Contact

EHS Manager – Adhesive Tapes – Bowling Green, KY

Evansville, IN
Full-Time
6215

Job Summary: To foster an environment of learning and application. Our commitment is to provide you with a real-life, meaningful experience where you will manage projects from start to finish.

  • Title: EHS Manager
  • Department: Environmental, Health, and Safety
  • Reports To: Plant Director
  • Location: Franklin, KY
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Position ID: 6215

See a Video Presentation about this position

About Our Client

As a standalone business, our client is poised to strengthen its leadership in pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes, delivering innovative solutions to industrial and specialty markets worldwide. Headquartered in Franklin, KY, with facilities in other locations, our client manufactures specialty foil, film, and duct tapes and adhesives. With over 1,500 specialty SKUs spanning 500+ product families, our client serves 1,500+ customers across the HVAC, building and construction, industrial, retail, medical, aerospace, automotive, and other specialty industries.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive awareness and accountability for environmental, health and safety performance through all levels of the site.
  • Champion employee empowerment to identify and address safety concerns, and generate new ideas related to safety and health.
  • Promote and participate in employee involvement programs such as project teams, committees, and internal training.
  • Lead plant incident and plant non-conformance investigations, determine appropriate corrective actions and preventative actions, and ensure closure of actions. Reapply key learnings and recommendations from global incidents as applicable.
  • Lead emergency preparedness planning and response activities
  • Lead internal and external inspections of the facility to assess and ensure compliance with federal, state, local, insurance and internal safety requirements
  • Maintain ISO compliant safety and environmental compliance records, including OSHA Logs and Permit Requirements
  • Develop, create, track, and deliver safety training to employees as required, including coordination of new hire and external regulatory training.
  • Effectively interact with all internal functional job levels and with external agencies and resources in order to maximize the effectiveness of the safety improvement process
  • Conduct facility audits to identify hazardous conditions/actions within the plant and recommend corrective measures. Oversee Safety Concerns and Near Misses reported by employees to ensure completion.
  • Create/review/implement Policies, Risk Assessments, SOPs and work instructions related to EHS in support of the EHS Program and Regulatory Requirements
  • Oversee the Management of Change (MOC)/Pre-startup Safety Review (PSSR) program. Partner with project leads to provide EHS input into project planning.
  • Provide regular EHS reports to management; identify leading and lagging indicator trends by analyzing near miss, workplace observation, corrective action preventive action (CAPA), and injury/illness data. Recommend corrective actions as determined.
  • Approve new chemical purchases and maintain SDS sheets, Hazard Communication program and environmental reporting.
  • Provide Front Line Leaders with Safety Topics for Daily, Weekly and Monthly EHS meetings/talks.
  • Assist in management of Contractor Management Program at the location
  • Assist in the administration of the Workers Compensation Program
  • Perform other duties as directed by the Plant Director, VP of Operations or Regional/Corporate EHS leadership.
  • Maintain and increase professional knowledge and expertise related to the fields of environmental protection, occupational health, and industrial safety through annual professional development
  • Ability to travel 0-25% of the time.
  • The above duties are representative of the nature and level of the work and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
  • Willingness and ability to provide 24/7 on call support for emergencies.

Qualifications

  • Four (4) year degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Protection, Environmental Science, Engineering or related discipline preferred
  • Current or able to qualify for CPR/First Aid/BBP certifications.
  • Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or other safety certification preferred.
  • Six Sigma certification preferred (green or black belt).
  • Minimum 7+ years of experience in direct Environmental, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health and/or Safety experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Applied knowledge and working understanding of federal/county EHS requirements (i.e.; OSHA, EPA, NFPA), regulatory compliance, experience with inspections, incident investigations, process safety, contractor safety, EHS training, hazard reviews and job safety analysis
  • Knowledge of safety, industry hygiene and environmental testing methods
  • Strong incident investigation, root cause analysis and continuous improvement skills
  • Direct EHS experience must include leading and influencing industrial sites and organizations
  • Strong leadership, communication, influencing and collaborative skills
  • Strong organizational skills with proven ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • Takes responsibility for actions, respects confidentiality, completes commitments on time, and uses data to support decisions
  • Self-motivated to improve processes and performance. Can adapt and reapply new ideas and methods to improve team/plant performance
  • Knowledge of Behavior Based Safety
  • Computer literacy: Power Point, Word, Excel, Teams

