Regional EHS Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Regional EHS Manager/Systems Manager

Location: Remote

Job Type: On-site (25%), Travel (75%)

Reports to: EHS Director

Department: North American Safety

Position Purpose: Ensure safety and well-being of employees and operations within Leadec's facilities. This role is crucial for fostering a culture of safety, maintaining regulatory compliance, and improving safety performance across the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates the values and business principles of Leadec.
• Works safely at all times.
• Partners with regional safety management and facility management to advance the safety leadership skills among management and employee teams to assist them anticipate, identify and evaluate hazardous behaviors, work practices and conditions.
• Effectively lead by guiding and educating internal operational partners on safety best practices and safety policies/procedures with the goal of continually reducing the onset of injuries and improving site safety performance.
• Serve as a technical expert on hazard recognition, assessment & counter-measuring in a variety of industrial environments.
• Periodically review, analyze, and report lead/lag safety data to site Operations leadership as it pertains to injury prevention efforts.
• Coordinate compliance programs/procedures with responsible facility personnel.
• Periodically perform safety management process and regulatory compliance audits.
• Develop, coordinate and/or lead local safety training and education processes.
• Coordination and participation of Leadec's incident investigation process serving primarily as a facilitator and technical advisor.
• Serve as liaison between Leadec sites under their direction and regulatory agencies.
• Assist and advise in the selection of personnel protective equipment.
• Coordinate and assist with industrial hygiene monitoring programs.
• Maintain safety training/medical records in accordance with legal requirements and company policy.
• Ensure all incident/injury reports are submitted properly in accordance with legal requirements and company policy.
• Serve as primary liaison between sites and the Workers' Compensation Manager with regards to injury (Workers' Compensation) claims.
• Coordinate and lead Site Safety Team activities.
• Adhering to and supporting all EHS and Quality objectives, in accordance with ISO 14001, 45001 and 9001 respectively.
• All other duties as assigned by Leadec manager.

Competencies:

• Managing Tasks
• Open Communication
• Self-Management

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Communication Skills - Ability to communicate with all levels of Leadec and customer employees.
• Language Ability -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Customer Service Orientation - Satisfying customers.
• Adaptability - Willingness to deal with unexpected challenges or circumstances.
• Problem Solving - Defining problems and bring about viable solutions.
• Servicing the Customer - Readily initiating actions to meet or exceed the needs of the customer.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization as well as with customers and regulatory agencies.

Position Qualifications:

• Degree in Occupational Safety & Health or related field.
• 3 to 5 years of related experience or equivalent.
• Ability to travel up to 75%.
• Excellent attention to detail and follow-through; a thorough understanding of federal, state, and local safety & health regulations; a full understanding of Leadec Safety Policy.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects/activities.
• Excellent professional ethics.
• Good interpersonal, deductive reasoning and coaching skills.
• Must demonstrate competency level in personal computing skills including but not limited to Microsoft Office Suite.
• Previous experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment is preferred.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the key actions of the job:

• Required to talk and/or hear in an industrial setting (noise level is moderate). Frequently required to stand and walk on concrete surfaces for 4 -12 hours. Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; lift; stoop, or crouch.
• Vision requirements: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception and focus adjustment.
• Work is performed in an industrial-manufacturing environment> with occasional time spent working on a computer or at a desk.