EHS Specialist jobs in Ketchikan, AK

Description

Trident Seafoods is the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with primary seafood processing operations and fleet support in twelve Alaska communities. Trident’s global operations produce finished wild Alaska seafood products in 6 countries and its sales teams serve customers in over 50 countries. Trident employs approximately 9,000 people worldwide each year and partners with over 5,400 independent fishermen and crewmembers. Species harvested and processed by Trident include virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska. The global supply chain also includes cultured and wild species from a network of trusted sources worldwide.

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Summary:

The Environmental Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for planning, developing, implementing, updating, and administering EHS policies, procedures, programs, and training at assigned location(s) to ensure compliance with all Company standards and governmental regulations that protect Trident employees and assets.

Essential functions (responsibilities, tasks, supervisory needs)

• Partners with Plant Management, Human Resources and Corporate Safety to deploy and implement the Trident Safety Process and to fully prepare or maintain facilities for OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) accreditation.
• Develops and manages inspection procedures to identify and address areas presenting hazard or risk.
• Establishes reporting procedures to track and document inspection findings.
• Evaluates hazardous conditions or practices and develops and implements effective and sustainable hazard control practices and programs.
• Develops and implements training programs to cover emergency procedures, environmental compliance, workplace safety, and other areas consistent with governmental regulations and business needs. Maintains training records.
• Ensures safety compliance by overseeing Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory shifts other regulatory related activities and procedures.
• Establishes, tracks, and delivers workers’ compensation cost reduction and containment practices and procedures.
• Plans and directs safety and industrial hygiene services and monitors third-party administration of the Workers Compensation program.
• Ensures Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are in place and followed during release of or exposure to hazardous waste and/or pollutants
• Maintains documentation for regulatory and Company compliance.
• Leads or monitors safety committee meetings, and related activities.
• Manages annual Trident Internal Safety audits, Tabletop and Drill activities.
• Provides support during OSHA, EPA, and any other regulatory audits.
• Defines and prioritizes site programs to meet the needs of regulatory compliance, risk analysis recommendations, corporate policies and site-specific procedures and audit findings. Assists plant staff in prioritization of action items to address gaps.
• Oversees safety processes related to the Trident Performance System.
• Identifies sources of safety and health risk and develops programs, policies, and procedures. Perform risk analysis/JSA/JHA on job task. Maintains Lock-Out Tag-Out (LOTO) program.
• Investigates fatalities, serious injuries, and near misses that occur at company facilities. Reviews company accident statistics and makes recommendations for correction of problem areas
• Works with HR and local management to resolve personnel and performance issues for dotted-line reports and determines appropriate course of action.
• Manages a team of EHS staff. Sets priorities. Completes performance reviews. Provides guidance, direction, coaching and feedback.

Minimum Requirements

Required Qualifications (education, years of experience, KSAs)

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Safety, or other relevant technical fields (or equivalent combination of education and additional experience).
• A minimum of 5 years of increasing responsibilities in EHS and/or environmental & safety programs in manufacturing, production, or a related industry
• 2 years of leadership experience required, such as participation in projects or coordinating the work of others.
• HAZWOPER certification is required or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Working knowledge of all applicable local, regional, and federal requirements.
• Strong knowledge of Washington State L&I and OHSA regulations, safety practices.
• Ability to establish and evaluate strategic goals and metrics for measuring success.
• Strong collaboration, analytical, influential, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with site management.
• Must be results-oriented with the ability to drive continuous improvement within the Safety and Occupational Health department as well as the overall organization
• Strong working knowledge technology and equipment used in environmental inspections.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Preferred education and experience

• Occupational Health-Safety and/or accredited professional certification professional strongly preferred.
• Experience in the Seafood industry highly desired. Experience managing a team is strongly preferred

Work environment (includes travel/on-call):

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is frequently required to climb or balance.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

The employee moves objects.

• regularly up to 10 pounds
• frequently up to 25 pounds
• occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

Work authorizations:

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship