Regional Manager - Environmental, Health and Safety

Improve the lives of others while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Job Description
- Regional Manager
- Environmental, Health and Safety
- Multiple Locations (2388119)

Regional Manager
- Environmental, Health and Safety
- Multiple Locations - 2388119

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Regional Manager drives safety performance across a multi-site environment, ensuring best practice and engagement with operations at sites to establish an industry leading safety culture. Serve as the company's Safety representative for assigned region, providing technical safety expertise as well as knowledge of industry standards and best practices. Conducts safety meetings, worksite inspections, identifies hazards and safety violations. Establishes appropriate measures and ensures all deficiencies and violations are corrected in a timely manner.

Oversee the investigation process of incidents occurring in assigned region. Drives forward safety performance across all operational sites, ensuring continuous improvement and provides feed back to the executive leadership team. Conducts project safety inspections, training programs and audits as necessary.

Arranges monthly safety meetings with operations at respective locations to ensure best practice and commitment to company safety goals. Completes and submits accident reports. Ensure company compliance in relation to industry regulator standards (OSHA). Regional Manager must be able to drive “a zero injury safety culture without compromise.” This is a critical position that is responsible for enforcing a culture of safety and related quality inspections, audits, meetings, and data for a large regional network of pharmacies.

This position reports up to the Director, EHS and will be responsible for national and regional audit and inspection programs for quality and safety. Position can be located at any one of the National sites, Regional sites, or Home Infusion sites that are centrally located to an airport, and accessible via car or plane.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

• 5+ years of related experience and in-depth knowledge of environment, health and safety regulations
• 5+ years of experience having managed regional/distributed sites (safety)
• 5+ years of progressive EHS experience within a high-risk manufacturing environment
• Experience coaching, mentoring and educating others in a collaborative team environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of process safety and risk assessment tools and techniques (i.e. FMEA)
• Sound working knowledge of Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Clean-Room, and government regulatory requirements and guidelines.
• Expert on OSHA regulations, Hazmat/Hazwaste
• Willing to travel (25% travel)
• Driver’s…