EHS Supervisor

Interfor•Monticello, AR

About The Position

When you join our team as a EHS Supervisor, you will be responsible for implementing and managing world-leading environmental and health and safety programs. This position will ensure compliance with all Interfor environmental, health and safety policies and procedures as well as OSHA, EPA and other agency regulations.

Requirements

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or related science, and /or an equivalent level of experience.
Minimum 2 years of experience in Environmental, Health, and Safety with a Bachelor's degree. Minimum of 5 years related experience without a degree.
Well-versed in EPA, OSHA and related standards and regulations.
Valid US State driver’s license.
Excellent interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to effectively communicate with employees, staff, and external parties.
Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
Proven ability to investigate and evaluate safety conditions and incidents and make recommendations for workplace safety to conform to occupational safety standards.

Nice To Haves

Wood products or pulp and paper industry experience is preferred; industrial manufacturing safety experience is required.
Experience in Safety Management Systems such as Intellex is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in health and safety by demonstrating and upholding all safe work rules, procedures and practices, and addressing any unsafe acts and conditions as required.
Provide support and direction to achieve EH&S vision through management commitment and employee ownership.
Assist facility leadership with the development of short and long-term EH&S objectives, targets, strategies, and performance-based measures that prioritize and mitigate risks utilizing both leading and lagging indicators.
Ensure EH&S system elements are integrated into the line organization’s responsibilities and expectations.
Develop and maintain a written inspection and auditing program for the facility. Ensure that identified action items are completed and those actions are implemented effectively.
Maintain an environmental and safety training program, including an annual training schedule for all regulatory and plant specific training.
Ensure training is conducted as needed, including safety orientation for new hires and transferred employees.
Facilitate industrial hygiene monitoring program to include periodically required personnel and area monitor of atmosphere contaminants, such as, but not limited to wood dust, welding dust and metal fume, heat stress, and noise.
Accurately maintain all environmental, health, and safety files, permits, and records for the facility.
Schedule and lead the facility safety and health committees. Ensures meetings are effective and that actions agreed to by the members are completed on a monthly basis.
Lead the development of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying and evaluating hazards.
Lead the investigation of all accidents; compile and submit incident reports as required by Company reporting requirements; ensure effective incident follow-up investigations, including post incident re-training.
Lead all regulatory and compliance inspections in coordination with ADEQ, EPA, OSHA.
Effectively communicate facility Environmental, Health & Safety vision and performance to internal and external stakeholders.
Ensure all environmental permit requirements are completed on time and all required environmental reports are submitted before mandated deadlines.
Maintain environmental records as required by Interfor management, state and federal law.