Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Job Type
Full-time

Description

SUMMARY: THE EHS Manager is accountable for the Environment, Health, and Safety Programs at our multiple sites. The EHS Manager provides site leadership in Environmental Compliance, Health, and Safety for all employees. Specifically, this individual is accountable for the development, implementation, and support of strategies, systems and programs executed by site leaders towards the goals of zero health and safety incidents, and 100% compliance to all local, State, and Federal regulations requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

- Manage and update all environmental programs and permits for the site wastewater treatment and discharge, storm water, hazardous waste, SPCC, water usage, and other regulatory requirements as they pertain to the specific location.
- Prepare, review, and submit compliance reports to local, state, federal environmental and regulatory agencies.
- Lead development, execution, and improvement of all EHS systems, programs, policies, and procedures delivering EHS excellence to Ozarks Coca-Cola.
- Lead execution of a strong CAPA (Corrective Action / Preventative Action) program that drives company improvement in Safety and Environmental Health.
- Develop and implement safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Department of Transportation (DOT).
- Manage OSHA recordkeeping database and provide quantitative and qualitative monthly reports and other necessary governmental reports.
- Regularly inspect and monitor the facilities to ensure that the company is fully operating in compliance with OSHA, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), and ISO regulations and guidelines.
- Lead the root cause analysis of accidents and incidents and collaborate to develop strategies to reduce the frequency and severity of accidents.
- Participate in incident management (IRB) with regards to environmental compliance and safety.
- Define problems, collect data, establish facts, analysis quality data and draw valid conclusions.
- Identify company safety training needs to develop and coordinate safety training programs.
- Conduct and/or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety practices and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.
- Recommend safety devices for buildings, vehicles or equipment to maintenance and fleet managers.
- Develop and implement the required Hazard Communication program, including required Hazard Communication training.
- Conduct annual employee safety drills (fire and tornado)
- Prepare and maintain Emergency Action Plans
- Prepare and train employees on evacuation protocols
- Conduct Annual Manager Safety Training
- Schedule annual hearing tests
- Maintain compliance with First Aid supplies
- Conduct quarterly safety reviews, report to facility managers, and follow up with action plans
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Other duties as assigned or requested

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: No direct supervisory responsibility.

COMPETENCIES: Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills, competent computer skills in use of word, excel and PowerPoint, with ability to create spreadsheets for analysis and tracking of various information.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS: TO perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

- Bachelor’s degree and three to five years’ minimum related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Excellent Analytical and Organizational Skills
- Knowledge of OSHA and DOT regulations.
- Multi-plant EHS, ISO,14001,45001 experience
- Beverage manufacturing industry experience
- Microsoft proficiency including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze and interpret policies, compliance guidelines, and other legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from employees, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to present information to the management team, public groups, and/or board of directors.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Must be able to compute rate, ratio, and percent; with the ability to develop and interpret graphs used for presentations or reports.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions supplied in both written and verbal format.

COMPUTER SKILLS: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), and HRIS System.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: ISO 9001, FSSC 22000

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: None

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: None

TRAVEL REQUIRED: Travel required between locations

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.

The employee must occasionally lift, push, pull, carry and/or move from 10 to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, typical office work environment.