EH&S Manager

BestCo Inc. is a privately-held manufacturer located and operated in Mooresville, North Carolina. BestCo is known industry-wide as a leading developer and marketer of innovative, consumer health care products for retailers and marketers of OTC drug products and dietary supplements. BestCo specializes in manufacturing solid dose lozenges, soft chews, and other confectionery-based delivery forms of consumer healthcare products for both private label and contract manufacturing partners. BestCo combines nearly a century’s worth of confectionery experience with emerging consumer healthcare insights to create unique products for our customers. BestCo strives to be a pioneer and innovator in the field of confectionery delivery forms of OTC drugs and dietary supplements. Check out our website at www.bestco.com or our social media pages on LinkedIn and Facebook.

BestCo is currently looking for a EH&S Manager, to be located at our Mooresville, NC facility.

Position Summary:

The EH&S Manager, in conjunction with the Sr EH&S Manager is expected to monitor site safety and health programs and implement actions when necessary to correct any deficiencies. Primary responsibilities will include OSHA compliance, incident investigation, and implementation of strategies for company interdependent safety culture. This position will work with management to help drive continuous improvement of EHS performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures compliance of environmental, health, and safety requirements and regulations enforced through OSHA, EPA, DOT, FDA, and other state and federal regulations.
• Act as a key leader for internally motivated safety values, where the team works together to promote organizational pride in safety, care for coworkers’ personal safety, and encourages discussion about safe and unsafe behaviors.
• Oversight of programs for lockout/tagout, emergency preparedness, hazard communication, confined spaces, elevated work, material handling and pedestrian safety, ergonomics, hearing conservation, personal protective equipment, machine guarding, respiratory protection, combustible dusts, industrial hygiene, electrical safety, storage rack safety, radiation safety, contractor safety, and chemical storage.
• Key role in updating EH&S programs, policies, and procedures.
• Survey, compile, analyze, and report data related to occupational risks in the workplace to prioritize activities.
• Recommend and implement control measures for exposure to hazardous materials or conditions.
• Maintain EH&S metrics, recordkeeping, and communications.
• Conduct incident investigations including root cause analysis with corrective actions identified to prevent recurrence.
• Work with cross functional teams to drive completion of action items.
• Brings best in class ideas to foster continuous improvement in environmental, health, and safety areas.
• Key facilitator for EHS training for employees, supervisor competency, and development of Job Safety Analysis (JSA) documentation.
• Comfortable spending significant time in production areas as a site resource for EH&S.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Safety, Engineering, Science, or other technical field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in an Environmental, Health and Safety position in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in developing and implementing EH&S systems and processes including audits, programs, and training.
• Prior experience establishing a safety culture in a company.
• Demonstrated ability to recognize risks and recommend controls for workplace hazards.
• Effective public speaker, facilitator, trainer, and problem solver.
• Be comfortable working in a cross-functional matrix organization.
• Must be able to work independently under pressure in a fast-paced, team oriented, ever-changing manufacturing environment.

Preferred Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S and Kaizen events
• Registered professional certification from a nationally recognized board (Certified Safety Professional, Certified Safety Auditor, OSHA 500, or similar certification)
• Working knowledge of MS Office, data entry, SAP system, etc.
• OSHA VPP Star certification experience
• Prior cGMP or pharmaceutical experience
• Prior experience with wastewater and storm water
• Trained radiation safety officer

"NO OUTSIDE RECRUITING AGENCIES"

All offers of employment are conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation, drug screen, and employment eligibility verification (E-verify).

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)