Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager

Global manufacturing company seeks an Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager for their Birmingham area plant.

Responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating departmental activities of a comprehensive Safety, Health, and Environmental program for a 400 employee manufacturing plant.

• Develops and executes strategic departmental long- and short-range plans to support the company vision and mission as it relates to environmental, safety, and health of the workplace
• Develops, deploys, promotes and maintains health and safety management systems including policies, programs, procedures, and processes designed to identify hazards, assess risk and identify solutions to manage risk and ensure compliance with applicable regulations and company requirements
• Mage the effective operation and administration of the plants environmental, health & Safety management systems to ensure system reliability for maximum performance
• Develops coordinators, managers, and associates through coaching, feedback, and continued training activities to assist them in developing skills and talents necessary to execute their health and safety responsibilities
• Manages environmental health and safety-related communication flow and coordination between departmental resources for safety performance, improvement strategies/initiatives and compliance issues
• Serves as liaison for regulatory agencies and for effective case management with the worker compensation carrier
• Establishes, implements, and ensures compliance in investigating and reporting incidents involving injuries, illnesses, property damage, and near miss cases
• Designs, implements, reviews, and leads safety related training programs for associates
• Ensures safety and environmental compliance to all federal, state, and local safety regulations
• Position has 2 direct reports

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Safety, Environmental, Engineering, or relevant area of study
• 5+ professional experience in health and safety in a manufacturing environment