Position Summary:
The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager develops, implements, and monitors company environmental health and safety (EH&S) programs and policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations. Maintains safety equipment inventory, performs safety inspections, and monitors hazardous waste removal vendors. Interacting with a variety of departments, conducts training in emergency response and hazardous material handling. Monitors environmental compliance and maintains liaison with appropriate regulatory agencies. Alerts leadership team with corrective action where environmental health and safety hazards exist. This position also has oversight for the Facilities department and security services.
Responsibilities
Qualified individuals must be capable of performing the following essential duties and responsibilities, with or without reasonable accommodations:
- Manage EH&S activities including project planning, implementing, and managing technical performance to ensure quality and financial objectives are attained.
- Develops, manages, implements and promotes EH&S programs and policies and ensures company compliance with any applicable regulations, reviews requirements regarding safety/environmental aspects. Ensures that appropriate corrective action is taken where environmental health and safety hazards exist.
- Completes all regulatory reporting requirements (Fire, OSHA, EPA, DOH).
- Manage Safety Committee activities, agenda preparation, reports, follow-ups
- Promotes workplace safety, and assists in the development, maintenance, and management of EH&S programs at the site(s), including proactive incident and illness prevention, respiratory protection, contractor safety, and hazardous chemical management.
- Conducts EHS training and manage documentation, including but not limited to: Area Safety Representatives (ASR), Lockout/Tagout, Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP),Evacuation Procedures, PPE, Pedestrian Safety, Ergonomics, Heat Stress, Bloodborne Pathogens.
- Compiles, analyzes, maintains and interprets safety statistical data related to exposure factors concerning occupational illnesses and accidents, first aid incidents, near miss records and conduct root cause analysis for accident reports and evaluate injury case studies.
- Manages agency Emergency Preparedness Plan including facilitating Emergency Preparedness Committee, maintaining emergency preparedness policies and procedures, liaising with community emergency preparedness contacts
- Oversees the agency incident management system (AIMS) plans and policies, including support of agency leadership in the event a disaster or emergency situation requires activation of an incident command center and any related deployment of mitigation resources.
- Oversight of Facilities department to ensure compliance with all regulations
- Responsible for management of the escort program to ensure safety of field personnel
- Lead, mentor, and coach direct reports, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Responsible for achieving Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for this position
- Other duties as assigned.
*Note: The above information on this job has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Qualifications
Education & Experience- Applicants must possess the following qualifications or an equivalent combination of education and experience:
Bachelors degree preferred3-5+ years of experience managing safety and environmental programs
Licensure, Certification, and/or Credential Requirements
OSHA certification preferred
Knowledge, Skill, & Ability Requirements
- Must have a thorough knowledge of practices and methods for developing and administering a comprehensive EH&S program, including designing employee EH&S training programs.
- Must be proficient in performing EH&S assessments to identify workplace hazards and determining appropriate control measures.
- Must have a broad knowledge of the methods and practices for conducting accident and workplace safety audits and investigations required.
- Must demonstrate an extensive technical understanding of environmental health and safety principles, concepts, theories, regulations, and practices; and comprehensive leadership skills including organizing, planning, budgeting, scheduling and coordinating workloads to meet established deadline or milestones; and the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment.
- Must possess: (1) the ability to identify, analyze, interpret, and resolve unusually complex management and technical problems; (2) excellent verbal and written communication skills to accurately document, report and present findings; (3) excellent interpersonal skills to effectively interface with all levels of employees, senior
management and senior outside representatives; (4) the ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information;
Experience writing technical business policies, procedures, and reports
Technical & Systems/Equipment Proficiencies
- Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Word, Power Point and Excel
- Office equipment, such as computers, printers, copiers, and fax machines, as well as multi-line phone systems
- Intranet/Internet
- Mechanical proficiency
Other
- Valid Drivers License
- Current Auto Insurance
- Travel throughout service area year around.
Work Environment - Physical Requirements:
Sit - Frequently
Kneel/Squat - Occasionally
Stand -Occasionally
Walk - Frequently
Lifting: Degree of physical exertion is minimal
Sensory Abilities specifically required:
- Vision
- Hearing
- Touch/Feeling
Expectations
Values: Perform all responsibilities in a manner that serves UR Medicine Home Cares Mission and upholds the organizations ICARE values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, protected veteran status, qualified individual with disability status, or any other protected class.