ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGER

JOB TITLE: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGER

REPORTS TO: PRESIDENT/COO

FLSA STATUS: EXEMPT 

PREPARED DATE: SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

SUMMARY: This person will be responsible for ensuring employee and facility environmental health and safety (EHS) compliance at multiple VRC and subsidiary locations. They will be responsible for the compliance and enforcement of EHS
procedures that adhere to various local, state, and federal rules and regulations, as well as various standards and recommendations. This person will be involved in meeting customer requirements for system installations, providing input for
product design, and assisting with permitting demands at new locations and/or for process/equipment changes. The EHS Manager will also serve as a point of contact for customers to determine additional safety training requirements for
installations at their respective locations. This person will work regularly with other departments to effectively communicate safety needs and eliminate hazards.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility in a safe and satisfactory manner. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability
required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Ensure VRC employee and facility EHS compliance.
• Plan, Develop and implement EHS programs that comply with local, state, and federal rules and regulations, including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), as well as standards such as the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation (DOT) and others.
• Answer EHS questionnaires for installation work and onsite services at customer locations
• Provide customers with EHS compliance records as required for installation work.
• Provide system installation input and communicate with customer EHS representatives to establish EHS requirements for installation personnel at customer locations.
• Establish, implement, and track additional EHS training required for VRC personnel that will be working on-site at customer locations.
• Management of the company’s Safety Data Sheet (SDS) access software including maintaining an up-to-date accessible database of all pertinent SDS’s.
• Provide guidance on Dust Hazard Analysis and Hazardous Waste Removal at VRC and with customers, including existing and future installations.
• Manage the implementation and compliance of programs and established practices and procedures such as Respiratory Programs, Job Hazard Analysis, Lock Out Tag Out, 5-S, etc.
• Accident/Incident investigation, reporting, and record keeping.
• Assist in developing cold spray practices in compliance with EHS regulations.
• Research EHS codes, standard, regulations and recommendations.
• Communicate effectively with Safety Committees.
• Conducting regular EHS audits and job/task/project analysis.
• Create and execute studies to monitor and assess employee exposure to health risks, and to measure effectiveness of EHS programs, policies and procedures.
• Create and lead implementation of programs to protect employee health and promote ergonomics.
• Ensure current knowledge on OSHA, NFPA, EPA, and DOT regulations, codes, and standards.
• Create entries (purchase request, expense reports, etc.) using the company’s Enterprise Manage System.
• Assess and analyze EHS data, summarizing and compiling reports.

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

SALARY RANGE: $65,000 – $80,000

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Will directly supervise EHS Technician(s)
• Has indirect supervision over off-site EHS Leads with varying EHS experience, education and responsibilities

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental science, safety, or related field is required
• 3+ years’ experience with environmental permitting, practices and reporting; particularly RCRA, CWA, CAA, and EPCRA is required
• 3+ years’ experience in the interpretation and implementation of different codes, standards, regulations and recommendations in a research and development environment strongly preferred, including but not limited to: OSHA, EPA, NFPA, DOT, UL, etc. is required
• 5+ years’ experience in R&D, Industrial, and/or manufacturing environments is preferred.
• Supervision experience preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: 

• Read and interpret documents in English such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals, newspapers, periodicals, journals, and manuals
• Able to develop, write, format, and communicate policy and procedure
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing, to provide and receive information from a variety of internal and external contacts

REASONING ABILITY: 

• Apply practical knowledge and experience to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Read and interpret business records and statistical reports.

PHYSICAL 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and infrequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. The employee must be able to see differences in widths and lengths of lines such as those on graphs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: 

Inside: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. A job is considered “inside” if the worker spends approximately 75 percent or more of the time inside.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Must be able to work effectively in a changing environment, communicate well with others, and accept constructive criticism.
• Must be able to manage changing priorities and cope with interruptions.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Essential functions of this job are described under the headings above. The job requirements and features are subject to change from time to time due to the dynamic nature of the Company.

It is the policy of VRC Metal Systems not to discriminate or allow the harassment of employees or applicants on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law with regard to any employment practices, including recruitment, advertising, job application procedures, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, job assignments, benefits and/or other terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, provided the individual is qualified, with or without reasonable accommodations, to perform the essential functions of the job. This policy applies to all jobs at the Company. The Company will continue to take affirmative action to ensure that individuals are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law in all employment practices.

Employees and applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans are encouraged to inform Human Resources if they need a reasonable accommodation to perform a job for which they are otherwise qualified. The Company makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operations of the Company’s business.