Environmental & Safety Coordinator

Environmental & Safety Coordinator

Location(s):
Savannah, GA, US, 31408 Function:
Envir, Health and Safety Audience:
Hourly Work Arrangement:
On Site

Purpose of the Job:
The primary role of the EHS Coordinator is to build a plant and/or department culture with an unconditional stance on safety. The EHS Coordinator will lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of critical safety, health, and environmental processes/programs/procedures to achieve a zero-injury environment. The successful candidate will provide leadership and apply technical abilities to engage employees at all levels of the organization to develop and sustain world-class safety and environmental process.

This position reports to the EHS Leader. A successful candidate must have exceptional teamwork/collaboration skills and the initiative to act within a fast-paced environment. They are capable in building partnerships with multiple functions and quickly understand the process of the day-to-day environment, assess safety risks, take immediate action, and sustain those changes. Effective and engaging teaching, training, and coaching is a critical skill for success in this role.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with EHS Lead and Plant Leadership on building a Plant safety strategy to align with company safety initiatives.
• Develop, implement, and execute safety initiatives to strive to meet safety measures including but not limited to incident/accident reporting procedures, safety plans on evacuations, first responders' organization, risk assessments, periodic safety training, safety assessments, and primary/salaried ongoing training.
• Partner with our People Leaders and Primary employees on best safety practices including coordinating and appropriate planning.
• Create and oversee routine safety and health strategies to meet end of year results.
• Develop, implement and/or evaluate EHS plans and programs to ensure a solid foundation of safety and environmental awareness is communicated within the facility.
• Maintain, transform and update EHS data into information (charts, and graphs) and metrics.
• Develop, implement, deliver, maintain, and improve EHS related training programs in coordinated effort with NLT, EHS Leader and appropriate plant personnel.
• Implement and maintain all EHS training in the approved data base. Maintain training documentation as required by corporate and federal/state standards.
• Conduct, identify and document Hazard Analysis process, Safe Behavior Observations, facility audits, etc.
• Assist in recordable injury, first-aid, and near-miss investigations and in the development and implementation of improvement action plans through completion of "Learning from Incident" reports.
• Investigate workplace safety concerns and submit work request notifications as needed.
• Improve the EHS culture through educating employees on EHS standards and procedures.
• Actively participate in the implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Serve as EHS Vice Pillar leader
• Maintain inventory of PPE, lockout hardware, spill response equipment, and other safety supplies.
• Conduct site safety orientations for all outside contractors, visitors and all Owens Corning new hires.
• Regularly inspect and maintain emergency equipment, including, but not limited to fire extinguishers, safety showers, spill response equipment and AED units.
• Perform regular audits of work being conducted by outside contractors to ensure compliance with all OC safety standards.
• Perform all other duties as directed by the EHS Leader to support facility EHS goals.

Job Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required
• 1+ years of experience coordinating, supporting or leading EHS efforts in a production, manufacturing, warehousing or distribution environment

Preferred Experience:

• Some college preferred but not required
• Associates or Bachelors degree in any field related to EH&S, such as industrial hygiene, engineering, science or equivalent work experience
• Experience in the implementation of OSHA, EPA, and other general industry EHS standards
• Experience in providing feedback when identifying unsafe acts or behaviors at all employee levels.
• Experience in leading trainings, facilitating learning sessions and coaching to develop peers and leaders on EHS practices, polices and procedures
• Experience in the operation, training, certification process of PIV, forklift and other powered industrial vehicles
• Experience with utilizing computer programs such as the Microsoft Office suite to develop resources needed for training/teaching purposes

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Writing, maintaining and reviewing standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Willingness to learn new controls technologies and systems as required throughout facility
• Work up to12 hours in non-climate-controlled heavy manufacturing environment
• Availability to work varying shifts to support 24-hour operations, including but not limited to: working after business hours, weekends, nights, holidays and on-call shifts
• Teaching, coaching…