Manager, Plant Health & Safety

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Manager, Plant Health & SafetyAs the Manager, Plant Health & Safety you will be responsible for leading, developing, and directing the health and safety programs of the facility. This role oversees conformity with Federal, State, and Local regulations and Company policies related to health and safety and serves as a leader to drive health and safety performance improvement.  

• Prioritizes health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and maintaining safe practices at all times
• Completes audits of Plant departments to ensure compliance with safety, health, and environmental requirements, governmental regulations and Corporate policies; recommends and monitors corrective actions
• Provides technical assistance to the Plant Manager and supervisors in controlling losses from injuries, liabilities, and property losses; develops policies and procedures to ensure compliance with new standards and safety practices
• Builds a behavior-based safety culture through communications, employee involvement, and program ownership
• Manages near-miss and incident investigations to identify root and contributing causes and ensures the completion of necessary documentation associated with incident investigations and preventative/corrective actions and follow-ups
• Manages the facility industrial hygiene program; performs personnel and area monitoring to identify and correct controls to prevent exposures
• Develops and tracks health and safety related KPIs and metrics for the facility
• Represents the Company with OSHA and other regulatory officials regarding inspections and investigations
• Assists in the development of location budget for environmental, health and safety (EHS) needs and monitors budget for assigned areas to ensure adherence
• Performs and/or coordinates the health and safety training of all on-site personnel appropriately to their job duties; conducts facility orientation training for new hires, temporary workers, and contractors and maintains training records and documentation
• Evaluates and maintains adequate supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the activities being performed and monitors PPE usage by employees, temporary workers, and contractors
• Assists in the effective response to emergency situations, including the timely notification of reportable incidents, response actions, and documentation efforts
• Maintains statistical safety information such as recordable and lost time injury rates, as well as other leading and lagging indicators; maintains site OSHA logs and coordinates with Human Resources on workers compensation and early return to work programs
• Supports the site’s Process Safety Management (PSM) programs, including employee participation, PHA/HAZOP, contractor management, MOC, PSSR, incident investigation and emergency response
• Assists leadership in the performance and completion of risk assessments and corrective actions, as well as PHA/HAZOP and audit needs
• Periodically reviews housekeeping, security, general facility appearance, facility records, and operations, making specific recommendations to facility leadership for improvement opportunities
• Coordinates facility compliance with Corporate medical surveillance, substance abuse, and injury case management programs
• Aggregates and reviews information on safety performance and KPI/metrics for the purpose of identifying any trends or patterns and implementation of corrective or preventative measures
• Serves as a technical resource and mentor for facility employees associated with health and safety programs/processes
• Takes on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization

Education

Experience

• 5+ years of experience working within health and safety programs (required)
• OSHA, OSHA PSM, and DOT experience (preferred)

Overview

About Arcwood

Every advancement—from the products we use to the medicines and technologies we depend on—creates waste that must be handled responsibly. For more than 50 years, Arcwood Environmental has helped organizations across the United States manage the byproducts of progress safely and thoughtfully. With deep expertise and innovative waste management technology across a growing nationwide footprint, Arcwood protects people, communities, and the environment through work that often happens behind the scenes.

Our Values

We move forward together, one team with a shared purpose, counting on each other every day. Our core values demonstrate how we work together to deliver value for our customers, putting them at the center of all we do:

• Lead with Safety: We uphold the highest safety and compliance standards to protect our teams, our customers and the communities that count on us.
• Solve Problems Creatively: We push for better – advancing technologies, processes, and ideas that protect human health and the environment.
• Own It Together: We are individually and collectively accountable for our work and our impact, knowing that progress is only achieved by working together – with our customers, and with each other.
• Deliver for Customers: We put customers at the center of all we do. When we live our values – lead with safety, solving problems creatively, and owning our work together – the result is clear: we deliver exceptional value for our customers.

We’ve reached a unique point as a company: big enough to deliver broad capability and consistent performance, while striving to be nimbler and more responsive to our customers’ evolving needs. Come join Arcwood and be part of our legacy of environmental leadership!

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