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The Manager Environmental, Health and Safety Manager will be charged with administering and improving EHS programs for Vi-Jon. Key responsibilities include developing assigned locations EHS strategies, implementing policies and procedures, facilitating training, and leading projects to achieve annual targeted reduction goals and efficiency gains. The Manager EHS Safety must have an understanding of current best practices in EHS. The Manager Environmental Health and Safety works collaboratively with all business teams and supports all areas to assess soundness of the safety environment. Roles includes understanding the operational risk within all groups, providing related risk assessments and educating all levels and management to achieve overall company goals and minimize financial loss.

Essential Function:

• Responsible for the strategic direction of the safety initiatives and programs in facilities
• Develops, implements, monitors, and manages safety programs, policies, and procedures.
• Ensures the organization complies with all federal, state and local environmental and safety regulations.
• Manage all environmental permitting
• Manage Hazardous Waste program
• First point of contact for all EHS matters.
• Functions as a technical resource to the organization for expertise in EHS functions and collaborates with internal stakeholders and external partners to refine processes and execute projects that support the EHS strategic plan
• Responsible for identifying safety program, policy and culture improvement opportunities and then planning, promoting and implementing corrective actions in partnership with affected departments
• Responsible for supporting daily Health and Safety activities for locations to include management of policy enforcement, emergency response, accident/incident investigation, audits/inspections, training, record keeping, wellness initiatives, review of SDS forms, etc.
• Drive reduction in accidents/incidents through improvement of communication at all employee levels, understanding employee perceptions of safety programs, engagement of middle and upper management, analysis of leading and lagging indicators, and a proactive mindset for engineering risk out of processes
• Conduct and manage site specific local, state and federal requirements for emissions, disposal and reporting
• Investigate accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures; to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future and to report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing
• Other duties as assigned

Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Work Experience:

Minimum five years EHS Management experience in an industrial or manufacturing, multi-site environment

Experience: Preferred minimum 3-5 years’ experience in safety and risk management

Certificates: Preferred Certified Safety Professional

Supervisory Responsibility: Yes

Work Experience:

Minimum five years EHS Management experience in an industrial or manufacturing, multi-site environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.