EHS Manager

Job Description

• [Company] in Spencer, Iowa has an opening for an Environmental Health and Safety Manager. The EHS Manager serves on the Plant Leadership team, and reports directly to the plant manager.

The EHS Manager:

• Manages and directs site in achieving EHS targets & objectives.
• Directs development, maintenance, and achievement of goals in support of corporate and business group EHS strategic initiatives.
• Facilitates risk assessment at the location to identify critical EHS hazards and aspects.
• Works with leadership team to create targets and objectives based on key EHS risks.
• Determines appropriate leading and lagging indicators to track performance against targets and objectives.
• Supports creation of EHS goals for the site manager and appropriate activity based goals for the leadership team, functional managers, and front-line supervisors to drive EHS culture, compliance, and results.
• Works to assign MESH element champions and facilitate their engagement in ownership of the MESH elements.
• Drives and promotes zero incident EHS culture throughout site.
• Creates and facilitates EHS engagement through EHS teams and committees needed to accomplish the established targets and objectives for the year.
• Works with leadership team and MESH element champions to complete an annual evaluation of compliance for EHS country, state, and local regulations.
• Pursues third party recognition for programs that establish the site and Eaton’s EHS program as world class.
• Uses established EHS data processes such as MESH Suite to manage data such as injuries and illnesses, environmental metrics, risk assessments, EHS action items and other pertinent information.
• Creates training matrices to ensure that all training is defined and tracked to completion.
• Works with site leadership team and facilities to ensure that all key EHS operational controls are in place, on a PM program, and that EHS action items are resolved on a timely basis.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an EHS related field from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in environmental, health and safety program management and employee training.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Position Criteria:

• Significant experience with day to day application of Federal and state laws, OSHA and EPA regulations as well as MESH and worker’s compensation
• Significant experience with positive employee relations policies and programs.
• Strong customer focus and interpersonal skills
• Strong verbal and written communication

Preferred qualifications:

• Manufacturing experience
• Ergonomics experience
• Workers compensation experience