Environmental Health & Safety Manager - Dogwood Industries (Job)
Description:
Dogwood Industries, LLC is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety ‘EHS’ Manager to ensure the company complies with health and safety laws. The EHS Manager works closely with the Director of Operations, Operations Manager, HR Team; and interacts daily with Project Team Leaders and employees on the floor. A successful EHS Manager will identify opportunities for improving conditions and execute various safety programs needed, while managing the Safety Team. A successful EHS Manager will communicate guidelines to a multidisciplinary workforce and ensure the workplace meets all legal expectations and actively supports occupational health and safety.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Collaborate with leadership team to establish and maintain a strong safety culture at Dogwood
- Deep understanding of legal health and safety guidelines
- Ability to produce reports and develop relevant policies
- Great knowledge of data analysis and risk assessment
- Guarantees that all work is performed in accordance with approved manuals, internal policies and procedures, contract documents, and good practices
- Develops and maintains project cost/change controls, and project budget and accounting records
- Identify root causes and recommend corrective actions for accidents, near misses, and safety concerns
- Analyze incident reports, metrics and injury case studies in order to institute changes that lead to a safer environment
- Ability to complete and/or generate spreadsheet reports, Word documents, edit PDF documents, and manage e-mail communication
- Perform routine safety inspections and safety self-audits including overseeing audits for additional facilities
- Facilitate workplace health and safety meetings and inspections with proper local, state and 3rd party agencies
- Propose and execute company wide, safety improvements and initiatives
- Identify trainings needed for the Safety Team members
- Conduct team meetings to discuss safety issues, updates, and action plans
- Motivate and mentor team members to enhance performance
- Complete all necessary reporting (i.e. OSHA 300)
- Facilitate Safety Committee obligations
- Develop, implement, and maintain emergency response plans and procedures
- Other duties as assigned
Skills/Eligibility:
Requirements
- 5+ years as a safety representative in manufacturing or construction
- Experience managing a team
- Fluent in the use of Word, Excel, and Outlook
- OSHA 30 certification or higher
- First Aid/CPR certification
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities