EHS Coordinator

Role Purpose:

As the Health, Safety, and Environmental (HS&E) Coordinator, reporting directly to the Plant Manager, you play a pivotal role in ensuring compliance with all legislative requirements pertaining to health, safety, and environmental standards. Your primary responsibility is to advocate for and implement key elements of our HS&E management system. Additionally, you provide expert consultation, guidance, and support to managers and colleagues across all aspects of health, safety, and disability management. A solutions-oriented leader, you possess extensive knowledge of OHSA legislation and other relevant regulations.

Major Responsibilities and Activities:

• Lead or assist in implementing and maintaining HS&E company standards.
• Ensure compliance with USA legislative requirements, particularly those in the province of Michigan, related to HS&E.
• Monitor and strive to achieve HS&E performance indicators.
• Conduct training sessions on HS&E requirements for the unit population.
• Actively contribute to the implementation and maintenance of the 5S system.
• Offer expertise, consultation, and advice on health, safety, and disability management to management staff and colleagues.

Specific Activities:

• Address non-conformance reports (NCRs) from previous HSE audits or legal compliance audits.
• Resolve open accident/incident investigation reports.
• Develop or review lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures.
• Conduct personal protective equipment (PPE) assessments for core positions.
• Update job safety analyses (JSAs) and personal development assessments (PDAs) for core positions.
• Conduct quarterly assessments.
• Review and update ergonomic assessments for core positions.
• Conduct new hire orientations.
• Perform workplace inspections, integrating details and evaluating the first three senses of the 5S Program.
• Implement workplace inspections using a mobile app.
• Update Risk Management Plans (RMP) as required by law.
• Deliver safety talks, transitioning to twice-weekly sessions after two months.
• Manage waste streams, track quantities generated, and ensure accurate reporting.
• Review, revise, and update aspects and impacts assessments.

Authority:

• Sign waste manifests and represent the company in health, safety, and environmental matters.
• Issue work permits for hot work, confined spaces, and work at heights.
• Represent the company before certification bodies related to health, occupational safety, and the environment.
• Halt any hazardous activity jeopardizing personnel safety.

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications, Education, Certification, or Equivalent:

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of practical experience in a health and safety role.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to engage effectively with all organizational levels.
• Proficiency in training colleagues on HS&E-related matters.
• Thorough understanding of legislative requirements, including the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
• Experience in claims management, including WSIB and WSIAT appeals processes.
• Proficiency in data management and reporting systems for disability management.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Familiarity with ergonomic principles is advantageous.

Additional Qualifications – Technical or Functional Competency Requirements:

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles is desirable.

Revenue Generation:

• No direct profit/loss responsibility.

Budget Management:

• No budget managed.

Breadth of Responsibility:

• Domestic scope (within a single country).

Reporting Relationships:

• Reports to: Plant Manager
• Dotted Line Reports to: Corporate Quality Manager

Job Type: Contract

Salary: Up to $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Ability to Relocate:

• Romulus, MI: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person