Position requirements
- engineering industrial, occupational health or equivalent experience in hse required
- advanced english proficiency required
- 3-5 years ehs experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment
- experience with progressive hse cultures and safety leadership
- knowledge of ehs compliance and regulatory requirements
- strong written and verbal communication skills; presentation and delivery skills
- aptitude for organization, prioritization and managing multiple tasks
- ability to work in a collaborative fashion to accomplish hse requirements and objectiveswillingness to travel for training, meetings and benchmarking.
Key accountabilities
- responsible for leading systems, processes and procedures that promote a positive safety culture, resulting in an injury free and healthy workplace. Collaborate with local leadership to execute on all local, state, federal regulatory hse requirements and company hse programs. This position reports directly to the general manager and will work functionally with the regional hse manager.
- responsible for supporting and fostering the safety culture, safety programs and environmental compliance of the manufacturing facility
- lead incident investigations, complete investigation files, develop corrective action plans and manage worker's compensation process
- lead initiatives to strategically plan, communicate, deliver and track required employee training. Responsible for makeup training process and new hire onboarding
- participate in and support an active cross functional safety committee
- maintain files, environmental permits, inspections (conagua, profepa, semarnat, stps; civil protection, certifications and submissions (solid waste, hazardous waste, waste water, storm water, air, etc)
- lead deliberate improvement efforts to improve hse performance
- work with lead team to develop and implement site-specific annual objectives for hse
- accountable for the planning, delivery, evaluation & administration of training programs to include new employee orientation, on-the-job, skill development, compliance, safety, regulatory, corporate and other training as needed.
- enhances current training programs to align with established plant goals for safety, quality, and production
- coordinates with management team to identify training needs and activities.
- ensures job training qualification and certification processes are followed.
- *must demonstrate a high degree of flexibility in work hours to accommodate off-shift training and production needs.