with Microsoft Word Excel, PowerPoint and Access
- Effective written and verbal communication skills are essential
- Required to be able to stand, sit, walk, and climb ladders in order to perform inspections of the facility and work in an office and manufacturing environment.
- Must be capable of wearing respiratory protection.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bilingual Spanish
- CSP and/or CIH
- First aid/CPR instructor
- Forklift instructor certified
- Successful completion of, and hold certificates in, courses such as hazmat technician and emergency responder, water treatment operation, and other safety and environmental topics
if you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
Skills
ExcelCPRComplianceOSHAForklift