Health, Safety - Van Nuys, United States - Chef Merito

Description

Overall Responsibility:

The Health, Safety & Environmental Specialist will consult and work with location leaders to create, implement, coordinate, and continuously improve safety programs/processes.

Provides consultation and direction to ensure programs and services are consistently implemented with the highest level of environmental, health and safety standards.

Audits policies and procedures to ensure compliance and applicability to current business needs.


Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Ensure overall HSE compliance of all operations within federal, state, and local guidelines.
• Drives and instills a culture of safety that embraces continuous improvement and accountability.
• Works with HR, Insurance company, doctors, and employee regarding Workers' Compensation cases
• Conduct and perform multiple site audits to ensure compliance with EHS regulatory and corporate requirements while implementing incident reduction initiatives.
• Performs administrative duties associated with the specific duties of the position.
• Pursues effective relationships with others by sharing resources, information, and knowledge. Assesses and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
• Collaborates with others to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information.
• Supports safety practices by ensuring employee safety and protection by educating employees, leaders on employee safety; reporting, investigating, and analyzing employee safety incidents as needed; conducting safetyrelated activities for all employees; and implementing changes to the employee safety program.
• Conducts standard assessments and analyses to evaluate health and safety programs; and consistently makes recommendations to enhance existing programs based on analyses and observations.
• Contributes to risk control by assisting with implementation of changes that promote workplace safety and compliance (e.g., accident prevention, hazardous materials management, fire safety); and assisting with the evaluation of change effectiveness on workplace safety outcomes.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


Competency:

• Teamwork
• Contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests.
• Strong attention to detail and adaptability to fast changing priorities
• Risk & Compliance Management
• Employee Training
• Ergonomics

Education and/or Experience:

Associate degree in environmental health and safety or related field AND minimum one (1) year of experience in environmental health and safety, risk management, or directly related field

OR

Minimum two (2) years of experience in environmental health and safety, risk management, or a directly related field.


Language Skills:

Bilingual - English/Spanish is required.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of various levels.


Computer Skills:

Must be proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams)


Physical and Environmental Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to occasionally alternate between sitting and standing positions.

The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms, use hands and fingers to handle controls, computer and mouse; talk and hear.

The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, stoop, and lift as required to file documents or store materials throughout the workday.

Lifting Requirements:

• Up to 25lbs occasionally

Environmental

• Manufacturing with average noise levels, dust levels and moving machinery in a nontemperaturecontrolled environment.

Pay:
From $87,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift

Travel requirement:

• Travel

Work Location:
In person