Health and Safety Environmental Lead

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Job Description Summary

Oversees the health, safety and environmental programs and processes for the facility to ensure continuous improvement; an effective accident/incident prevention program; and compliance with government regulations/requirements.

About the role

• Lead the implementation of the entire health, safety and environmental programs and processes to ensure compliance with local and state/provincial regulations, internal and corporate EHS policies, objectives and targets.
• Collaborate with the plant team to develop and implement actions that improve plant health, safety and environmental performance.
• Conduct monthly plant workplace inspections to identify key issues and communicates and follows up on findings.
• Maintains records of health and safety inspections, investigations, corrective and preventive actions, etc.
• Collects HSE data/statistics and reports to the necessary internal and external (Corporate) personnel. Ensures appropriate month end data is collected and inputted into the appropriate databases. Communicate with corporate HSE as required.
• Lead accident investigation and root cause analysis on all injury, property and environmental incidents.
• Ensure corrective actions resulting from accidents, near misses, audits, inspections, risk assessments, or from other reviews, are implemented and appropriate.
• Create and conduct all required HSE training to all employees in accordance with the applicable legislation and corporate requirements.
• Oversee the OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 standards/process as the designated Representative for the systems. Ensures audits are complete and adherence to the standard to ensure certification is maintained.
• Acts as a liaison between the Company and external regulatory agencies.
• Responsible for acquiring and maintaining local, state, and federal permits
• Lead the registration, collection, and disposal of hazardous waste
• Evaluate and analyze injuries and related trends and work with the plant team to address and minimize negative impact.
• Lead the machine risk assessment process and ensure appropriate follow-up and implementation if necessary.
• Develop a communication strategy for the plant team to maintain a high level of safety awareness. Assist the plant team in developing the appropriate strategy to meet the health and safety goals of the facility.
• All other duties assigned by Supervision.
• "Champion Diversity & Inclusion in line with the Company Guidelines"

Required Skills and Education

• Bachelor's Degree or Certificate required in Industrial Safety/ Engineering or related equivalent.
• 2-5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of OHSAS / ISO standards and relevant legislation.
• Certification as a Lead Auditor in ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001 preferred, certification can be obtained if not currently held.
• Experience with OSHA 30 preferred.
• Union environment experience preferred.