
Environmental Health & Safety Manager
- Lubbock, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Competitive salary and bonus
- Paid vacation/holidays/sick time
- Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care
- On the job/cross training opportunities
- Encouraging and collaborative team environment
- Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy
- Engages the work force, both salary and hourly, to drive cultural change and accomplish environmental, health and safety performance objectives and targets.
- Ensures compliance with all federal, state and local regulatory requirements and JCI corporate safety systems.
- Reviews planned changes and new equipment installations. Approves or recommends changes in manufacturing and engineering matters of plant layout, location/relocation of machinery, equipment, facilities, safety designs, and processes.
- Supports property risk by partnering with Facilities in ensuring compliance with FM Global assessments and routinely touring the property and conducting inspections to ensure compliance.
- Maintains and improves the corporate environmental management system. Collects environmental data for use in determining root-causes of compliance problems and pollution prevention opportunities. Implements proactive corrective steps.
- With a detailed understanding of EPA requirements, completes and submits applicable environmental reports in a timely fashion (such as Tier II, TRI Form R, Generator’s Residual Waste, Waste-Water Self-Monitoring, and Air Emissions Inventory).
- Participates in the administration, implementation and compliance with the ISO14001 Environmental Management System, and ISO 45001 Safety Management System.
- Is responsible for hazardous and non-hazardous waste program including ensuring the correct handling, packaging, labeling, storage and transportation of waste to approved treatment and/or disposal facilities.
- Coordinates air emission, wastewater, storm water, and waste auditing and testing.
- Presents safety and environmental training programs to workers and supervisors. Some standardized materials will be made available, and development of site-specific training materials will be required.
- Applies knowledge of health and safety engineering processes and practices to identify and mitigate hazards and risks.
- Conducts research in order to apply the best industrial and working practices.
- Identifies and evaluates unsafe practices to address root cause in the mitigation of hazard and risk.
- Uses technology and forward thinking while leading safety improvement projects.
- Measures and audits the effectiveness of EHS hazard control programs such as lock-out tag-out, JHA/JSA and permit programs.
- Meets regularly with the Safety committee and union safety leadership to support best practice sharing, identifying and resolving safety concerns and making improvements.
- University degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5 – 7 Years suggested minimum experience within a manufacturing environment
- Experience with high hazard controls in a manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience developing and driving a safety culture improvement plan, implementing key safety initiatives focusing on injury prevention and behavior-based safety and in building a strong compliance calendar to ensure regulatory compliance across all EHS programs.
- Skills and ability to be considered a Safety subject matter expert in one or more of the following: cranes and rigging, electrical/Arc Flash, fall protection and/or welding.
- Strong background in OSHA standards, compliance reporting requirements and other applicable regulatory requirements.
- Proficiency using Microsoft Office.
- Effective and professional communication and organization skills.
- Strong customer service orientation.
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), or other related EHS certifications.
- Experience working with ISO management systems.
- Solid understanding and experience with behavior-based safety programs.
- Knowledge of and skills in Lean Manufacturing and Safety Kaizens.