EHS Superintendent

MAIN FUNCTION

To plan, manage, coordinate, and administrate all plant safety, health, and environmental programs, projects, activities, loss prevention, including interfacing with regulatory agencies. Interact as CCC Plant Representative with local and federal governmental agencies as relates to EHS and law enforcement.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

SAFETY – Development, implementation, and evaluation of safety policies and procedures. Coordinates activities of the safety committee, conducts safety inspections, and provides technical guidance to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations concerning safety. Maintains current OSHA logs and records of accidents Provides recommendations and solutions to problems to remediate unsafe work practices and conditions. Conducts accident investigations, compiles findings, and summarize information to determine cause, and provides recommendations necessary for the prevention of further accidents.

Provides annual safety performance evaluation of department supervisors.

• Posting in each department the monthly statistics in PowerPoint which are sent by Houston

• Adhering to timeline of 3-days on Injury/Incident reports for submittal to Houston (complete)

• Conduct daily walk-through of plant for viewing of safe practices, such as housekeeping, ladder safety, PPE use

• Monthly inspections of equipment such as ladders for safety feet, rungs broken, and segregation of broken/tagged out ladders from good working order ladders

• Update OSHA Incident Summary Report and send it to Houston by 3rd of every month. Attend Departmental Safety Meetings

• Update plant policy with the EHS Manual as updates are issued

• Perform annual fit testing of employees using Porta Count or other quantitative fit testing equipment

• Writing Confined Space Entry Permits, Line Breaking Permits, Hot Work Permits in accordance with CCC policy. Conduct monitoring and assist with Contractors, and Employees during unit turn-arounds. Monitor confined spaces after posting of permits on a 2-hr or less rotating basis to make sure work is in accordance with permit requirements and proper safety measures are being maintained by all personnel.

• Following up on work-orders as compiled from Safety Committee meetings. Making sure the Safety Committee is “trained” in accordance to the Labor Contract.

HEALTH – Coordinate medical programs and protocol with the company corporate director to include medical monitoring programs, records management, DOT drug compliance testing, and random & mandatory drug testing programs. Assure adequate medical services are accessible for first aid and coordinate emergency medical services when necessary. Coordinate medical treatment and work duties for injured employees. Coordinate worker’s compensation records, insurance, and state agency notifications, billings, regulatory notifications, and provide information for counsel during litigation.

• Escort and transport personnel with injuries to the local physician’s office, or contact 911 if necessary

• Assist with housekeeping of work areas and the plant site to avoid any accumulations of carbon black which could contribute to fugitive emissions.

• Review and compile all fugitive emission inspection reports for compliance to the program of end of shift housekeeping, check and follow-up that inspections are being done by supervision and reports properly filled out.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE – Monitor and achieve compliance for regulatory permits and statues, Annual and Semi-Annual Certifications of Compliance for submittal to state and federal agencies. Gather information for permit applications. Coordinate with state and federal agencies for permit compliance. Coordinate annual regulatory reporting such as Emission Inventories for permit fees, Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know (Tier II), and Toxic Release Inventory.

Maintain and perform environmental monitoring with testing equipment for plant compliance. Maintain state certification as a Visual Emission Evaluator, coordinate local environmental inspections by state and federal authorities.

• MACT Compliance reports submitted timely (