EHS Director - Rye, United States - Personnel People

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    Personnel People Rye, United States

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    This position is a DIRECT HIRE ROLE from day one


    Responsibilities:
    Provide strategic leadership of various environmental, health, and safety (EHS) initiatives to ensure company maintains and builds upon its reputation as a proactive industry leader

    Assure that company continuously improves its EHS performance while maintaining compliance with all regulations.

    Chair or work with various internal and external teams/committees that help develop evolving EHS-related missions, policies, programs, and respective goals and objectives

    Implementation of software, and LMS.

    Serve as an agent of the company and representative/liaison to a variety of external entities including EHS federal, state, and local agencies, customers, suppliers, industry groups, military, law enforcement, and government entities


    Develop environmental, health, and safety programs and policies applicable to company's activities in accordance with EPA, OSHA, and various state and local environmental regulations.

    Provide technical expertise, leadership, and support for all company locations and departments on regulatory compliance issues in EHS.

    Mentor the EHS team of differing levels to ensure success by standardizing protocols, procedures, recordkeeping

    Provide the above insight on all new acquisitions, processes, and equipment prior to purchase or implementation

    Periodically audit EHS programs and policies to ensure continued effectiveness and develop a system for tracking the effectiveness

    Review data gathered during investigations of incidents, near misses, and property damage incidents to determine the root cause.

    Work with stakeholders to ensure corrective actions are applicable to eliminate the incident's root cause.

    Ensure collection of and maintain internal and regulatory reporting data.

    Serve as the primary contact for all regulatory agency inspections, audits, permitting, and reporting

    Review and be familiar with all applicable EHS regulatory updates and changes.

    Ensure the administration of the workers' compensation program (WC), and provide the status of claims, loss experience trends, and program costs to upper management upon request

    Ensure required injury and illness records are kept to provide data for loss runs.

    Track general industry, industry-specific, and competitor's injury/illness rates to gage performance.

    Oversee Return to Work Program.


    Act as the company WC representative with legal counsel, WC insurers, third-party WC attorneys, and WC bureau on litigated cases.

    Ensure appropriate management of the in-house emergency medical response team.


    Act as corporate Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), ensuring compliance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and State Radioactive Materials programs regulations.

    Review State and NRC radioactive materials licenses and ensure that company maintains the licenses' requirements.

    Develop and request amendments to Sealed Source Device Registration and Radioactive Material Licenses.


    Ensure compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations pertaining to hazardous waste.

    Coordination of storage, transportation, and disposal of hazardous waste in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Assess new avenues for waste reduction.

    Act as the Emergency Coordinator for fire, smoke, spill, and medical.

    Act as the EHS point of contact for the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) for all contracts.


    Coordinate annual facility-wide industrial hygiene monitoring to ensure contaminates of concern continue to be eliminated or reduced through engineering and administrative controls.

    Evaluate the effectiveness of personal protective equipment (PPE).

    Ensure the proper management of the EHS training programs and training calendar, and ensure recordkeeping.

    Track costs associated with the implementation of EHS. Continuously monitor the most current pricing to deliver the most cost-effective solutions.

    Implementation of company environmental management plan as required.


    Lead the collection of data to ensure the proper authoring of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) in accordance with OSHA requirements and those of customer countries.


    Qualifications:
    B.S. Environmental Health & Safety, B.S. Safety Engineering or equivalent

    At least 10 years of relevant experience or M.S. Environmental Health & Safety, M.S. Safety Engineering

    Previous experience in explosive safety, radiation safety, laser safety, Agile, Oracle, DOD, and NFPA is required.


    Hours are:
    Monday through Friday – First shift

    The pay is up to $190K based on experience


    Benefits:
    Health Insurance – Cigna Medical

    Dental – Cigna

    Vision insurance

    Life and disability

    Employee assistance program

    Nationwide Insurance Co – Pet Insurance

    Flexible spending

    401K – with 4% match – Fidelity Investments

    6 paid holidays

    Short and long term disability

    Educational assistance

    Safety shoe reimbursement – up to $125 a year

    Prescription safety glasses – up to $100 a year

    Fitness reimbursement – up to $200 a year

    Thank you for your interest in our

    Director of Environmental Health and Safety

    position. We are excited to speak with you. Please apply below and we will be in touch with you within two business days


    Job Type:
    Full-time

    Schedule:

    8 hour shift

    Monday to Friday


    Ability to Relocate:

    Rye, NH:
    Relocate before starting work (Required)


    Work Location:
    In person

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