Health & Safety Manager

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About the role

Reporting to the Site Director, the Environmental Health and Safety Manager is responsible for performing and initiating all activities in support of environmental/safety and security initiatives.  Manage all site employees involved in EH&S activities.  This would include all aspects of employee management such as environmental, health, and safety oversight, safety mentoring, embracing change, being persistent and having determination to sustain a safe and healthy work site.

This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

Your responsibilities

• Oversee safety assessments and audits as well as resolution and follow-up of corrective actions identified during assessments.  Manage hazard identification, analysis and control programs.  Participate at initiation phase of equipment installation and set up to assist in design for safety, health, ergonomic and environmental principles.
• Develop and lead the implementation of safety, health and environmental policies and procedures. Set standards to which others will be held responsible and accountable.  Maintain procedures to keep current.  Develop training materials to support environmental, safety and health programs.  Promote employee awareness of environment, health and safety through training and continual facility wide communication.  Develop and implement proactive environment, health and safety programs.  Develop, implement, and maintain EH&S Performance Measurement Programs (i.e., audits, metrics), tracking and reporting progress.
• Create and facilitate EH&S teams and/or committees as needed to meet safety objectives.  Provide expert technical assistance to the department and to the business units.  Participate and represent Reckitt Benckiser in internal and external working groups, committees and conferences having to do with EH&S.  Build effective relationships with the corporate EH& network to ensure consistency of systems.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations pertaining to health, environmental and safety standards.  Interface with regulatory agencies and assist during regulatory inspections.  Keep apprised of development in federal, state and local safety and environmental laws.
• Develop and manage accident and injury investigation program.  Manage workers compensation program and costs.  Review and interpret data from accident and loss event reports and other appropriate sources to identify causes, trends and relationships.  Initiate investigations when appropriate.  Establish target areas and long range accident risk reduction and cost control objectives.

The duties and responsibilities identified in this position description are considered essential but is not limited to only those outlined.  The incumbent may perform other functions that may be assigned.  Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of this position at any time.

The experience we're looking for

Four year college degree preferably in Environmental & Safety but not required.  At least five to eight years experience as an environmental/safety professional or similar background is required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

Influence Skills

• Is persuasive.

• Listens effectively, communicates empathy and an understanding of others’ issues and points of view.
• Values and incorporates the ideas of others.

Technical/Professional Knowledge

• Establish controls and accountabilities for safety and health in the workplace.
• Act as the Fort Worth operations technical expert on all safety, environmental, and health issues.

Service Orientation

• Listens and understands the internal and external customer’s point of view.
• Implements process improvements that continually improve service levels.
• Balances cost considerations with stakeholder’s interests.

Safety Management

• Utilize the Core Values effectively to develop a strong safety culture for the future of the business.
• Coaches others with timely and specific feedback.
• Manages with courage.

Problem-Solving and Decision Making

• Makes decisions that reflect sound judgment.
• Solves the right problems by defining problems and recognizing broader implications.
• Implements solutions that isolate issues and manage risk.

Results Orientation

• Ability to accomplish tasks with the desired results.
• Ability to get results in either a team environment or an individual project.

Resource Efficiency and Multi Tasking

• Ability to work outside primary scope while maintaining high standards in that scope.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and personnel while keeping those projects on schedule and within budget.
• Ability to use minimal human and financial resources for successful completion of assigned tasks

Communicativeness

• Is able to express both self and vision through excellent verbal and written communication.
• Understands who the various stakeholders are and communicates across the matrix effectively so that people understand how the issues impact them.

Team Player

• Ability to serve on a team in a variety of roles; facilitator, project manager, and peer or subordinate participant.

Understands that all members of the team working together to achieve team goals are more effective than individual contributions.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Relationship Management, Business Accumen, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Distribution Logistics, Logistics Management, Management Third-party Logistics Providers, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Management, Procurement.

What we offer

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