EH&S Manager
The Judge Group Inc.

Location: Roanoke, VA
Salary: Depends on Experience
Description: Our client, a major packaging manufacturer, is actively seeking an Environmental, Health, & Safety Manager for its plant in Roanoke, Virginia. Candidates should have familiarity with EH&S programs and experience implementing process and procedures along with a proactive management style and highly-visible floor presence.

This job will have the following responsibilities:

• Coordinate day-to-day implementation of industrial health, ergonomic and wellness programs with a high-level of employee engagement.
• Provide hands-on, effective supervision to ensure associate adherence to best practices to safety procedures during regular production and key downtime maintenance activities.
• Determine EHS site goals and necessary programs with site area leaders and managers.
• Effectively influence them to be strong EHS Leaders within their areas of responsibility.
• Responsible for review EHS policies, programs, and metrics to meet the goals and objectives of the business and fully integrating this into the plant management system.
• Prepare, implement, and operate updates to the site EHS management system and programs and implement the necessary policies and procedures with a risk-based and structured approach.
• Stay ahead of the federal state, local laws (OSHA, DOT, EPA, FMLA, ADA, etc) as well as company policies to ensure the site is in compliance with the regulations.
• Initiate changes to practices and procedures to support compliance and ensure the vital permits and licenses to operate the plant are in place.
• Ensure effective occupational safety and health programs are maintained with external support from health care providers, insurers, community health, and regulatory agencies.
• Responsible for ensuring safety amongst associates in the facility relating to weather, environmental, machine safety, or ergonomics.
• Ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations regarding environmental discharges from the facility.
• Ensure compliance with waste shipment regulations.
• Train associates and department leaders as necessary.
• Provide oversight and direction for day-to-day compliance with applicable air, hazardous waste, wastewater, and storm water permits, plans, regulations, etc.
• Ability to interpret environmental laws and permit requirements, stay abreast of the changing regulatory landscape, and analyze the various options for complying with new regulations and permit requirements.
• Ensure all work performed aligns with safety, environmental and hazardous waste procedures, plans, policies, and requirements.
• Provide effective leadership and overall management of site EH&S associates.
• Conduct jobsite assessments, focusing on unsafe conditions and unsafe work behaviors; ensure appropriate action is taken to correct deficiencies.
• Lead Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), EPA, NDEQ, etc. inspections and investigations.
• Monitor and maintain records and permits of hazardous, biohazardous materials, and waste in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal regulations.
• Lead Emergency Response Team in case of Safety, Health, and Environmental hazard Lead the Environmental, Health, and Safety improvement plan.
  
• Effectively partner with the plant manager and HR manager, among others, to build a robust safety culture.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience managing EHS issues in a manufacturing environment. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Strong interpersonal skills - accessible and approachable
• Ability to utilize business sense and creativity to develop new ideas, approaches and solutions
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in planning, resource allocation, cost analysis and budgeting, people management, and leadership guidance
• Ability to utilize and train employees on technology, processes and procedures
• Excellent verbal and written skills necessary in order to persuade and influence decision making of individuals, groups, or work teams, and to communicate difficult issues
• In-depth experience of OSHA regulations and requirements
• Experience in managing/handling compliance issues, permitting for all media, OSHA/EPA programs, regulatory reviews, permit preparation, reporting and record keeping.
• Experience in evaluating/interpreting OSHA, EPA and DOT regulations and relevant industry standards (SQF, GMP, ISO, etc.).
• Experience with Federal, State and local Worker's Compensation law
• Prior experience establishing proactive Ergonomics Program preferred
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create basic reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• BS degree in Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering or other science field
• 10 years' experience in a manufacturing environment with 3+ years as a dedicated EHS leader.
• Experience managing multi-shift or continuous operations high-speed manufacturing, paper converting, chemical/plastics processing and packaging industrial experience
• Lean/Continuous Improvement experience
• Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Certified Safety Professional (ASP/CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) certification

Contact: jdantzler@judge.com

This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com

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