Director of Environmental, Health and Safety

Director of Environmental, Health and Safety

Location:

3079 Three Mile Road, Walker, MI 49534

Who We Are:
Challenge Manufacturing’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day;

they are the true driving force in our operations.

Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time ng part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success!

Challenge is #Quality Driven and #People Powered!

Who We Want:

This position has primary responsibility for designing, implementing, and maintaining the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) processes for all Challenge Manufacturing facilities. Promotes EHS awareness with the emphasis on preventing incidents and protecting the environment. Responsible for recognizing and assessing hazards in the workplace and implementing corrective measures. Works with manufacturing leadership leads the EHS team to ensure compliance with applicable regulations (OSHA, EPA, etc.)

and implementation of best practices. Manages internal EHS systems and ensures the required reports and notifications are completed. Acts as a coach and partner to train the leadership team on how to lead for safety.

What You'll Do:

• Establish and drive a world class EHS Culture throughout all levels of the organization, ensuring our #1 value of Safetyis lived out accordingly.
• Establish efficient and effective processes for EHS reporting and escalation
• Develop and maintain a variety of safety and environmental programs, policies and procedures that will ensure compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations, including OSHA and EPA standards
• Correct working conditions, using knowledge of industrial processes, mechanics, psychology, and safety standards, develops loss control programs, and devises methods to evaluate safety progress
• Assess, share, and leverage EHS best practices across sites
• Serve as the interface between local, state, and federal regulatory agencies, and insurance carrier representatives in order to ensure compliance and coordination.
• Ensure all locations are prepared for regulatory inspections and audits.
• Complete tracking and reporting of EHS A3 metrics, including Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR), Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR), and other leading indicators.
• Partner with plant and corporate levels to develop Standard Operating Procedures.
• Coordinate emergency action plans and response
• Ensure complete investigation into all incidents, and act as lead investigator for severe injuries and high potential first aid and near misses
• Organize and drive EHS audits
• Have an in-depth knowledge of ISO 1401 and be able to maintain current certificates and implement future scopes of the management system
• Ensure investigation of accidents and lead preventative initiatives.
• Establish processes and actions to ensure ergonomic issues are addressed.
• Ensure healthy and safe work conditions are provided for employees, as well for running processes in an environmentally sustainable way.
• Advise managers on EHS matters and ensure implementation of recommendations.

When and Where:
This position located at our Corporate Office in Grand Rapids, MI.
Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.

What You Need to Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Engineering and…