EHS Leader

• Knowledge of safety and health regulations and applications.
• Knowledge and understanding of with governmental compliance including OSHA regulations, environment compliance, industry standards, and right-to-know compliance.
• Experience identifying risk conditions and defining corrective actions programs.
• Understanding of workers compensation laws and regulations at a state level.
• Experience with facilities maintenance and building codes.
• Professional safety certifications such as ASP or CSP.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication/language skills required to include the ability to provide written and verbal instructions, compile, and present business reports/correspondence, and present information clearly.
• Presentation skills with the ability to speak in public effectively and provide presentations to groups of employees.
• Strong leadership, coaching skills, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in safety engineering science or related discipline from an accredited university or college.
  
  

• Bachelor's degree in safety engineering science or related discipline from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum 3 years of EHS experience, preferably in an industrial environment. 
  
  

• Professional safety certifications such as CSP, ASP, or CHMM.
  
  

• Develop, communicate, and maintain safety and hazardous communication programs and systems. Oversee the effective operation and administration of these systems and programs to ensure a safe work environment and culture of zero accidents.
• Track safety performance.
• Lead the site’s safety initiatives.
• Develop training programs to improvement the quality of incident investigations.
• Develop and maintain JSAs (job safety analysis).
• Conduct training of various safety-related programs.
• Develop systems, procedures, and processes that can be deployed to achieve an injury-free workplace.
• Assist with developing written policies and procedures for various safety programs and emergency evacuation and safety communication bulletins.
• Identify root causes of near misses, first aids, injuries, and property damage to prevent future events of the same nature.
• Coordinate and conduct periodic safety audits and inspections to identify and address any unsafe work practices and conditions.
• Review all work-related injury investigation reports and ensures that identified, addressed, and corrected any hazard conditions. Verify corrective measures have been taken to avoid any repeat accidents.
• Oversee all training programs for supervision and employees on safety practices, fire prevention, and correct handling techniques.
• Assist operations and engineering on matters related to ergonomics and continuous improvements when new workplace projects are being developed to ensure any safety and health issues are adequately addressed prior to the startup of the process.
• Ensure that hazard assessments are conducted, and communications requirements are implemented and followed.
• Collaborate with human resources with the development of a safety training program to support onboarding process through site awareness training for new hired employees, including contractors, before being related into the workplace.
• Coordinate industrial hygiene surveys including noise, ventilation, chemical and ergonomic. Analyze and interpret data and recommend elimination/reduction of potential hazards in the workplace. Coordinate employee testing (i.e. hearing conservation).
• Design and deliver safety related communication, including signs, posters, barriers, and other materials to warn of potential and actual safety hazards and to prevent access to hazardous conditions.
• Review all correspondence required by regulatory agencies, including OSHA reporting requirements, and any environmental reporting.
• Oversee the administration of workers compensation program at each site, including working with the insurance carrier to reduce employee lost time and cost control of workers compensation costs.
• Develop, review, and maintain responsibility for both uniform service and site janitorial suppliers and programs for the facility. Ensure supplier efficiency for both programs. Review supplier contracts and costs for both programs.
• Manage other suppliers related to site EHS to include scrap metal, hazardous materials, and associated waste removal.

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services. Whether it's freight rail, transit, mining, industrial or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people - together - are accelerating the future of transportation.Making the rail industry – the cornerstone of global transportation – more efficient and sustainable is at the heart of what we do at Wabtec and the reason we’re pushing ourselves to better serve our customers, our communities, and the world.