EHS Manager

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Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager

Springfield Mill

Springfield, OR

PL: 17

The Job You Will Perform:

 

Responsibilities: The Environmental, Health & Safety Manager is responsible for:

• Environmental Program Leadership:
  • Developing, implementing and improving policies and programs to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and standards

• Providing training standards for conducting inspections and audits, as well as aiding in the prevention and investigation of near incidents or incidents
• Collect, compile and analyze environmental data to utilize in developing plans to prevent and control environmental issues
• Oversee Environmental Reporting to City, County, State and Federal Regulatory Agencies ensuring quality reporting and timeliness
• Managing mill’s Effluent Treatment System
• Anticipate future legislation that may impact mills operability and put proactive actions in place to ensure compliance
• Participate in pertinent legislative and regulatory lobby efforts on behalf or International Paper
• Respond to community concerns and complaints, be a liaison with local government authorities.

• Safety Program Leadership
  • Educate mill leaders and all employees on Safety Leadership, Resilient Safety Culture, Learning and Accountability Matrix, STKY and all of IP’s tools to keep employees safe and healthy
  • Develop and implement policies, procedures, programs, and tools to ensure compliance with Government regulations and IP policies in a way that leads to a safe and injury-free work environment.
  • Coordinate health and safety audit programs including corrective action plan tracking – both internal and external.
  • Develop and implement effective safety training programs including support for monthly crew safety meeting content and new hire training.
  • Provide leadership and coordinate efforts to drive continual improvement of health and safety program effectiveness.
  • Recommend changes to reduce safety hazards and health risks
  • Provide functional expertise and strategic direction to achieve our vision of an accident free workplace while positively impacting employee engagement, profitability and operational excellence.
  • Provide tools, information and guidance to any hourly Safety Leaders so that their efforts are cohesive, uniform and coordinated, including annual safety training
  • Facilitate sharing of Safety Best Practices between mill departments and the enterprise.
  • Oversight of the Safety Incident Analysis process including quality assurance, corrective action tracking and effectiveness audits.
  • Foster the mill culture change toward a vision of an accident-free workplace by:
    • Demonstrating behaviors that reflect the core principles of safety and a personal commitment to safety excellence

• • • Establishing a high standard of behavior for all employees and managers that is reinforced through feedback and coaching
    • Modeling and coaching effective leadership behaviors with formal and informal leaders
    • Systematically communicating activities and recognizing accomplishments
    • Engaging all mill employees in the safety process and empowering them to take personal ownership for safety results
    • Bridging the gap between levels in the organization through open data sharing and facilitating thoughtful dialog.
    • Generating mill-wide excitement and demonstrating a positive attitude toward the ultimate goal
    • Supporting established teams to more effectively accomplish their mission (department safety committees, Mill Safety Leadership Team, ad-hoc teams, etc)
• Maintain required information (IPS, OSHA 300 log, lagging and leading indicators, etc) and analyze data to provide information to management to identify problem areas and safety trends and develop action plans to address findings.
• Develop an annual safety calendar (training schedule, milestones, significant activities, etc).
• Work in conjunction with HR to manage Workers Compensation Program including case management, benefit coordination, record keeping and the return-to-work process
• Manage Contractor safety program
• Meet FM Global requirements for EHS related activities and coordinate in