Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Description

This Environmental Health& Safety Specialist
, located in our Columbus, OH plant, is responsible for ensuring that facility’s compliance with local, state, and federal environmental regulations/agencies by developing and implementing environmental and employee safety programs, conducting inspections, investigating incidents, and training employees. Key responsibilities include creating a safe work environment, minimizing environmental impact, and managing hazards related to both people and the environment.

The SHEQ Manager is a proactive leader who ensures the adherence to all customer product standards and specifications while managing the Safety, Quality and Environmental systems for their assigned plant.

The SHEQ Manager’s strategic focus is to work with the plant operations team to continuously improve the quality that is built into Mauser Packaging Solutions products while maintaining an accident‑free workplace.

• Lead all plant environmental, health and safety compliance and management system functions and activities; specifically, the implementation of Behavior Based Safety Program to improve overall EHS performance.
• Responsible for partnering with Ops and the Safety Committee to develop methods for keeping Safety Fresh and focused on employee engagement.
• Develop and implement EHS strategies to ensure compliance with various operating permits and regulatory compliance including ownership for leading all environmental reporting aspects of the plant.
• Participate in the engineering design of protective equipment or safety devices for machines during start up or new installation by applying psychological and physiological factors to assist in the design of safety features and controls.
• Responsible for audits development to ensure regulatory compliance across the sites.
• Coordinate required OSHA training, lead and train employees in JSA’s, risk assessments and other safety training and communication.
• Interface with federal, state and local environmental and safety agencies on plant issues
• Managing and implementing compliance with Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), USEPA and State regulations in accordance with government and company requirements.
• Coordinating with site leadership at facilities to develop mutually beneficial solutions to complex environmental, health and safety challenges.
• Communicating effectively, championing and implementing change with a diverse set of internal and external customers.
• Interpreting laws and regulations to determine applicability for facilities of responsibility and implementing programs to comply.

• Implements process improvement with the use of Statistical Process Control (SPC), measurement analysis.
• Defines projects regarding customer requirements utilizing tools such as:
  Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), process flow mapping, control plan documentation and Capability Analysis.
• Ensures CoQ (Costs of Quality) metrics are aligned with the company’s strategic initiatives, including scrap, rework, returns, appraisal, and prevention.
• Establishes programs to improve metrics using continuous improvement tools as well as actively participates in projects that support Lean Manufacturing initiatives resulting in improved profitability, workflow, and team performance. Proactively works to improve quality systems internally and externally to the plant.
• Utilizes and can teach Lean tools including 5S, Kaizen, quick changeover, value stream mapping, mistake proofing, etc. Participates in Kaizen events as necessary.
• Interacts with production floor daily. Assists where needed to ensure there is adequate support from the Quality department to meet production efficiencies and goals.
• Reviews, measures and proactively studies KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) in an effort to prevent substandard product that does not meet customer specifications.
• Supervises and manages daily activities of all Quality team members at their designated location.
• Manages HFI (Hold for Inspection) System. Measures, quantifies, and communicates HFIs to the production floor and any other team members who need to…