Health and Safety Environmental Lead

American Axle & Manufacturing; Kentucky; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

American Axle & Manufacturing in Gallipolis, OH, seeks a Health and Safety Environmental Lead to oversee the facility's HSE programs, ensuring compliance with local and federal regulations and corporate policies.

You will lead incident investigations, manage permits and audits, and develop training to maintain certification under ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.

The role requires a degree in a safety-related field and 2–5 years in manufacturing, with OSHA 30 and union experience a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Certificate in Industrial Safety/Engineering or related field.
• 2–5 years of manufacturing experience.
• Strong knowledge of OHSAS / ISO standards and applicable legislation.
• Lead Auditor certification in ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001 preferred.
• OSHA 30 certification preferred.
• Union environment experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the health, safety and environmental programs to ensure compliance with local and state/provincial regulations, internal and corporate EHS policies.
• Collaborate with the plant team to develop and implement actions that improve health, safety and environmental performance.
• Conduct monthly plant workplace inspections to identify key issues and communicate findings.
• Maintain records of health and safety inspections, investigations, corrective and preventive actions.
• Lead accident investigations and root cause analysis on all injuries, property and environmental incidents.
• Create and conduct HSE training to all employees in accordance with applicable legislation and corporate requirements.
• Oversee permits, hazardous waste management and liaison with regulatory agencies.

Skills

OHSAS / ISO standards

OSHA 30

Industrial safety

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Certificate in Industrial Safety/Engineering

Job description

## Health and Safety Environmental LeadApply: Gallipolis, OH: Full time: Posted Today: JREQ-225044**Job Posting Title**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.