Environmental Health & Safety Manager (Bi-Lingual)

AAF Latinoamérica; Smithfield (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental services company in Smithfield, NC, is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety Manager. This role involves providing leadership in EHS activities, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering a strong safety culture. Applicants should possess a relevant four-year degree, advanced certification preferred, and proficiency in both English and Spanish. The position requires strong organizational and team-building skills as well as experience in EHS program management. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in safety, industrial hygiene, or environmental discipline.
• Advanced degree or professional certification is preferred.
• Proficiency in English and Spanish is required.

Responsibilities

• Direct EHS activities and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Maintain ISO/OHSAS certifications and ensure complete EHS reporting.
• Manage risks and foster a strong EHS culture across the site.

Skills

Team-building skills

Organizational skills

EHS data reporting

Managerial courage

Cross-functional leadership

Environmental program management

Bilingual in English and Spanish

Education

Four-year degree in occupational safety or related field

Advanced degree or professional certification

Job description

Environmental Health & Safety Manager (Bi-Lingual)

Location: Smithfield, NC

Description

This position provides environmental, health, and safety leadership to the site. The individual is accountable for: directing EHS activities at his/her location(s); establishing EHS objectives and targets; internal reporting of EHS performance; communication of national, area, and local regulatory requirements, and ensuring documents are available in the local languages.

Position responsibilities include:

• Maintaining site ISO/OHSAS certifications (as applicable)
• Assuring accurate and complete EHS reporting of metrics
• Assuring closure of company and regulatory agency findings on a timely basis
• Completion of required training for EHS personnel
• Managing interfaces with the public and governmental authorities with adverse findings and enforcement actions
• Directing actions during crises
• Creating a strong EHS culture that engages employees throughout the site in EHS teams and processes

PRINCIPAL DUTIES

• Manage and direct site in achieving EHS targets & objectives.
• Direct the development, maintenance, and achievement of goals in support of corporate and business group EHS strategic initiatives.
• Facilitate risk assessment at the location to identify critical EHS hazards and aspects. Works with leadership team to create targets and objectives based on key EHS risks.
• Determine appropriate leading and lagging indicators to track performance against targets and objectives.
• Support creation of EHS goals for the site based on goals for the leadership team, functional managers, and front-line supervisors to drive EHS culture, compliance, and results.
• Work to assign EHS element champions and facilitate their engagement in ownership of the TMS elements.
• Drive and promote zero incident EHS culture throughout site.
• Create and facilitate EHS engagement through EHS teams and committees needed to accomplish the established targets and objectives for the year.
• Work with leadership team and EHS element champions to complete an annual evaluation of compliance for EHS country, state, and local regulations.
• Pursue third party recognition for programs that establish the site and AAF EHS program as world class.
• Use established EHS data processes such as GKAR process to manage data such as injuries and illnesses, environmental metrics, risk assessments, EHS action items and other pertinent information.
• Create training matrices to ensure that all training is defined and tracked to completion.
• Work with site leadership team and facilities to ensure that all key EHS operational controls are in place, on a PM program, and that EHS action items are resolved on a timely basis.

Requirements / Knowledge

• Four (4) year degree in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, industrial engineering, environmental discipline or equivalent. Advanced degree or professional certification (Certified Safety Professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager).

Experience Preferred

• Strong team-building skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Adept at utilization of company-wide system for reporting EHS data and information.
• Ability to demonstrate managerial courage (e.g., managing varied interests representing potential conflicts).
• Ability to lead and support cross-functional EHS teams.
• Prior experience or education with an emphasis in environmental, health and safety program management and employee training.
• Proficiency in English and Spanish.