Mgr - Environmental Health & Safety

Matthews International; Elberton (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Matthews International in Elberton, GA is seeking a Manager of Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) to lead site safety programs, promote a culture of safety, and ensure compliance with company policies and applicable regulations.

You will drive continuous improvement using PDCA, oversee Job Hazard Analysis, investigate incidents, and champion the Matthews Management System to achieve a Zero Incidents goal while supporting operations and risk reduction.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership to site operations to ensure successful execution of EHS strategies and systems.
• Act as the face of safety at the site, promoting a culture of safety and ensuring the highest degree of safety for employees and compliance for the company.
• Lead the site in achieving a sustainable safety culture through processes and initiatives focused on risk and incident reduction and compliance with policies and external regulations.
• Engages with site leadership and operating plans to ensure EHS compliance while improving operational results.
• Executes EHS policies and programs to drive a Zero Incidents culture at the site, using best practices and behavior-based methods.
• Recommends and implements programs for monitoring and preventing physical hazards at the facility.
• Performs measurements, safety evaluations, and hazardous waste evaluations and follows through with corrective action.
• Champions the Matthews Management System (MMS) to drive safety & health excellence through culture change (behavior-based methods).
• Develops and implements Job Hazard Analysis, as well as procedures and instructions necessary to execute the site safety plan.
• Supports management system compliance as needed (e.g., OHSAS 18, OSHA VPPA, etc.).
• Comprehensive assessments of critical programs such as fire prevention, driver/vehicle and hazard identification and prevention.
• Environmental management systems and programs (e.g., ISO 141 compliant or certified sites).
• Leads investigation, root cause analysis and development of corrective actions and reporting of adverse EHS incidents, accidents and near misses.
• Utilizes Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) model for continuous improvement.
• May manage support staff to ensure goals or objectives are accomplished. Mentors, coaches, trains and develops team.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Job description

The Mgr – Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) provides leadership to site operations to ensure successful execution of EHS strategies and systems. This position is the face of safety at the site, actively promoting a culture of safety and working to assure the highest possible degree of safety for employees and compliance for the company.

Lead the site in achieving a sustainable safety culture through effective implementation of processes and initiatives that are focused on risk and incident reduction and compliance with corporate policies as well as external regulations.

Actively engages with site leadership and operating plans to ensure EHS compliance while improving operational results.

Executes EHS policies and programs to drive a Zero Incidents culture at the site, leveraging best practices and behavior-based methodologies.

Recommends and implements programs for monitoring and preventing physical hazards at the facility.

Performs measurements, safety evaluations, and hazardous waste evaluations and follows through with corrective action. Serves as the point-of-contact for compliance reporting and audits.

Champions the Matthews Management System (MMS) to drive safety & health excellence through culture change (behavior-based methods).

Develops and implements Job Hazard Analysis, as well as procedures and instructions necessary to execute the site safety plan.

Supports management system compliance as needed (e.g., OHSAS 18, OSHA VPPA, etc.).

Implements initiatives designed to identify, evaluate, prevent and control EHS related hazards through means such as, but not limited to.

• Comprehensive assessments of critical programs such as fire prevention, driver/vehicle and hazard identification and prevention.
• Environmental management systems and programs (e.g., ISO 141 compliant or certified sites).

Leads investigation, root cause analysis and development of corrective actions and reporting of adverse EHS incidents, accidents and near misses.

Utilizes Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) model for continuous improvement.

May manage support staff to ensure goals or objectives are accomplished. Mentors, coaches, trains and develops team.

Additional duties as assigned.