Health and Safety Manager (Mendoza, AR)

Summary

This role plans, directs, and manages the  health, and safety programs under senior management direction. Recognizes, evaluates, recommends, and implements policies and procedures to assure awareness of and compliance with EH&S local regulations as well as company requirements. This is a generalist role in that no single health, or safety activity requires 80 percent or more of the incumbent’s available time.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for monitoring and preventing chemical, biological, and physical hazards and diseases present throughout work sites.   
• Reviews and incorporates health standards promulgated by regulatory authorities.  
• Ensures that quality control procedures are established to monitor all aspects of regulations.    
• Provides all necessary reports to local authorities.       
• Directs audits of  health, and safety programs to identify and control significant loss-producing exposure. Must keep fully informed on all existing and proposed changes in occupational health and safety regulations.
• Develops and provides basic EHS training to employees. Promotes communication programs to enhance and encourage employee awareness of accident and fire prevention, industrial hygiene, and environmental compliance.  
• Plans, develops, and directs the personnel within the Health, and Safety function of the company. Provides leadership direction to management and professional personnel of the organization unit. 
• Must have a strong working knowledge of local environmental, health, and safety laws/regulations. Must be able to accurately define problems, collect data, interpret analytical results, draw valid conclusions, and make reasonable recommendations to upper management that support the production and final goals of the company.     
• Must be capable of and willing to respond to emergencies during off shifts, weekends, and/or holidays. Must be able to interface effectively with management, operations, and agency personnel.  

Typical Education

Relevant Experience

Other Information

Excellent oral and written communication skills. Must have a strong working knowledge of federal and state environmental, health, and safety laws/regulations.