Director Environmental Health & Safety

## Director Environmental Health & Safety Apply locations:
Santa Fe Springs - Clark St., CA, USAtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R9773

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*** Position Overview
** The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Director is responsible for developing, implementing, and leading the company's environmental, health, and safety programs within a lean manufacturing environment. This role ensures compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements while fostering a proactive, behavior-based safety culture through effective training, employee engagement, and continuous improvement initiatives.
** Areas of Focus
** The EHS Director will provide strategic leadership in environmental, health, and safety initiatives by promoting a culture of safety, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. This individual will demonstrate strong professional leadership through active involvement in the EHS field, while also serving as a positive representative of the organization within the local community. The role emphasizes collaboration, continuous improvement, and the development of sustainable safety and environmental programs that support business objectives.
** Responsibilities
* ** Coordinates the EHS programs to ensure a safe environment consistent with regulatory, environmental, and company requirements and needs
* Promotes the company mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives by formulating plans, procedures, and objectives for EHS programs and by evaluating effectiveness of the program
* Creates and maintains a work environment that encourages open communication and positive employee relations to establish a climate of openness and trust
* Seeks out opportunities for staff involvement and innovation to promote employee creativity and to generate ideas to improve functions, devise solutions, and implement plans
* Oversee, operation and maintenance of water treatment and wastewater equipment, ensuring compliance with state and federal environmental protection limits
* Manages personnel responsible for inspecting and maintaining air pollution control equipment
* Prepares reports and maintains logs for water treatment systems on meter readings, tests, chemical and equipment usage, and all other record-keeping requirements
* Build a cohesive team with the skills necessary to successfully meet the departmental/company objectives and strategies
* Delivers training information in a formal classroom setting and conducts on-the-job training on various safety and environmental programs to all required facility personnel.
* Keeps various safety and environmental records and logbooks up to date
* Works with the medical department to follow workers’ compensation cases
* Is required to assist with cost-control efforts, and participate in manufacturing improvement committees, and the like
* Interfaces with OSHA, and various environmental programs inspectors
* Study, plan and formulate new and revised safety programs, JSA’s, and rules: prepare recommendations and implement for conformance
* Responsible for effective application of safety and environmental policies and practices and to investigate and eliminate hazardous conditions and unsafe practices including non-routine work program
* Through safety and environmental training sessions, meetings, manuals, bulletins, films, etc., keep supervisory personnel apprised of hazardous conditions and practices, recommend injury prevention measures
* Conducts industrial hygiene studies that may involve exposure to dust, fumes, mists, gases, vapors, noise, heat, and cold
* Assesses new developments in the safety and environmental fields that may have application to the company's operations
* Keeps appraised of developments in federal and state safety and applicable environmental laws likely to affect the company
* Coordinates safety and industrial hygiene to obtain optimum service with insurance carriers
* Investigates serious injuries/incidents in conjunction with line and staff personnel, Human Resources and Occupational Health Nurse and ensures corrective measures are implemented.
* Assists line and staff management to understand OSHA regulations and standards, including guidance on handling OSHA compliance, inspections and citations
* Manages and maintains appropriate air, water, and waste permitting requirements
* Supervises EHS departmental staff, hourly and salaried.
* Evaluates performance, provides feedback, and completes performance reviews
* Supervises and trains light technical and hourly personnel in performing supporting tasks
* Manages the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous waste generated at the facility to comply with local, State, and Federal requirements.
* Completes regulatory required reporting in the areas of air, water, waste, hazardous material, and health and safety
** Basic Qualifications
*** Bachelor's degree in…