DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a talented Health, Safety, and Environment Leader-Moderate Complexity to join our team specializing in Health & Safety for our corporate office in Maxton, NC.
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
Fostering a Positive Culture: By building strong relationships and ensuring everyone understands their roles, you’ll drive a positive health, safety, and environmental culture across the site.
Employee Engagement: You’ll ensure employees are consulted and involved in developing and implementing programs, policies, and procedures, fostering a sense of ownership and commitment.
Risk Management: Leading hazard identification and risk assessment programs will help you identify strategic opportunities for improvement and ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
Strategic Planning: You’ll manage planning actions to set targets and objectives, driving these actions to completion to achieve both short-term and long-term goals.
Training and Development: By leading an effective support model through training and skills development, you’ll ensure that all employees are well-equipped to maintain a safe and compliant work environment.
Regulatory Compliance: Interfacing with external regulatory bodies and ensuring adherence to Cummins’ internal requirements will keep the site compliant with all relevant regulations and standards.
Performance Improvement: Using a risk-based and data-driven approach, you’ll drive improvements in health, safety, and environmental performance metrics, ensuring continual enhancement.
Leadership and Development: Coaching and developing direct reports and cross-functional teams will not only resolve incidents and non-compliances but also drive continual improvement and prepare the team for future challenges.
RESPONSIBILITIES
To be successful in this role you will need the following:
Builds Effective Teams: Create strong, cohesive teams that utilize diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. This will help in fostering a collaborative environment where health, safety, and environmental initiatives can thrive.
Business Insight: Apply your understanding of the business and marketplace to align health, safety, and environmental goals with the organization’s broader objectives. This ensures that your initiatives support overall business success.
Courage: Address difficult issues head-on and communicate openly about health, safety, and environmental concerns. This will help in maintaining transparency and trust within the organization .
Develops Talent: Focus on developing your team members to meet their career goals while also advancing the organization’s health, safety, and environmental objectives. This dual focus will build a strong, capable team.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Experience:
College, university, or equivalent degree in Occupational Health, Safety or Environmental required.
Professional certification in HSE-related field preferred.
Significant relevant experience required, including management of health, safety and/or environmental ISO Standards required. 5-7 years of experience, 1-2 years management experience.
Additional Detail:
Responsibilities - Essential functions :
Ensure site compliance with all relevant environmental and safety related federal and state laws and local ordinances pertaining to safety and environment. Coordinates all training activities for the plant.
Coordinates and/or delivers all EHS training activities for the plant.
Serve as the Environmental Representative (ER) for the Environmental Management system (EMS).
Develops and implements effective programs for protecting site environment to include but not limited to air, water, soil, natural resources, and property.
Develops and implements effective programs for maintaining and enhancing a safe work environment.
Conducts environmental and chemical sampling as required.
Leads environmental and safety teams and facilitates their activities.
Stays abreast of current (EPA, OSHA) and emerging laws, regulations and trends in environment and safety. Develops, conducts and coordinates the facility annual training plan.
Facilitates effective training classes and programs for the plant. Supports Regional Worker’s Compensation Administration efforts.
Supports Regional Worker’s Compensation Administration efforts.
Work closely with Meritor Headquarters to ensure proper programs are in effect to meet all OSHA requirements.
Plans, develops, coordinates, obtains approval, disseminates and implements programs to include but not limited to Supervisory training of safety and environmental related programs.
Fork truck training and license program.
Emergency Response Team training. Emergency Medical Technician. Safety Committee. Investigation of all accidents. Communication of safety performance. Disability management-return to work programs. Ensure first aid management through first aid and follow up to injuries, OSHA record keeping medical records, administering works compensation and pre-employment physical examinations.
Implement and maintain Meritor Health and Safety Management System and associated initiatives.
Oversee and participates with teams of persons to investigate all accidents and assist in the implementation of corrective actions.
Arrange for annual medical monitoring (as necessary) yearly eye and hearing examinations
Communication of safety performance.
Disability management-return to work programs.
Ensure first aid management through first aid and follow up to injuries, OSHA record keeping medical records, administering works compensation and pre-employment physical examinations.
Comply with the Meritor written environmental (ISO 14001), (ISO 45001) and quality TS 16949 policies.
Maintain Meritor Safety Certification level requirements for the site.
Coordinates data acquisition and prepares environmental reports
Prepares and assures timely delivery of regulatory submittals
Assures all environmental permits and programs are current and up to date
Maintains, revises, develops site policies, procedures, to meet company policy and regulatory requirements
Maintains, reviews and revises recordkeeping systems related to specific EHS programs in accordance with regulatory and policy requirements
Compensation
Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.
Job Health and Safety
Organization Cummins Inc.
Role Category On-site
Job Type Exempt - Experienced
Min Salary $100000
Max Salary $150000
ReqID 2403377
Relocation Package Yes
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At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates the right to work using E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Visit http://EEOC.gov to know your rights on workplace discrimination.
