Health Safety Environment Coordinator

POSITION DESCRIPTION

This position is responsible for day-to-day compliance of safety programs and related activities at the Vernon, CA facility.

Responsibilities

• Environmental Compliance Programs:Ensure operations are compliant with applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
• Conduct audits and training programs as needed.
• Establish a working relationship with appropriate regulatory agency personnel.
• Generate reports and permit applications (air, water, waste), ensure compliance with applicable permit requirements.
• Review proposed manufacturing changes and assess environmental impact.
• Work to reduce waste generation and support any remediation activities under the direction of the Corporate HSE Director and Regional HSE Manager.
• Health and Safety Programs:Have oversight of Industrial Hygiene, Fire Prevention LOTO, PPE, etc. Ensure that programs are in place to assist in meeting Company objectives.
• Ensure training programs and in place to ensure compliance.
• Implement accident, near miss, and observation reporting programs to proactively manage safety performance.
• Lead root cause analysis investigation and manage documentation confirm corrective actions have been put in place ensuring complete case management of injuries (reporting, workers compensation, return to work, etc.).
• Build communications required to present incident details and corrective action plans to diffident levels of the business.
• Ensure Job Safety and Environmental Analyses/Job Hazard Analysis are being conducted as required.
• Evaluate operational practices to determine methods to eliminate workplace hazards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Health & Safety or the Sciences
• Min of 3+ years of Health & Safety experience 2 years in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with OSHA, LOTO, Root Cause Analysis
• Union experience a plus
• Needs to have occasional flexibility on start time.