Engineering Manager jobs in Kingsport, TN

Overview

As an employee at MEC, you will provide support to manufacturing operations by overseeing and executing MEC’s Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Programs to promote a safe and healthy work environment, complying with all local, federal, and company requirements.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as deemed necessary.

• Ensure adherence to current MEC policies and procedures in addition to suggesting updates as needed to comply with local, state, and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules and regulations.
• Conduct regular safety audits with department heads and ensure that current Environmental plans are adequate for each area, in addition to Machine Guarding, PPE, and Hazard Assessments.
• Develop and Lead a Safety Committee/Team at each location with cross functional representation from Manufacturing.
• Develop, maintain and deliver effective safety training (A power user of Power Point and Excel)
• Lead the investigation of accidents, incidents and near misses to determine appropriate corrective or preventative measures are implemented and follow up to ensure measures are communicated across all shifts and sustained (Formal experience with Root Cause Analysis and 8D problem solving)
• Review all accident reports and is involved in the administration of workers' compensation program, including working with the insurance carrier to reduce employee lost time.
• Utilize Industry Safe, Sentry Insurance and M3 to pull past incident/accident history to identify trends and develop an action plan to target and reduce/eliminate these incidents going forward. (Experience with these a plus)
• Present the safety portion of Orientation in Mayville and represents the organization in community or industry safety groups and programs.
• Ensure all required safety training is evaluated, updated and adequately covered in a way that connects with our employees in addition to maintaining these training records.
• Lead the facility Hazard Recognition Team and facilitate team meetings.
• Coordinates Industrial Hygiene sampling for air, noise, and other environmental exposure.
• Partner with outside Environmental services to plan and administer compliance efforts.

Qualifications

Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in safety or related field; three years’ experience in manufacturing; knowledge of paint and coating processes a plus; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience leading ISO 14001' to the posting? Atkins is asking to have this new person lead/drive ISO 14001

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The team member frequently is required to use hands to handle or feel. The team member is frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The team member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The team member is required to always use safe practices. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.