Sr Environ & Safety Lead

Overview

The facility Sr. Environmental Health and Safety Lead is responsible for building a site culture with an unconditional stance on safety and environmental compliance. The role manages all aspects of the development, implementation, and evaluation of SIF and critical safety programs along with other health and environmental processes, programs, and procedures to achieve and maintain a zero-injury environment. Key objectives include identifying, eliminating, and controlling hazardous conditions that may lead to injury and/or property damage.

The role uses safety standards, best practices, and analytical techniques along with behavior-based safety programs. The successful candidate will provide leadership, guidance, and apply technical abilities to engage employees at all levels to develop and sustain a world-class safety and environmental program.

The Sr. Environmental Health and Safety Lead is a critical member of the steering team, providing guidance and coaching in safety and environmental stewardship to all site employees. The lead interfaces across the business to provide solutions to safety and environmental compliance challenges as well as advances and innovation in hazard identification. The position acts as the subject matter expert at the assigned facility and is accountable for building capability to ensure a sitewide EHS culture.

• Risk prevention in all areas by identifying and documenting potential hazards, including materials exposure, accidents, near-misses, fires, unsafe conditions, environmental spills and releases, or other non-compliance. Use appropriate protocols and actions to address issues, notify appropriate parties and internal stakeholders for corrective action, preventive controls, and training as needed.
• Proactively identify potential hazards associated with all manufacturing processes, equipment, and materials by conducting formal risk assessments. Develop and implement control measures to mitigate identified risks and ensure a safe working environment. Regularly review and update risk assessments to reflect changes in operations and maintain compliance with evolving standards.
• Conduct timely and thorough EHS incident investigations including matters of workers’ compensation. Analyze all accidents/incidents to ensure root cause identification and corrective action; notify appropriate parties and document and submit a report of findings.
• Provide support to all facility team members with respect to EHS awareness, leading emergency training, evacuation planning, emergency response, policy interpretation, safety audits, environmental inspections, and resource location. Ensure 100% completion of the training plan and certified competence of all employees trained.
• Develop and update our Critical Safety Foundations and SIF Programs, and support development of other key safety and EHS programs in collaboration with site leadership and Insulation Business Unit EHS.
• Develop innovative solutions and drive sustainability goals through partnership and influence of key stakeholders and team members at the site.
• Responsible for document maintenance and retention for EHS and Safety training requirements.
• Responsible for environmental reporting and compliance in accordance with federal, state and local ordinance requirements.
• Champion the Safety Pillar and act as a resource to subcommittees.
• Develop, implement and/or monitor EHS action plans and programs to ensure a high level of safety and environmental awareness within the facility.
• Coach, mentor and redirect personnel at the site to encourage prioritization and stewardship of EHS goals. Continually reinforce the company’s stand on safety and environmental compliance, and recognize employee accomplishments and contributions. Empower employees to prevent or stop and correct unsafe acts or work conditions. Educate team members on safe operations of new processes or modifications.
• Serve as initial EHS contact for the Jackson team to review potential environmental, health, and safety impacts for any product innovations.
• Maintain a leadership presence at the site, influence employee and Leadership behaviors, and fully…