EHS Manager- Flagship Metals Plant

Plant EHS Manager opening for our flagship Special Metals plant!

Environmental, Health, & Safety Manager

Summary:

This EHS Manager is responsible for administering safety programs to ensure employee safety and compliance with federal, state and local Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) laws.  This position will assist with the identification of existing and potential hazards at the site and recommend corrective measures to eliminate risk.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining and promoting a safe and engaging workplace ensuring all our employees, customers, contractors and visitors are safe.
• Lead plant efforts to engage the entire workforce to build a strong EHS culture.
• Be a visible leader on the manufacturing plant floor to fully engage the employees, contractors, and vendors in EHS processes, expectations and requirements.
• Must know ‘What good looks like” and how to get there.
• Be an active architect and builder of our constantly improving EHS management system.
• Champion a pro-active EHS culture of lagging and leading key performance indicators (KPI’s).
• Lead safety improvement initiatives ensuring we are constantly improving our working environment.
• EHS management representative in weekly, monthly and quarterly management meetings.
• Management representative ensuring compliance with relevant safety and environmental regulations.
• Lead incident and near miss investigations and provide recommendations to prevent reoccurrence.
• Lead and engage a multi-disciplinary Safety Committee, organize and guide meetings and projects.
• Conduct safety and environmental risk assessments and inspections.
• Conduct industrial hygiene testing.
• Conduct and communicate with passion workplace EHS training to multiple shifts.
• Develop engaging, informative and polished training materials and communication materials.
• Work with site leadership to ensure all key EHS operational controls are in place and that the EHS action items are resolved on a timely basis. 
• Compile, interpret, communicate and engage all employees in key safety KPI’s, training etc.
• Ability to respond to after-hour incidents.
• Liaise with EHS Managers in other facilities and Regional EHS representatives.
• Must be able to work extra hours when needed, to ensure quality of work and timely completion of deliverables. 
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and experience – Required

• Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, or related technical field.
• Five to ten years of experience in a safety role.
• Effective leadership and coaching skills with a record of success motivating others.
• Dynamic personality with ability and willingness to promote appropriate change and improvement.
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills to build strong interpersonal relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Flexibility to conduct safety training on off shifts.
• Ability to travel to other Special Metals sites and corporate safety training when required.
• Experience with cross-function communication and teamwork in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite particular Excel, Word and Outlook.

 Preferred Certifications & Licenses

• Current First Aid and CPR certifications
• CSHM (Certified Safety and Health Manager) or CSMP (Certified Safety Management Practitioner) certification.
• OSHA 30 Certification

Technical Competencies

• Effective communication with all levels of the organization
• Problem solving skills
• Risk Assessment
• High attention to detail
• Risk assessment
• Integrity

Skills/Competencies

• Strong Project Management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience in implementation or maintenance of document control systems.
• Experience in implementation or maintenance of learning management system. (LMS)
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work with personnel at all organizational levels.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Must be able to frequently remain in a stationary position.  Must be able to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.   Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer. Required to perform work in a manufacturing setting, occasional exposure to high noise level and heat.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear; frequently required to stand, walk or sit; regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms; occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

• The Company retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.
• Proof of US citizenship, nationality, and/or permanent resident status in order to comply with all applicable export and import laws and regulations.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.