Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

SUMMARY


The EHS Manager is a hands-on, individual contributor role that is responsible for leading and executing EH&S activities at Regal Rexnord's Columbia City location, ensuring the safety of all employees and protection of the environment through compliance with all federal, state, local, and Corporate regulations and policies. The incumbent will partner closely with operations leaders, HR, and Regal Business Systems (RBS) Manager, to ensure program integration into all aspects of the business.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive a management-supported and employee-driven safety culture to proactively eliminate safety hazards through achievement of daily/monthly/annual safety goals.
• Achieve significant improvement to top quartile performance in EH&S KPIs including incidents, near misses, risk scores, audit findings, etc.
• Ensure timely communication on critical metric and incident reporting, incident reduction activities, training, and employee involvement.
• Participate in front-end process engineering events focusing on risk assessment, evaluation of new processes for safety and ergonomic considerations, and review of facility layouts for potential EH&S issues.
• Actively lead, participate in, and sustain EH&S continuous improvement / kaizen activity.
• Conduct accident/incident investigations and re-enactments to identify root causes, subsequently developing and recommending and/or implementing corrective actions and solutions.
• Collaborate with HR and Finance in administering the worker's compensation program for all employees and assist with facilitating the employee's safe return to work.
• Develop, implement, communicate, sustain, and train on programs which proactively eliminate safety and environment risks associated with but not limited to: product design, facility operations, manufacturing processes, ergonomics, product distribution, waste and recycling.
• Develop and leads safety orientation and scheduled / required safety training to comply with OSHA, Corporate and/or site protocols and procedures. Maintain required regulatory and agency required paperwork and permits (i.e. OSHA logs, environmental permits, etc.) in a timely manner, and prepare related documents for signature.
• Management of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) / Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and all fire and emergency response equipment.
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal Environmental and Safety regulations.

Job Requirements:

Critical Competencies

• Knowledge of EH&S regulatory requirements at the federal and state level (e.g. OSHA, EPA), in addition to Corporate environmental and safety policies and procedures.
• Strong interpersonal skills which foster teamwork and collaboration. Demonstrated ability to develop high quality working relationships in order to influence, gain support, and achieve results. This includes professional interactions with coworkers and external agencies.
• Leadership skills for supporting and guiding business leaders and employees with technical expertise, EH&S knowledge and implementation of related initiatives.
• Project management and exceptional organization skills, to include a demonstrated ability to effectively manage time and multiple priorities simultaneously, as well as attention to detail, accuracy, and striving for excellent outcomes.
• Professional oral and written communication and presentation skills, to include speaking clearly and effectively, in a persuasive and credible manner to all levels of the organization, including senior/executive leadership.
  • Capable of preparing technical reports, writing procedures and developing presentation/training material to a non-technical audience.
• Problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills, including the ability to gather and organize relevant information, and identify underlying issues or problems, trends, and cause-effect relationships.
• Highly productive and results-oriented with a strong sense of urgency and discipline to meet task deadlines under time pressure based on business requirements.
• Strong work ethic and role model for professionalism, passion, and taking initiative with projects and tasks.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office software applications.
• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to adapt to internal processes and change, delays or unexpected events
• Willingness to travel 5-10% of the time and be available to work extended hours as needed

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with focus in Environmental, Health and Safety, or related studies in manufacturing, science, or engineering is required.
• Minimum 3 years of EH&S related experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
• Experience developing EH&S systems, risk assessments, and process control tools is strongly desired.
• Experience with ISO systems such as 9001, or other EH&S accreditations is strongly desired.
• Experience with LEAN manufacturing, problem-solving techniques, and corrective action processes including 8D, Pareto Analysis, 5-Why technique, and other continuous improvement tools is strongly desired.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Potential physical demands include, but are not limited to: frequent sitting and occasional bending and stooping. Potential sensory demands include, but are not limited to: hearing and seeing. Lifting and/or maneuvering of up to 30 pounds without assistance, or heavier loads with the assistance of a lifting device in order to set up test equipment. Must be able to work in a typical manufacturing facility and travel domestically outside facilities which could entail walking, climbing and moving around working equipment.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Majority of time is spent in a manufacturing production environment where personal protective safety equipment must be worn and proper safety precautions must be observed.

EEO Statement: The company in which you have expressed employment interest is a subsidiary or affiliate of Altra Industrial Motion Corp. The subsidiary or affiliate is referred to as an ""Altra Company."" Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and all Altra Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. The ""EEO is the Law"" poster is available at: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf. If you have a disability and need assistance accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request assistance by sending an email to

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