Environmental Health Safety Manager

We are AUTOKINITON

Axis Engineering is a company of AUTOKINITON which delivers operational excellence, high-quality execution, and customer service. We offer 100% vertical integration capabilities such as end-to-end engineering, manufacturing, and in-house logistics.

We’re proud of our Tier 1 supplier legacy for manufacturing propulsion-agnostic, structural automotive components, and assemblies around the globe.

• Support the Company’s mission, vision, values, and goals in performance of daily activities
• Provide direction and leadership consistent with plant business plan goals as a member of the plant Leadership Team.
• Manage and drive all plant environmental, health and safety compliance and management system functions and activities. Maintain communications with Corporate Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) employees.
• Using data analysis methods; develop and maintain annual strategic improvement plans targeted at driving safety performance and achieving leading indicator goals established by AGG Leadership.
• Responsible for defining and driving clear responsibilities for environmental, health and safety performance requirements.
• Advise the Plant Manager's and other functional group Managers as a member of the plant Leadership Team.
• Responsible for ensuring all employees have the necessary safety and environmental training, tools and materials to perform their tasks and responsibilities safely and efficiently.
• Maintain a positive working relationship with all levels of the organization.
• Support and maintain plant wide standards for 5S.
• Systematically develop and implement strategic actions to reduce work related injuries and illnesses (e.g. ergonomic process, layered process auditing, behavior-based safety process)
• Assign clear responsibilities for safety and environmental performance to plant staff and hold all plant employees accountable for enforcement.
• Lead environmental compliance activities including, but not limited to: compiling emissions inventories, assisting in preparing and submitting permit certifications and other required compliance reports, permit applications, compliance strategy, organizing and participating in emissions monitoring activities, reviewing and reporting emissions data, general training, coordinating responses to regulatory agency requests and enforcement actions with Corporate EHS.
• Interface with federal, state, and local environmental agencies on plant safety and environmental issues.
• Lead the ISO 14001 process and enhance the environmental management system to drive environmental sustainability initiatives through implementation of recycling and pollution prevention and implement value added environmental management projects.
• Provides leadership on EH&S issues to all employees in the plant.
• Tactfully hold plant leadership accountable for EHS performance
• Train and coach management talent on EHS topics.
• Serve as the plant’s primary interface with external EHS regulators and EHS auditors, including Registrar for maintaining ISO 14001 certification.
• Lead cross functional teams (CFT) and Internal Auditing team for ISO 14001 program.
• Provides model behavior to demonstrate corporate values.

This full-time role is a part our Health & Safety Program team and reports to Plant Manager

• Bachelor’s Degree in a safety related field or environmental science
• Professional Safety or Environmental certification (CSP, CHMM) preferred
• Minimum of seven (7) or more years of experience in a similar role within a plant environment
• Specific knowledge in several environmental, health and safety processes and practices (OSHA and state requirements, ergonomics, ISO 14001, etc.) Solid background in ergonomics

• Ability to read and write in English
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Strong mathematical skills with ability to perform calculations including mass balance, unit conversions, rate calculations, ratios.
• Strong computer skills are required; including macro…