Environmental, Health and Safety Director jobs in Columbus, GA

Description

Drive excellent SHE performance through support and development of management systems to ensure safety and health regulatory compliance, and SHE program implementation at Columbus Campus which consist of Aludyne Foundry and Machining Columbus, GA. The scope of the Managers regulatory compliance and management systems will apply broadly within the SHE Department’s responsibilities but will primarily focus on casualty and property risk control; administer Aludyne Employee Health and Safety management practices under the OSH Act; administer Aludyne Employee Health Safety Environmental management practices under the ISO 14000 Standards. 

• Responsible for organizing, implementing, administering and maintaining Aludyne safety and health programs (OSHA, Industrial Hygiene, Injury and Illness Reporting); and ensuring regulatory compliance with all federal, state and local regulations as well as Aludyne policies and procedures.
• Determine priorities for safety, health and environmental liabilities in Aludyne diverse work areas and make assignments accordingly. 
• Provide tools and standards required by facility management to ensure compliance with safety and health reporting requirements to federal and state agencies and Aludyne.
• Organize, develop and implement policies, procedures and programs to ensure that safety and health are maintained throughout the organization in a cohesive and unified manner.
• Develop and implement safety and health programs in response to new regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that supervisors, managers and plant personnel are trained to better execute their safety and health responsibilities.

Requirements

  DUTIES OR ACTIVITIES REQUIRED

• Develop reports and recommendations independently. Assist other employees in developing reports and recommendations. 
• Participate in interdisciplinary team to discuss multidisciplinary approaches to resolving safety & health issues. 
• Make recommendation with respect to equipment purchase, engineering controls, workspace planning and work process planning. 
• Provide leadership and direction to professional and technical staff and participate in the professional development of staff. 
• Administer and coordinate all plant safety and industrial hygiene activities. 
• Ensure compliance with all federal and state OSHA regulations.  
• Provide safety training (Hazard Communication, Lockout/Tagout, personal protection equipment, respirator use, incident investigation, etc.
• Review and investigate accidents, injuries and illnesses that have occurred; determine root causes and interface with plant staff to ensure that corrective actions are completed. 
• Work with process managers to determine that proper safeguards and personal protective equipment requirements are included in the manufacturing process.
• Provide input to engineers for development or improvement of engineering controls. 
• Contribute to the design of new facilities where hazardous materials will be used, or hazardous processes will be located.
• Regulatory research - keep current on OSHA, Community Right to Know, Federal and State regulations. 
• ISO 14000 - coordinate, administer and direct implementation of Aludyne Employee Health and Safety management practices ISO 14000. 
• Regulatory Assistance - work with manufacturing and engineering to improve Aludyne overall safety and health compliance programs.

Education

B.S. in Industrial Safety and Health, Engineering or other related fields.

Related Experience: 5-10 years in safety and health related functions and administration, 

preferably in manufacturing.

Specialty Training or Working knowledge of Federal and State Safety and Health regulations. 

Competence: Certified Safety Professional registration considered a plus.

Equipment/Software General knowledge of Word for Windows, Lotus Notes, Excel, and Power

Skills: Point is a plus. AutoCAD, Visio, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic etc. is considered to be a plus. 

Other comments: Responsible for analyzing and determining the applicability of Safety.

Health and Environmental regulations as they pertain to Aludyne and ensuring that corrective action programs are implemented by interfacing with SHE, Plant Managers, Engineering Managers, Process/Plant Engineers and other Aludyne personnel as necessary.

Aludyne is an equal employment opportunity employer such that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or other legally protected status. 

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