Regional Safety Manager

Keter North America•Anderson, IN

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The EH&S Manager is responsible for leading environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) execution at the Anderson, Indiana manufacturing plant while providing dotted-line support to additional regional sites. This role is plant-focused and execution-driven, ensuring compliance, risk reduction, and continuous improvement in alignment with established EH&S standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in safety management, environmental science, industrial hygiene, occupational health, or other closely related degree.
5–8 years of EH&S experience in manufacturing or industrial environments
Strong knowledge of OSHA and environmental compliance requirements
Extensive knowledge of environmental and safety regulations and policies.
Excellent analytical, auditing and problem-solving skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Strong project management, time management, and organizational skills.
Creativity, innovation and the ability to solve problems and generate viable solutions.
Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Prolonged periods of standing/walking on industrial floor.
Must be able to lift up to twenty-five pounds at a time.
Must be comfortable working around heaving machinery.
Willing to travel to various sites as needed.

Nice To Haves

CSP, CIH, CHMM, or similar certification
Experience in multi-site or matrix organizations

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and maintain EH&S policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, federal, and international regulations (OSHA, NFPA, EPA, and other regulatory bodies).
Maintain systems for reporting, investigating, tracking, and correcting safety incidents, near misses, and hazards; ensure root cause analysis and corrective action effectiveness.
Establish and drive a proactive safety culture through continuous improvement tools such as safety committees, Gemba walks, Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), Kaizen events, and safety orientations.
Provide onsite leadership and support to our locations in Anderson, IN (home base); and routinely in Portersville, PA, and Milton, Canada.
Partner with other regional safety leads to define and implement Keter’s safety best practices.
Support and sustain a STOP (Safety Training Observation Program) or similar Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) program
Conduct scheduled risk audits of operations to ensure compliance with company policies related to Federal, State and local OSHA, EPA and DOT regulations.
Implement corrective/preventive measures to eliminate out of compliance audit exceptions.
Establish long-term incident prevention strategies and cost control objectives, including reduction of workers’ compensation costs.
Check on the use of all types of personal protective equipment, evaluate their effectiveness and suggest improvements where needed.
Lead the review of all accidents and near miss accidents associated with the various plants.
Identify root cause and implement corrective/preventive measures to eliminate accidents.
Coach others on how to lead.
Serve as the interface between the Corporate Risk/Insurance and Workers Compensation loss control representatives in order to fulfill Company risk management obligations.
Oversee administration of employee physicals, safety incentive programs, for-cause drug testing programs, hearing conservation, CPR/First Aid training, and other industry specific safety training.
Advise on setting of EHS targets/key milestones and monitor implementation and follow-up.
Collect and track metrics associated with targets and milestones and report monthly on status.
Other tasks as assigned.