Environmental Health & Safety Manager - Fleet & Transportation- West Region

Company Description

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Clean Earth is one of the largest specialty waste companies in the United States providing remediation, disposal, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for contaminated soil, dredged material, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste.

Our vast portfolio of technologies and services touches nearly every industry that generates waste including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, retail, and healthcare markets.

It is our unique capability of providing a one-source, full-service solution to handle multiple waste streams from a single customer that separates us from the competition.

Our processes are detailed, our due diligence is tireless, and our results provide unmatched recycling solutions for our customers with the utmost in customer service.

Every day Clean Earth takes a hands-on, dedicated approach to recycling and beneficially reusing waste that would otherwise go into landfills.

Allow our team of experts to provide a customized waste disposal and recycling solution for your company, tailored to your needs, and your goals.

Job Description

Position can sit anywhere on West Coast, close to a facility.

The EHS Manager partners with area employees, drivers, managers, and the director across all designated operations in order to facilitate and improve the region’s ability to meet safety and compliance standards and promote the organization's safety values & principles.

The role of the EHS manager is to co-own continuous safety improvement with the Operation Managers and Directors in order to reduce and prevent occupational injuries, vehicle incidents, and liability claims.

The EHS manager conducts audits, ride-alongs, provides technical and professional training for employees, and works shoulder to shoulder with employees to improve the quality and consistency of safety training, standards, communications, and program implementation.

The position reports directly to the EHS Director with a dotted line reporting relationship to the respective Operations Director.

Job Responsibilities :

• Partner with the Operations Director across all aspects of safety co-own operational safety performance
• Develop a working relationship with drivers and 10-day employees to develop a safety strategy to improve location safety metrics
• Visible in all areas of the operations throughout the year
• Provide company and industry safety training
• Provide safety training and indoctrination of all new area managers and promotions within their respective area
• Make use of lessons learned from incidents and audits, share them with the EHS Director to develop safety alerts for the purpose of reducing incidents and injuries
• Perform safety audits of fleet vehicles, operations, and offices
• Follow up on audit corrective action items to ensure remedies are being completed within the established timeline
• Perform incident response & investigation as required
• Daily review Samsara camera system for lessons learned and driving CE’s compliance to operating vehicles in a compliant / safe manner
• Other safety & training related duties as they arise (include employee training as necessary)
• Assist Managers with their responsibility to follow local, state, and federal regulations and company policies and procedures
• Proactively coach team members in the various facets of safety performance and lead by example
• Regularly reinforce safety messages by conducting behavioral safety observations, safety briefings, and facility safety walk-throughs to provide a strong visible presence in driving safety at the operational level
• Actively participate in regularly scheduled conference calls or meetings to promote involvement, engagement, and consistency to help ensure a safe work environment
• Travel to all 10-day locations within their area on an annual basis as a minimum
• Travel up to 50% throughout West Coast facilities

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities :

• Aptitude for computer systems, including experience in Microsoft Windows applications
• Aptitude and enthusiasm for teaching others and ability to speak on safety topics in a group setting
• Ability to work both independently and within a team environment
• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment and shifting priorities
• Ability to influence others and take the necessary actions to achieve the desired results
• Demonstrated ability to make good decisions and has sound judgment

Qualifications

Basic Required Qualifications :

• 4-year Degree in safety or a technical discipline required
• 10 years + in a Safety related field requiring ability to manage and supervise over a large geographic area
• Experience in chemical storage and distribution equipment design, operations, and maintenance is preferred and / or highly desirable
• Computer skills (Microsoft Office and basic internet) required

Preferred Qualifications :

Knowledge of OSHA, DOT, and EPA Hazard Materials Shipping, Storage, and Response regulations

Working conditions :

EHS managers typically have heavy travel schedules, with exposure to hazardous or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions, along with vehicles, moving equipment, mechanical parts, and flammable materials, vibration, and loud noise.

The employee will be working in both office and external work environments including riding along with drivers performing customer pickups.

Additional Information

We offer competitive benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, and disability plans, as well as Paid Time Off and a 401k with company matching.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

If you have a difficulty applying for any job posted on Enviri Clean Earth’s website because a disability prevents you from using the online system, Clean Earth offers the following alternate application procedure : Call toll free (833) 209-2659 and leave your name, phone number, city, and state of residence.

Clean Earth will arrange for an alternate method of applying and will consider your application together with all other applications received for the job.

This line is dedicated to disability applications only. No other inquiries will receive a response.

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