Health and Safety Environmental Lead

American Axle & Mfg., Inc.; Gallipolis (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dauch Corporation is seeking a Health and Safety Environmental Lead to direct the facility's HSE programs, ensuring compliance with regulations and internal policies. You will drive continuous improvement, lead investigations, and coordinate training for all staff.

You will oversee ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 systems, interact with regulatory agencies, and manage permits while promoting a culture of safety and inclusion across the plant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Certificate in Industrial Safety/Engineering or related equivalent.
• 2-5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of OHSAS / ISO standards and relevant legislation.
• Certification as a Lead Auditor in ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001 preferred, certification can be obtained if not currently held.
• Experience with OSHA 30 preferred.
• Union environment experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of health, safety and environmental programs to ensure compliance with local and state/provincial regulations, internal and corporate policies.
• Collaborate with the plant team to improve health, safety and environmental performance.
• Conduct monthly plant workplace inspections and communicate findings.
• Maintain records of inspections, investigations, corrective and preventive actions.
• Collect HSE data/statistics and report to internal/external personnel; ensure month-end data is entered in databases.
• Lead accident investigations and root cause analysis for injuries, property and environmental incidents.
• Ensure corrective actions from audits, inspections, risk assessments are implemented.
• Create and conduct HSE training for all employees per legislation and corporate requirements.
• Oversee OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 as the designated representative and maintain certification.
• Act as liaison with regulatory agencies and manage permits.
• Lead hazardous waste registration, collection and disposal.
• Evaluate injuries/trends and work with plant team to minimize negative impact.
• Lead machine risk assessment process and ensure follow-up actions.
• Develop communication strategy to maintain safety awareness; assist in achieving safety goals.
• All other duties assigned by supervision; champion diversity & inclusion per company guidelines.

Skills

Bachelor's Degree

OHSAS/ISO knowledge

Lead Auditor ISO14001/OHSAS18001

OSHA 30

Union experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Certificate in Industrial Safety/Engineering

Job description

Health and Safety Environmental Lead

Job Description Summary

Oversees the health, safety and environmental programs and processes for the facility to ensure continuous improvement; an effective accident/incident prevention program; and compliance with government regulations/requirements.

Job Description

• Lead the implementation of the entire health, safety and environmental programs and processes to ensure compliance with local and state/provincial regulations, internal and corporate EHS policies, objectives and targets.

• Collaborate with the plant team to develop and implement actions that improve plant health, safety and environmental performance.

• Conduct monthly plant workplace inspections to identify key issues and communicates and follows up on findings.

• Maintains records of health and safety inspections, investigations, corrective and preventive actions, etc.

• Collects HSE data/statistics and reports to the necessary internal and external (Corporate) personnel. Ensures appropriate month end data is collected and inputted into the appropriate databases. Communicate with corporate HSE as required.

• Lead accident investigation and root cause analysis on all injury, property and environmental incidents.

• Ensure corrective actions resulting from accidents, near misses, audits, inspections, risk assessments, or from other reviews, are implemented and appropriate.

• Create and conduct all required HSE training to all employees in accordance with the applicable legislation and corporate requirements.

• Oversee the OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 standards/process as the designated Representative for the systems. Ensures audits are complete and adherence to the standard to ensure certification is maintained.

• Acts as a liaison between the Company and external regulatory agencies.

• Responsible for acquiring and maintaining local, state, and federal permits

• Lead the registration, collection, and disposal of hazardous waste

• Evaluate and analyze injuries and related trends and work with the plant team to address and minimize negative impact.

• Lead the machine risk assessment process and ensure appropriate follow-up and implementation if necessary.

• Develop a communication strategy for the plant team to maintain a high level of safety awareness. Assist the plant team in developing the appropriate strategy to meet the health and safety goals of the facility.

• All other duties assigned by Supervision.

• "Champion Diversity & Inclusion in line with the Company Guidelines"

Required Skills and Education

• Bachelor's Degree or Certificate required in Industrial Safety/ Engineering or related equivalent.

• 2-5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong working knowledge of OHSAS / ISO standards and relevant legislation.

• Certification as a Lead Auditor in ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001 preferred, certification can be obtained if not currently held.

• Experience with OSHA 30 preferred.

• Union environment experience preferred.

About Dauch

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward. Visit www.dauch.com to learn more.

Dauch will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law.

Dauch will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law.

For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment.

To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail [e-mail].

Dauch is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.