Job Description
An industrial manufacturing leader in aerospace and defense products and services has an immediate need for a detail-oriented, pro-active Environmental Health & Safety Manager - with emphasis on Safety and strength of Leadership. This is an opportunity to join an innovative company in mission-critical work supporting the US and allied war-fighters who serve us all by defending democracy and protecting freedom.
MUST be willing to relocate to the Palm Desert / LaQuinta, CA. area (with assistance)
MUST be a U.S Citizen / Permanent Resident due to the nature of products.
MUST have experience in either: Energetics, Ordnance, Pyrotechnics, Munitions, Volatile Chemicals, Explosives, Propellants, or similar manufacturing experience.
Strong familiarity with DOD 4145.26 Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply
Area competitive salary, excellent benefits, and 4x10 work week.
Job Summary
The Manager of Environmental Health and Safety plans strategic improvements to the safety systems to ensure a safe workplace and maintain compliance
with the Safety, Environmental, and Health regulations affecting business, including relevant Pyrotechnic, Ammunition, and Explosive safety requirements. The selected candidate will be responsible for leading, managing, and developing a high performing team of EH&S technicians and engineers to drive continuous safety improvements into our manufacturing processes, and drive EH&S related performance and productivity improvements into the safety team’s functional processes.
The EH&S Manager needs to drive regular improvements to Quantity Distance (QD), reductions in At-risk behaviors, First Aids, and Recordable Incident rates, while simultaneously driving lower year over year safety and environmental related costs. This can be achieved by leveraging Behavior-based safety program to identify key areas of improvement; partnering on projects with manufacturing and engineering teams.
Among the Responsibilities Include:
- Establish strategic plans for safety system improvements.
- Provide leadership for Safety and Environmental Staff, act as an example and mentor for what they can aspire to become and provide development opportunities to help them get there.
- Steward EH&S values and develop an EH&S vision and annual strategic EH&S plan.
- Achieve and maintain a world-class safety incident rate lagging metric, and regularly improve on safety behavior leading metrics.
- Drive regular improvements to energetic QD (reduce quantities, increase distances) and improve industrial hygiene for our employees..
- Improve safety standards and requirements and ensure up-front visibility of these requirements on all change activities.
- Drive waste and ineffectiveness out of our safety and environmental processes.
- Act as main point of contact for various regulatory inspections including Department of Defense, EPA, Cal/OSHA, ATF, and local governments.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or above in Safety, Environmental Engineering, or a related science and at least 10 years of experience in an EH&S leadership role.
- EMT experience a PLUS
RUSH RESUME to: themadelyncompany@gmail.com
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Local area, Immediate start, Relocation,