HSE Lead: Safety, Compliance & ISO Excellence

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

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.