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Senior Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Franklin, MA 02038

Posted: 06/20/2024 Employment Type: Direct Hire/Perm Job Category: Other Job Number: 614724 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description

Our client is looking for a Senior Environmental Health and Safety manager, you will provide leadership and coaching to promote a Zero Harm Safety culture to create a workplace free of recognized hazards, promote safe work behaviors, and foster a lean safety across the company. They are a leading global provider of reusable and single-use thermal packaging solutions for the shipment of temperature-sensitive material, principally serving the pharmaceutical, biotech, health care and medical device industries. With more than 50 years of experience in ensuring product safety in transit, our client has built a reputation as the industry's most innovative and reliable provider to the largest global life sciences companies and has had a history of vigorous growth.

Must Haves
  • Must be a self-starter, don’t want to hold someone’s hand
  • Confident
  • Come from heavily regulated industry (manufacturing, food, life sciences, etc)
     
Essential Functional Area of Responsibilities:
  • Work directly with Operations, Human Resources, Quality, and other functional areas to develop the EHS strategy for a growing and global organization.
  • Plan, develop, and implement effective safety training for new employee orientation and annual required training.
  • Assist in conducting training for employees and contractors regarding applicable EHS programs and procedures.
  • Identify and evaluate hazardous conditions and practices in the workplace through process safety reviews (PSR) and job safety analysis (JSA).
  • Conduct EHS audits, create reports, and collaborate with cross functional leaders to drive closure of audit findings.
  • Oversee EHS incident investigations and root cause, corrective action activities.
  • Maintain knowledge of new regulations and standards as they are introduced and/or change within industry.
  • Track, report, and communicate progress regarding EHS initiatives.
  • Perform risk assessment of all incoming new materials, develop SDSs for CCT products and manage/maintain the on-line SDS platform.
  • Manage and coordinate all hazardous/non-hazardous waste disposal programs.
  • Coordinate all regulatory reporting (EPA, DEP, etc.) for CCT.
  • Define resource requirements to support EHS strategy.
  • Complete ESG surveys.
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
    • Liaise with external health & safety consultants, clients and State and Federal agencies.
    • Any other reasonable duties which may be required by the Health and Safety Director.
 
Minimum Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in related field with 7-10 years of EHS experience.
  • Associate degree with minimum 12 years direct EHS experience.
  • Working knowledge of and proven experience in OSHA and EPA compliance in a manufacturing setting.
  • Working knowledge of Quality Management System standards (i.e., ISO 9001:2015, AS9100, IATF 16949).
  • Proven experience as an “influence” leader.
  • Proven EHS auditing experience.
  • Motivated self-started with ability to manage multiple projects with minimal supervision.
  • Skilled problem solver, specifically related to EHS issues and 3rdparty audit findings.
  • Ability to multitask and collaborate with associates at all levels of the organization (up, down and across the organization).
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to be physically active (lifting, standing, bending, reaching, etc.) and ability to lift to 50 lbs. occasionally and less weight frequently.
  • Ability to travel domestically – 20-30%; International travel may be required.

The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly, never provide banking information during the application process and always double check the email address of the recruiter to ensure it’s from @theplanetforward.com - and not a domain with an alternative extension like .net, .org or .jobs. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Forward.

Planet Forward and The Planet Group of Companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at The Planet Group, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at The Planet Group.