Health & Safety Area Manager

Responsibilities

• Manages/develops programs to reduce accidents, occupational illnesses, and exposure to long-term health hazards through:
  • Safety-training of all employees
  • Planned inspections
  • Skill training
  • First-aid care
  • Emergency preparedness
  • New employee and contractor indoctrination
  • Physical protection
  • Planned job observation
  • Rules and practices
  • Job analysis/procedures
  • Protective equipment
• Consistently active within the field providing regular support and guidance to salary and hourly employees to maintain a safe work environment that is consistent with the company’s policies and state/federal regulations
• Continually engages salary and hourly employees to ensure the desired safety behaviours are being demonstrated at all levels of the organization
• Maintains compliance with governmental regulatory agencies
• Assist with root cause analysis for accidents, incidents and near miss events; assist in development and implementation of corrective actions
• Provides coaching and subject matter expertise to the region’s management and hourly employees in all matters related to health and safety including all potential losses
• Leads the region in the execution of Carmeuse’s Health & Safety strategy of achieving zero losses
• Oversees the regions Health & Safety management system
• Drives change by actively being a change agent for the region’s health and safety program
• Promotes health & safety continuous improvement culture across cross functional teams
• Oversight of processes and programs to ensure regulatory and company compliance
• Minimizes losses by leading mitigation efforts including, but not limited to, managing workers compensation claims, property damage and business interruption.
• Promotes the concepts of operational risk management including property protection

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Safety Management, Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene or related subject or equivalent experience and training
• Professional certification such as Certified Mine Safety Specialist, Certified Industrial Hygienist, or Certified Safety Professional, is preferred.
• Minimum five years of progressive health and safety experience, preferably in a mining, manufacturing or construction environment
• MSHA experience is desired, with OSHA/DOT experience a strong plus
• Proficient with Microsoft Office software including Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and set priorities appropriately
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• Must be able to support a continuous improvement environment as well as change management initiatives
• Able to travel
• Able to develop and conduct training programs
• Excellent conflict resolution, communication and interpersonal skills

• Knowledge of mine safety and health principles and practices, techniques and procedures, regulations, and standards as they apply to conducting inspections/investigations, identifying and evaluating unsafe conditions, and recommending methods to correct unsafe conditions.
• Knowledge of people management skills
• Knowledge of continuous manufacturing business sector
• Technical creditability as it relates to industry, with a preference on mining and lime kilns

• Demonstrates a strong verbal and written communication skill effectively conveys the intended message to all levels within and outside the organization and effectively listens to concerns and issues of others
• Demonstrates the ability to work across organizational boundaries and all levels of the organization to create interpersonal and team working relationships
• Implements clear goal assessment strategies to align health and safety goals to the organization’s goals and strategies
• Creates team relationships by leading, facilitating, and coaching regional employees in the safety management system ensuring goals are attained
• Deals effectively with difficult situations and resolves conflicts to ensure the best solutions to problems are identified and issues resolved in the best interest of all parties
• Demonstrates the ability to work autonomously to accomplish work without direct supervision
• Applies conceptual and strategic thinking skills to know and understand the big picture within the context of the wider…