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Russell Stover Chocolates EHS Manager in Iola, Kansas
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/12783182 As the Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager, you will play a key role in continuous efforts to reduce employee injuries and improve facility operations. You will ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations through effective EHS program development and implementation. You will ensure EHS programs are updated, implemented, maintained, integrated into daily operations, and effective. You will also look over necessary records and make sure they are maintained in accordance with established guidelines.
In this role, you will contribute to the continuous improvement of our Safety Culture, be an active leader and resource to the operating departments, Safety Pillar, Safety Committee, and relevant teams. You will also educate employees on safety principles and research, communicate, and partner with operations for the resolution of safety inquiries and help identify and correct hazardous workplace conditions. You will provide safety accounting and loss intelligence to the facility not limited to compliance, risk, and accidents. As the EHS Manager, you will ensure employees receive medical treatment as appropriate and manage Workers Compensation Claims. You will be directly reporting to the Plant Manager with a dotted line to the Senior Manager of Environment, Health, & Safety.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and provide technical and administrative direction on all environment, health and safety policies and programs applicable to manufacturing. Lead local safety pillar team implementing and driving continuous improvement initiative.
Oversee and ensure compliance with all OSHA and EPA regulations including, but not limited to, Hearing Conservation, Respiratory Protection, Hazard Communication and CPR, First Aid and AED requirements.
Review internal policies and practices to ensure they are current and appropriate.
Conduct hazard, risk and ergonomic assessments and develop new or, where necessary, amend policies and procedures.
Analyze incident reports and evaluate injury case studies based on available facts. Track incident metrics and apply findings. Lead injury and incident inquiries and evaluations.
Prepare training materials and programs in support of required regulatory programs.
Work jointly with operations and engineering to improve operational efficiencies and reduce regulatory compliance expense.
Provides support and assistance to plant management.
Workers compensation claims management, reporting and transitional duty assignments.
Communicating areas of concern to site personnel to improve overall performance.
Responsible for supervising the 2nd shift Health & Safety Supervisor
Responsible for direction, coordination and assigning Transitional Duty assignments to employees in accordance with work restrictions.