Safety and Environmental Manager (Project Management)
Get ready to grow with us!
Northwest Pipe Company is the nation's leading manufacturer of water infrastructure products and with over 50 years of experience, we're just getting started! Our business is growing, and we're looking for great people to grow with us. We're immediately seeking a Safety & Environmental Manager to join our Northwest Pipe team in Tracy, CA.
We Offer
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D Insurance
- Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
- Bonus Potential (2x per year)
- Up to $5,000 per year Tuition Reimbursement
- Safety Footwear and Eyewear Voucher (Day 1 of Employment)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Opportunities for Career Advancement
- Values-Driven Culture Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, and Safety
Our Values
- Accountability is evident when we do what we say we are going to do and people accept responsibility for their actions. We do not point fingers and blame others. We own our actions.
- Commitment is not only promising to do something, but actually investing in the necessary effort and actions to make it happen.
- Teamwork is essential for competing in a challenging and constantly changing business environment. Working together across all job functions is critical to achieving our success.
SUMMARY OF JOB PURPOSE:
Leads and manages the safety and environmental operations to ensure that all regulations, laws and policies are in compliance.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AS EHS MANAGER
- Develop facility safety and environmental health programs and objectives and coordinate safety-training programs.
- Monitor environmental, safety and health regulations and provide technical support to plant and corporate personnel to ensure compliance with EPA, Federal and State safety and health regulations.
- Provide technical environmental, safety and health support and information to production and corporate personnel.
- Prepare written environmental, safety and health programs and policies.
- Identify company environmental and safety training needs and develop and coordinate environmental, health and safety training programs.
- Develop annual company environmental, safety and health goals.
- Participate in new product/process reviews including Job Safety Assessments and Operator Training.
- Support corporate/plant engineering to implement engineering controls to minimize environmental, safety and occupational health hazards.
- Support plant personnel in selection of appropriate personal protective equipment.
- Maintain a safety library (e.g. training, videos, regulations, reference manuals).
- Promote environmental safety and health awareness through internal company memoranda, newsletters, and specific training programs.
- ACT Safety audit liaison in overseeing the Facility's safety Programs.
- Implements and directs the Environmental and Health.
- Review process operating procedures/batch records and provide input for EPA and safety and health considerations.
- Understand Federal and State environmental, occupational safety and health regulations and monitor regulatory changes (through the Federal Register, etc.) as they occur.
- Advice manufacturing plants and corporate staff of regulatory changes with which the plants must comply and ensure advance notice is provided so that compliance on the effective date of new regulations is assured.
- Periodically audit practices and records of manufacturing plants to ensure compliance with company programs, EPA and Federal/State occupational safety and health regulations.
- Comply with quality policies and procedures.
- Monitor lost-time injuries/illnesses and Worker's Compensation Claims.
- Ensure ISO procedures are followed.
- Recommend topics for discussion for safety and environmental and health meetings.
- Complete and review injury/illness and non-injury incident investigation reports and follow-up as necessary.
- Ensures all timekeeping is accurately maintained and reported and submitted daily, weekly and as needed.
- Manage OSHA 300 log and post annually.
- Identify and purchase Safety and Environmental materials needed for plant operations.
- Provide advice on facility matters to counsel and Operations Manager
- Perform other responsibilities as requested by the Operations Manager and/or the Director of Safety and Environmental Compliance.
JOB SCOPE:
The tasks mentioned above are conducted at various times on a daily basis.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS:
This Manager collaborates with all employees, customers, external business partners, non-profits and any government entity.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:
- Ability to effectively deal with other people, especially other company personnel, to enlist needed cooperation in implementing regulatory requirements.
- Ability to deal with regulatory agencies, consultants and other contractor personnel is also required.
- Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets 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 managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Working knowledge of budgets and financial statements.
- Working knowledge of Federal and occupational safety, environmental and health regulations, NEPA, ANSI with a strong knowledge of OSHA and EPA regulations
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- Associates degree, Bachelor's degree in related field or ten years plant/general management experience in a manufacturing environment or combination of both.
- Background with manufacturing methods, process improvement programs and procedures required.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
- Water Distribution Operator Grade 1
- CPR, AED and First Aid Certified.
- OSHA 30-Hours training for general industry.
- Hazardous Materials Regulations & Security Awareness Training.
- RCRA Hazardous waste training.
- ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor Training
Northwest Pipe Company is committed to equal employment opportunity. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Our organization maintains a drug-free workplace. Except where prohibited by state law, offers of employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, drug test, and/or physical examination, as determined by the essential functions and physical requirements of the position. Northwest Pipe Company reserves the right to close the position, with or without notice, if a qualified candidate is identified prior to the close date.
