Environmental Health & Safety Manager - Wood Lumber Paper&Pulp

Position: Environmental Health & Safety Manager – Wood

Location: Plant Joanna, South Carolina, and Guntown, Mississippi 

Industry: Wood, Lumber, Paper & Pulp Forrest Products

Salary: Commensurate with experience + 15% Bonus

Role: On-Site, Full-time, Permanent

Direct Reports

This position has 1 direct report - EHS Coordinator.

In conjunction with the GM, develop strategies and programs to maintain compliance with applicable Local, State, and Federal regulatory requirements and achieve world-class safety within the Mill. 

·        The role requires a hands-on approach to provide proactive environmental, occupational health, and safety support to site employees to achieve the goal of zero TIR. In addition, this position is accountable for the stewarding implementation of safety management systems and programs to achieve and maintain zero recordable injuries and ensure compliance with OSHA General Industry Standards and Norbord Safety Star certification.

 Responsibilities:

·         Identify, assess, measure, and communicate conformance with regulatory and corporate safety expectations.

·         Identify safety training requirements and facilitate the development and implementation of safety training programs.

·         Develop and implement systems and metrics (leading and lagging) to track and communicate safety performance.

·         Develop and steward implementation of strategic safety improvement initiatives to achieve a world-class safety culture (as measured by Safety Star certification.)

·         Complete requisite regulatory and corporate record-keeping and reporting requirements for both Environmental and Health and Safety programs.

·         Ensure compliance with air and water permitting regulations from local, state, and federal agencies.

·         Develop a strategy to ensure safety and environmental stewardship are included in the operating rhythm (pre-shift meetings, daily management meetings, down-day planning, project planning, etc.)

·         Facilitate identification of safety requirements for physical and procedural changes in operations.

·         Facilitate identification of environmental requirements for physical and procedural changes to remain in compliance with state, local, and federal regulations and issued permits.

·         Provide objective feedback to other members of the management team regarding their safety behaviors and the safety behaviors’ of their subordinates.

·         Coach individuals (at all levels) to improve safety behavior and performance.

·         Develop opportunities and facilitate tracking of employee engagement in safety/safety improvement initiatives.

·         Interpret/analyze and report safety KPIs for use by the management team.

·         Assess and report on contractor performance.

·         Maintain Occupational Health programs (incl. medical surveillance requirements) in conformance with regulatory and Norbord expectations.

·         Ensure integrity, and identify improvement opportunities in routine risk identification, and control programs (e.g., pre-task risk assessment, development of safe work procedures, etc.)

·         Monitor quality and consistency of incident investigation and reporting process, ensuring proper identification and implementation of corrective actions.

·         Manage and monitor workers' compensation injuries and litigation.

 Education & Qualifications:

·         Bachelor’s Degree in a safety or environmental sciences discipline. OR 10+ years of experience.

·         Must Have 3 to 5 years of Wood, Lumber, Forrest Products, or Paper & Pulp manufacturing experience.

·         MUST HAVE BOTH Recent Safety and Environmental Experience in Heavy Manufacturing (those with Wood or Paper industry experience preferred!)

·         Must have 2 to 3 years of Managerial/Supervisory experience (Preferably in Safety or Environmental management)

·         Thorough knowledge of Safety and / or Environmental concepts and application

·         Influential Leadership — ability to mentor, coach and support leaders to support the safety culture.

·         Engaging others — ability to set and achieve goals through others

·         Innovation — demonstrates creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems

·         Teambuilding – proven ability to build and maintain strong teams.