EHS Manager

Company

Client of The Griffin Groupe Executive Search

Full Time

Fremont, Ohio

125 - $135K + Benefits (Relocation assistance) - 20% TRAVEL

Environmental, Health & Safety Manager

This role leads all Environmental, Health and Safety responsibilities and initiatives. Develops and implements programs to ensure our EHS efforts are proactive and support our company’s workplace objectives. Ensures all necessary reports, permits and paperwork are completed properly to ensure compliance with government agencies. Administers workers’ compensation and works with 3rd party contacts and legal as necessary. Provides engaging onboarding and ongoing training to managers, supervisors and associates to foster a positive culture and tools to provide a safe, clean and organized workplace.

• Ensures Air Emissions Permit requirements are met. Maintains visible particulate emission checks for Step and Regrind departments. Confirms sprayed chemical quantities for OC emissions and total hours in operation. Verifies and completes deviation reports, compliance certification, emission inventory, MACT compliance reporting and emergency malfunctions as required during the year. Verifies functionality of all emission control equipment. Conducts annual Clean Air Act training including Title V air permit conditions and MACT compliance training.
• Ensures Storm Water Permit requirements are met. Verifies chemical-free storm discharges in all facilities. Performs monthly storm water inspection on Mfg outside grounds. Trains Mfg & DC’s in avoiding chemical spills, grease, oil and fuel spills to storm water conveyances. Issues annual discharge report.
• Ensures RCRA (Hazardous Waste) Management & Reporting is completed. Maintains and confirms compliance with our hazardous waste accumulation areas. Handles the Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity Report and ensures labeling, disposal manifesting and reporting obligations are met. Audits satellite accumulation stations and DCs for hazardous waste activity.
• Ensures compliance with universal waste accumulation areas. Trains maintenance in proper storage and disposal of universal waste. Reports and audits all universal waste accumulated for disposal.
• Ensures compliance with Toxic Substance Control Act. Investigates all allegations of significant adverse reactions to health of associates and the environment and documents and report allegations including findings.
• Ensures all Environmental Response (CERCLA) and Emergency Planning (EPCRA) requirements and reports are completed.
• Maintains all Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for our stored chemicals. Reports quantities of hazardous chemicals annually to fire department, local emergency planning committee, state emergency commission, and EPA for those chemicals exceeding the threshold planning quantity (TPQ) on Tier II reports. Submits toxic chemical release reporting and Form R annually for those in excess of threshold quantities for calendar year.
  
  Reports any spills and releases of hazardous material via air, water or ground.
• Ensures compliance with Used Oil and Non-Hazardous Waste Handling. Disposes and documents used oil recovery. Verifies the proper solid waste disposal and documents for yearly reporting of all recycled waste.

• Complies with OSHA regulations by creating and maintaining written programs for each location.
• Conducts required periodic training on all required programs with all associates in all impacted locations. Trains Mfg associates more often to reduce the probability of accidents and injuries. Uses safety awareness training, behavior based training and other proven techniques to eliminate accidents with a goal to achieve zero accidents.
• Conducts new associate EHS training and applicable forklift and/or DOT training as needed. Works with HR and out of state locations to ensure all the necessary training is completed in a timely manner.
• Works with management, engineering and maintenance to improve areas of safety concern especially in Mfg by recommending improvements to workstations or equipment and/or to processes for safer and more ergonomic work…