OHS Program Manager - Team Lead

Company Description

SGS is the global leader and innovator in inspection, verification, testing and certification services. Founded in 1878, SGS is recognized as the global benchmark in quality and integrity. With over 97,000 employees in 130 countries and operating a network of more than 2,400 offices and laboratories, we provide services to almost every industry by assuring quality and safety of products and services.

Trusted all over the world, SGS is a market leader because we put 100% passion, pride and innovation into everything we do. We encourage new ideas. We welcome people who challenge the way we do things. And we will be 100% committed to helping you reach your full potential.

Job Description

The OHS Program Manager – Team Leader will be responsible for the overall coordination of an OHS team working on-site for a technology customer. This role is responsible for meeting contractual objectives, KPIs, and SLAs and for developing, implementing, and managing health and safety programs. The OHS Program Manager – Operational Leader will be the primary on-site OHS support for a technology customer. The ideal candidate will be an experienced safety professional who has experience coordinating a team and experience performing a managed service or consulting service.

Job Functions

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of team operations; Coordinates, supervises, and implements the activities of the team assigned to the service; Prioritizes work based on customer objectives
• Responsible for ensuring contractual objectives, KPIs, and SLAs are achieved; Initial point of escalation for issues related to quality of work and non-compliance of KPIs and/or SLAs
• Facilitates program communications and provides regular status reports to the customer and internal stakeholders
• Helps to develop and administer OHS tools (for example, SDS database, training database, and injury reporting process); Drives efforts (with collaboration from SGS IT) to automate processes for report creation, delivery, and storage
• Works with the customer to develop coherent workflows and implement procedural efficiencies; Identifies and acts on improvement opportunities for the program
• Investigates OHS incidents, assists work teams to implement hazard controls, collects and logs hazardous waste, and maintains required documents
• Participates in various safety committees to ensure engagement of stakeholders and to collaborate on safety and health issues with appropriate stakeholders
• Owns weekly meetings to prioritize weekly projects/activities. Activities come from various sources; new or updated activities from customer work teams, injury investigations, maintaining OHS tools and systems.
• Maintains inventory and order supplies, consumables, and equipment
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health, Environmental Science, Business Administration, or related field preferred. Degrees in other fields will also be considered, or equivalent work experience (Required)
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in the Occupational Health & Safety field OR equivalent combination of education and experience (Required)
• 2+ years previous supervisory or lead experience (Preferred)
• Experience working in high technology industry (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications:

• Must have the following training or be willing to acquire it within 60 days after starting work (Required)
• RCRA Hazardous Waste Manager (8-hour -- must complete this training annually) (Required)
• DOT Hazardous Materials Shipper (8-hour -- must complete this training every three years) (Required)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work effectively in high pressure, high volume, high growth environment, balancing several assignments concurrently with different deadlines (Required)
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in person, on phone, and via email with internal stakeholders and all levels of management of customer (Required)
• Ability to gather and review information and synthesize data for reports and other written materials; excellent (Required)
• organizational skills (Required)
• Impeccable accuracy required, superb attention to detail required (Required)
• High level ability to influence stakeholders and management (Required)
• Professional credibility, preferable through an understanding of the environmental, industrial hygiene, and/or high technology industries (Required)
• Possesses strong cross-team/ group/ org collaboration skills; ability to foresee and analyze project risks, dev