Environment, Health and Safety Manager

Overall Responsibilities:Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with all applicable state and federal EHS rules and regulations and LEER Group EHS policies, safety training requirements, workers compensation management, accident prevention, incident reporting, investigations and reviews, risk assessment and EHS auditing and assessment. The position is responsible for applying LEER Group’s corporate policies and ensuring compliance and accurate reporting in terms of environmental health and safety. RESPONSIBILITIES:Responsible for reviewing and updating existing facility EHS policies and procedures assuring their alignment with corporate and governmental regulations/policies and recommend changes as appropriate. Ensure facility compliance with all State, Local and Federal Regulations relating to EHS such as federal and state OSHA, EPA, CalOSHA, NFPA; Maintains positive relationship with Regulatory Agencies. Remains current in changing EHS regulations to actively advise the organization as to potential business impact. Provide EHS leadership by partnering with operational business functions to enable efficient knowledge transfer of key skills to manager, supervisors and employees. Develop proactive safety plans in support of 5S and other PPS / lean initiatives that provide solutions necessary to build and sustain a safe working culture. Analyze/trend observation data and spend a significant amount of time on the production floor to identify needed safety improvement projects. Drive constant improvement in human, equipment, chemical, facility safety awareness and conformance to safe practices on and off the job. Continually seek opportunities to improve the knowledge and skill of the facility management and supervisors to positively impact the safe operations of the business. Analyze/interpret company safety metrics to proactively target and eliminate injury to associates through the development of facility-specific reduction plans. Execute a comprehensive facility inspection process to ensure continuous improvement while maintaining regulatory compliance. Demonstrated ability to perform root cause analysis of incident/accident investigations. Supports HR in Worker’s Comp. reviews and ensures compliance. Participates and helps facilitate monthly safety team meetings for each division. Conducts regularly scheduled safety Audits Company wide. Participates with local emergency response ensuring that there is site preparedness for any crisis. Characteristics and skills:Ability to multitask, effective time management skills and a basis for action. Must have fluent computer skills in Microsoft Office and related software packages. Travel is required up to 50%. Ability to develop and implement environmental health and safety processes and procedures unaided. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Effective Presentation Skills. Very sharp, innovative, and accustomed to “figuring it out.” Experienced with complex environments – e.g., multi-state, large employee base with unique demands. Ability to lead, motivate and influence others to obtain objectives. Mature judgment and decision-making ability. Work well within a team environment.Educational and other requirements: 2-5 years of overall experience in a lean manufacturing environmental health and safety field. Must be able to maintain specialized knowledge of federal and state EH & S regulations including OSHA, EPA, IDEM, NFPA, etc. and other industry concerns EH & S guidelines and best practices. Experience managing environmental issues such as Title V Air reports, Form R reports, Stormwater, and hazardous waste including recordkeeping and reporting. CSP preferred. Experience in fiberglass is strongly preferred. Domestic travel 25% - International 25% CODE OF ETHICS: LEER GROUP requires the highest standard of ethics in all business dealings, with customers, suppliers, advisors, employees, and authorities. TheDirector of Operations shall actively ensure that his/her own activities and those of all employees within the facility meet this obligation. LEER GROUP’s critical standards and procedures related to expected conduct are detailed on the company website. The Director of Operations is expected to be familiar with these policies and ensure that they are implemented in all areas of control. SAFETY: Safety is paramount at any LEER GROUP operation. The EHS Manager is expected to be familiar with the company’s safety program and enforce the safety policy always. Never walk past an unsafe act.