EHS Manager

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Who will you be working with?

The Wabtec Rubber Products team manufacturers rubber products for Transportation and Industrial customers Globally. The facility operates on weekdays, and this position will work closely with the site leadership team as well as our production level employees.

How will you make a difference?

This role is responsible for planning, developing and implementing an effective health & safety and loss prevention program for the Wabtec Rubber Products facility in Greensburg, PA as well as providing support to two other manufacturing facilities in the Pittsburgh region. It is integral that this position provides EHS leadership and coaching to the site by creating a proactive approach to health and safety and risk reduction activities in the workplace. This position will be responsible for ensuring the Wabtec environment, health and safety management system is in place and fully operationalized by the site leadership team. This position will be visible and interacting with all employees concerning health and safety, assessing hazardous and/or unsafe conditions, and implementing corrective actions and best practices to reduce those hazards.

What do we want to know about you?

• Knowledge of safety and health regulations and applications.
• Knowledge and understanding of with governmental compliance including OSHA regulations, environment compliance, industry standards and right to know compliance.
• Experience identifying risk conditions and defining corrective actions programs.
• Understanding of workers compensation laws and regulations at a state level.
• Experience with facilities maintenance and building codes.
• Professional safety certifications such as ASP or CSP.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication/language skills required to include the ability to provide written and verbal instructions, compile, and present business reports/correspondence, and present information clearly.
• Presentation skills with the ability to speak in public effectively and provide presentations to groups of employees.
• Strong leadership, coaching skills, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in safety engineering science or related discipline from an accredited university or college.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a plant safety role, or relevant staff experience in a manufacturing facility.

What will your typical day look like?

• Develop, communicate, and maintain safety and hazardous communication programs and systems. Oversee the effective operation and administration of these systems and programs to ensure a safe work environment and culture of zero accidents.
• Tracks safety performance.
• Lead the site’s safety initiatives.
• Develop training programs to improvement the quality of incident investigations.
• Develop and maintain JSA’s (job safety analysis).
• Conducts training of various safety related programs.
• Develop systems, procedures and processes that can be deployed to achieve an injury free workplace.
• Assists with developing written policies and procedures for various safety programs and emergency evacuation and safety communication bulletins.
• Identify root causes of near misses, first aids, injuries, and property damage to prevent future events of the same nature.
• Coordinate and conduct periodic safety audits and inspections to identify and address any unsafe work practices and conditions.
• Reviews all work-related injury investigation reports