Essential Functions

  • Employee must be able to operate computer by utilizing keyboard and mouse.
  • Employee must be able to keep records and files.
  • Employee must be able to organize and lead trainings.
  • Employee must be able to oversee various plant functions.
  • Employee must be able to lead assigned department within plant.
  • Employee must be able to maintain a neat and organized workspace.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF JOB:

Never Occasional Frequent Constant
0% of an 8 hour day 1-33% of an 8 hour day 34-66% of an 8 hour day 67-100% of an 8 hour day
0 hours ≤ 2.6 hours ³ 2.7 hrs – ≤ 5.2 hrs ≥ 5.3 hours
Material Handling 1-32 repetitions/day 33-200 repetitions/day > 200 repetitions/day
Non-Material Handling 1-100 repetitions/day 101–800 repetitions/day > 800 repetitions/day
    • Standing: (Frequent) Employee must be able to stand to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as leading trainings, overseeing plant functions and maintaining a neat and organized workspace.
  • Walking: (Frequent) Employee must be able to walk to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as leading trainings, overseeing plant functions and maintaining a neat and organized workspace.
  • Sitting: Constant) Employee must be able to sit to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as operating computer and communicating via phone.
  • Lifting: (Occasional) Employee must be able to lift up to 10 pounds from floor to waist level of 36 inches to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as placing paper into copier tray.
  • Carrying: (Occasional) Employee must be able to complete front or side carries of copy paper weighing up to 10 pounds for distances up to 15 feet.
  • Pushing/Pulling: (Occasional) Employee must be able to generate push force and pull force of 30 pounds to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as maintaining an organized and clean workspace.
  • Forward Bending: (Occasional) Employee must be able to attain/maintain a forward flexed position of up to 60 degrees to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as loading paper into copier tray and maintaining an organized and clean workspace.
  • Trunk Rotation: (Occasional) Employee must be able to rotate their trunk/torso left-right in a standing and seated position to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as working at desk and maintaining an organized and clean workspace.
  • Reaching: (Frequent) Employee must be able to forward reach to a shoulder level of up to 48 inches to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as entering data into computer, answering phones and maintaining an organized and clean workspace.
  • Manipulating/Handling/Gripping: (Occasional) Employee must be able complete gripping, pinching and manipulation of various pieces of equipment to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as entering data into computer, answering phones and maintaining an organized and clean workspace. A grip force of 30 pounds is necessary for the completion of tasks.
  • Climbing: (Never)
  • Kneeling: (Never)
  • Crouching: (Never)
  • Crawling: (Never)
  • Squatting: (Occasional) Employee must be able to squat to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as filing documents, placing paper into copier tray and maintaining an organized and clean workspace.
  • Postural Balancing: (Occasional) Employee must be able to maintain both static and dynamic standing balance to complete various duties associated with essential job functions such as leading trainings, overseeing plant functions and maintaining a neat and organized workspace.
  • Work Level: Light Work (Level 2) as defined by the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
Sedentary (1) Light (2) Medium (3) Heavy (4) Very Heavy (5)
Occasional ≤ 10 lbs. ≤ 20 lbs. ≤ 50 lbs. ≤ 100 lbs. > 100 lbs.
Frequent Negligible ≤ 10 lbs. ≤ 25 lbs. ≤ 50 lbs. > 50 lbs.
Constant ≤ 10 lbs ≤ 20 lbs. > 20 lbs

SIGNIFICANT WORKSITE MEASUREMENTS

  • Tools: weighing up to 1 pounds.
  • Materials: weighing up to 10 pounds.
  • Steps/Ladders: up to 7-12-inch step/rung heights.

TOOLS/EQUIPMENT USED TO PERFORM JOB

Computer, pen, paper, phone, copier, fax machine