Health & Safety Manager

Prysmian is the world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry. Each year Prysmian manufacturers thousands of miles of underground and submarine cables and systems for power transmission and distribution, as well as medium low voltage cables for the construction and infrastructure sectors. We also produce a comprehensive range of optical fibers, copper cables and connectivity for voice, video, and data transmission for the telecommunication sector.

We are 30,000 employees, across 50+ countries. Everyone at Prysmian has the potential to make their mark; because whatever you do, wherever you are based, you will be part of a company that is helping transform the world around us. Make Your Mark at Prysmian!

Position Summary

Reporting to the North America Director of Health, Safety, & Environmental with daily reporting to the Site Directors (Matrix Organization), the Claremont Health & Safety Manager leads in the development, execution, and maintenance of health and safety initiatives for two separate manufacturing sites (600 employees) located on the same campus.

The Health & Safety Manager will provide leadership, oversight and assistance in the development, implementation and coordination of health and safety programs and policies to ensure goal attainment and compliance with all applicable regulations and company initiatives. This position will be a member of two separate Leadership Teams – one for each manufacturing site on the Claremont Campus.

Job Objectives / Initiatives :

• Responsible for the direct supervision two hourly Safety Leads.
• Responsible for the development, implementation, training, and maintenance of policies, programs, and procedures to reduce team member injury, minimize company exposure and ensure compliance with Prysmian safety management systems and all applicable Health and Safety laws and regulations.
• Has influence, stewardship, and ensures alignment on programs involving team member engagement, Consequence Thinking and / or behavior-based safety processes.
• Builds competent Health & Safety teams at facility sites through communicating corporate procedures, coaching, training, and follow up on issues related to health and safety.
• Drives programs involving team member engagement and behavior-based safety processes (Consequence Thinking – Zero & Beyond).
• Proactively provides hands-on support in areas such as : Health and Safety Procedure implementation (Corporate and site specific), behavioral safety processes, problem analysis / troubleshooting, and interpretation of applicable legislation.
• Facilitates and drives compliance with Prysmian Safety Mandates.
• Collaborates with Environmental Manager to achieve and maintain certification to ISO 14001 : 2015 and ISO 45001 : 2018 Standards (Integrated Management System).
• Participates in audits or meetings at other sites, as needed.
• Partners with Site Environmental Manager to ensure ongoing compliance with Process Safety Management Standard regulation (Chlorine).
• Drives safety incident reporting process that ensures effective incident investigation reporting, root cause analysis, and corrective action execution and effectiveness.
• Conducts and assists with internal and external health and safety audits and meets with regulatory agencies during facility inspections / audits as required.
• Leads in the development and execution of facility specific health and safety training needs.
• Participates in Operational HSE reviews and new installation HSE assessments.
• Leads investigations into serious or critical EHS matters as directed by senior leadership.
• Leads or participates in key Health & Safety team meetings, Kaizen events and other key meetings where Health & Safety representation is requested.
• Works closely with HSE counterparts and serves as Region representative to cross-regional forums for best practice sharing, idea exchange, shared learning, etc.
• Will serve as a back up to site Sustainability & Environmental Manager, when needed.
• Responsible for other key HSE initiatives as assigned by the NA HSE Leadership or Facility Leaders.
• This is a site level role (not remote).

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