Quality & EHS Manager

Overview

Manager, Quality and EHS

Daifuku Automotive America Corporation is a leader in Design, Manufacturing, Installation and Support of automotive automation/material handling systems in North America. The company is currently seeking an experienced Quality and EHS Manager to join our team at the facility in Reynoldsburg, OH.

Daifuku Automotive America Corporation promotes and supports both individual and team success by providing opportunities to expand your skills and build on your capabilities. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to a culturally rich workforce and proud of our diversity in background, experience and origin. Safety is part of our core values; we stress the importance to our employees by enforcing 5S and daily safety audits.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision available day one
• Optional Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• FSA/ HSA
• Company provided life and disability plans
• 401K:
  Fidelity
• 7 Paid sick days (prorated according to start date)
• 13 paid vacation days (prorated according to start date)
• 11 paid holidays
• Yearly performance bonuses
• PPE Reimbursement

The Quality and EHS Manager serves in a leadership role in the implementation, support, and oversight of DAC EHS, Quality, Sustainability and ISO policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and practices at our facilities. This experienced leader will develop, implement, and maintain processes and procedures to ensure that:

• All products meet established quality standards and customer expectations.
• EHS programs and procedures are compliant with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Meaningful and realistic safety targets are achieved with continuous improvement.
• Quality and EHS management systems meet ISO requirements and certifications are maintained.
• Sustainability action plans are created and executed in alignment with corporate goals and objectives.

Responsibilities include facilitating EHS and Quality Excellence programs, managing, and coordinating training programs for employees, and coordinating with corporate programs and initiatives.

These programs include, but are not limited to:

• Environmental
• Occupational Safety
• Process safety
• Product Safety
• Industrial Hygiene
• Quality
• Sustainability
• ISO Certification
• Emergency response and planning

The Quality and EHS Manager provides guidance and facilitates a collaborative approach to site management on implementation of EHS, Quality, Sustainability, and ISO programs to reduce risk and incidents of accidents, injuries, and environmental releases. This individual stays current on relevant Environmental, Health, Safety, Quality and ISO regulations and compliance with applicable regulations. The Quality and EHS Manager is responsible for monitoring and reporting on the performance of EHS, Quality, Sustainability and ISO KPIs and personnel to ensure performance meets or exceeds DAC expectations.

This includes, but is not limited to providing required training, permitting, maintain certifications, reporting, auditing, and recordkeeping. This individual builds and maintains employee support for the DAC EHS culture, with an emphasis on continual improvement. As DAC continues to grow, the Quality and EHS Manager may be responsible for administrative and supervisory leadership of a team. The Quality and EHS Manager performs other tasks as assigned.

Other responsibilities

• Analyze accident/incident trends and develop/implement recommendations to improve safety behaviors and plant safety record. Use Structured Problem-Solving tools (e.g. 8D or A3) where appropriate.
• Initiate regular meetings with the Plant Managers to set personal Quality/EHS goals and measure performance.
• Maintain working knowledge of Company policies, procedures, and government regulations.
• Understand what the facility needs to accomplish, determine where to focus efforts, and develop tactical plans for delivering on identified goals.
• Carry out the plans, both directly and indirectly by engaging and guiding other key players at the site.
• Seek out and advocate for the resources required to implement the facility’s EMS, build EMS-related capability within the site through tools and training, and communicate the facility’s environmental progress and impact to key internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor and measure the facility’s environmental KPIs to ensure plans are delivering the desired results and to cultivate insights into opportunities for improvement.
• Advocate and facilitate action for continual environmental performance improvement.
• Understand what the facility needs to accomplish, determine where to focus efforts and develop tactical plans for delivering on identified goals.
• Interfaces with site personnel to identify hazards, and to develop and implement corrective/improvement measures. This could include the review and approval of specific work permits, as well as participation in incident investigation teams, safety audits, design reviews, process safety reviews, project review teams, and/or job task…