Plant EHS Manager

Plant Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Manager,

Norcross Plant

Norcross, GA

Company Overview

My client is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Manager for its Fiber Plant located in Norcross, Georgia, a Northeastern suburb of Atlanta. My client has a long and respected corporate history as a global manufacturer that goes back to Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone more than a century ago. Today their mission is to provide leading optical innovations and solutions by designing, manufacturing, and supplying the best optical fibers, fiber cable, and optical components for our customers' optical infrastructure, with exceptional service that creates value for our shareholders, customers, and employees.

Job Summary

As a member of the factory senior leadership team, the Plant EH&S Manager will implement and oversee policies, programs, and training to enhance the organization's environmental and safety performance, and ensure it complies with federal, state, and local regulations and standards. This individual will promote a safe working environment by engaging with employees and management to gather and analyze accident and near-miss information to identify root causes and implement preventative initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Be a champion of the company's Safety First business philosophy.

• Develop and implement processes that improve the effectiveness of the plant's EH&S programs and comply with changing or new regulations.
• Regularly interact with factory employees to understand and address their safety concerns and be responsive to employee requests and / or concerns regarding safety.
• Strategic development of trend analyses and metric reports for the facility to decrease injury rates and improve regulatory compliance.
• Conduct root cause investigations of all injuries and near misses in the facility. Implement the appropriate corrective actions for each situation.
• Anticipate, identify, and evaluate hazardous conditions and practices. Monitor and evaluate all safety activities through audits and statistical analysis from detailed record keeping.
• Provide expertise and advice on EH&S issues to other facility managers.
• Conduct inspections, maintain compliance data, complete, and submit all environmental reports in accordance with facility permits, local, state, and federal regulations to ensure compliance and avoid notices of violation, consent orders, etc.
• Interact with environmental regulatory agencies as necessary to address data submittals, permit renewals, audits, and inspections.
• Work with members of other departments to address findings from audits and inspections.
• Utilize outside resources to monitor issues and concerns in OSHA regulations and communicate potential changes to senior management.
• Manage other members of the plant EH&S team.
• Participate in global EH&S meetings and other activities.

Key Competencies

Qualifications

General Expectations

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.