Environmental Health & Safety Manager
$115,000–$125,000 year
On-siteAlgoma, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary
Develop and coordinate all environmental, health, and safety programs to ensure legal compliance with OSHA, EPA, and local regulations. Manage the company safety system, oversee industrial hygiene, ergonomics, emergency management, and hazardous waste management. Conduct risk assessments, incident investigations, and regulatory audits while coordinating employee training and environmental permitting. Compile safety key performance indicators and maintain necessary records for reporting requirements. Engage daily with facility personnel to observe processes, identify hazards, and drive continuous improvements. Serve as the primary point of contact for governmental inspections and manage recycling programs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in EHS or related field
- 3-5 years' experience in the manufacturing industry
- Able to manage time efficiently on multiple long and short-term projects simultaneously, meeting all related completion dates
- Possess strong leadership skills including the ability to mentor, guide, motivate and train a diverse team of people across the organization, while spending most of the time working side-by-side with production associates on driving daily process improvements
- Able to understand and help further enhance current business systems, processes, and workflows
- Must have strong computer (Excel, PowerPoint and Word) math, reading, writing skills, and have the ability to tactfully communicate to customers and employees of all levels of the company
- Able to set objectives, work goals and standards, and motivate employees
- Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and relationships building skills to effectively work with a diverse group/variety of people and personalities
- Always has a positive attitude, yet able to be the voice of reason in critical conversations
- Is highly ethical and respected by others
- Communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
- Bilingual proficiency - English and Spanish
- Must be able to regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds
- Specific vision requirements are close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
Desired Qualifications
- Bilingual proficiency - English and Spanish is preferred
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