What are the responsibilities and job description for the EHS Manager position at Black Box Careers?
Safety Managers are responsible for:
Inspects and evaluates the work environment, processes, to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and standards.
Their chief goal is to protect the employees, customers, and the environment.
Recommends changes to protect and educate workers on how to prevent health problems through the use of safety training programs.
Reviews and investigates accidents reports to identify root causes and find ways to prevent them in the future.
Conducts project inspections, determining unsafe conditions, conducts weekly safety meetings at customer sites.
Ability to detect and solve problems effectively.
Builds a working relationship with General Contractors to ensure all safety measures are working properly.
Maintains day-to-day oversight of safety programs and compliance.
Ensures federal, state, and local standards and regulations are observed.
Reviews new standards, rules, and regulations to determine relevancy to the company's operations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in occupational safety and health or similar discipline, or five (5) years of equivalent training and experience that provides a comprehensive understanding of occupational safety and health principles and practices may be substituted for a degree
- 5 years of experience working in EH&S.
- Solid understanding of OSHA, DOT and Worker's Compensation regulations
- Ability to provide leadership and education at all levels
- Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously in safety environment and be an active resource for assigned team
- Strong influencer and communicator
- Strong ability to work in changing environment, see through complexity
- Ability to be effective in a highly matrixed environment, to effectively communicate with and influence all levels of the organization and drive change
- Demonstrated successful experience in working in a demanding, high performance work environment and team oriented culture
- Must be able to think and act strategically, but also be willing to “roll up sleeves” for all safety functions