What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Health and Safety Manager position at Generac?
Role And Responsibilities
25% Regulatory Compliance Monitoring and Reporting
25% Regulatory Compliance Monitoring and Reporting
- Serve as the primary hazardous waste engineer, leading efforts to reduce hazardous waste and implement recycling programs. Direct industrial hygiene sampling and support.
- Manage the facility SDS/Hazard Communication program.
- Manage and perform the planning, training, inspection, reporting and recordkeeping requirements for all environmental and safety compliance programs.
- Lead training efforts for EHS related activities within assigned facility.
- Provide engaging environmental, health, and safety leadership to the facility employees
- Lead Executive and Employee Safety Committees.
- Develop and support strategic initiatives designed to produce best in class EHS performance.
- Act as the facility champion for the EHS Drive to Zero program
- Conduct audits to ensure that consistent, best-in-class results and compliance are followed to enable operational excellence.
- Prepare reports of findings with recommendations for corrective action.
- Conduct and document monthly inspections of hazardous waste accumulation/chemical storage areas.
- Perform Job Safety Analysis of all worksite activities and lead actions for controls and countermeasures.
- Leads safety observation efforts in sites within assigned facility.
- Perform ergonomic and safety risk assessments virtually or hands-on for product and process capability.
- Lead the identification, assessment and resolution of ergonomic issues including physical part validation of acceptability to ergonomic standards.
- Observe workers to determine proper use of prescribed safety equipment and procedures.
- Train and demonstrate proper use of safety equipment.
- Investigate incidents (including injuries, property damage, near misses, releases, and losses) to determine root causes and prepares/directs corrective and preventive action plans.
- Acts as facility champion for implementation of risk reduction controls.
- Minimize waste by driving initiatives surrounding reduction, recycling and supply chain partnerships
- Act as SAP Super User within functional area as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience;
- 5 years of progressive EHS experience;
- 3 years of implementation experience with safety related programs
- Master’s in Business Administration, Engineering, or EHS related field;
- Experience within a manufacturing environment
- Solid understanding of waste management regulations;
- Experience in the implementation of lean principals and improvements.
- CHMM, CSP, CIH, or PE Certification;
- Previous experience using SAP or equivalent ERP.
- Previous experience with meeting FTZ/Security requirements
- Experience preparing semi-annual and annual environmental reports (e.g., Tier II, emission inventory, hazardous waste, TRI, air permit monitoring, etc.)