EHS Leader - Strivector : Job Details

THE EMPLOYERTake your career up a few notches with this is an American multinational medical technology company.THE JOBAs a EHS Leader your roles and responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for the overall management of all facility environmental health and safety programs including ERT, Safety Representatives, Hazard Communication, Occupational Safety, Ergonomics, and Industrial Hygiene.
• Responsible for both Mira Mesa and Otay locations. Expected engagement 50/50 between sites.
• Provide supervision, coaching and development for site leaders.
• Lead projects & evaluate processes in the anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of occupational health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Develops and provides safety and environmental training to all site and field associates.
• Conduct jobsite assessments, focusing on unsafe conditions and unsafe work behaviors; ensure appropriate action is taken to correct deficiencies.
• Participate in Occupational Safety and Health inspections and in any procedures that may follow a citation.
• Investigate, prepare, and forward, as required, reports on injuries and fatalities.
• Develop safety policies, goals, programs, and training.
• Monitor and maintain records and permits of hazardous, radioactive, and biohazardous materials and waste in compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
• Develop and communicate technical information in a manner that fosters understanding, decision-making, and positive interaction with employees, functional managers, & facility management teams.
• Manage EH&S financial performance.
• Periodic review of policies, programs, and metrics to ensure alignment of EH&S strategies with business needs.
• Keeps abreast of the government regulations affecting own area of supervision/management and complies with those regulations. Initiates changes to practices and procedures to support compliance requirements.
• Other duties as needed to support business directives and goals.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCEMost importantly, you need to be a passionate EHS Leader who enjoys his work and is considered to be one of the best within your organization. The ideal EHS Leaderwould be someone with deep experience in many (if not all) of the following:

• Extensive knowledge EHS regulations, best practices and EHS management systems
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred
• Experience designing and implementing strategies/programs/processes that supports a business strategy.
• Demonstrated understanding of federal and state safety and environmental laws and the ability to identify and evaluate workplace hazards.
• Demonstrated ability to use influence skills to successfully develop and implement effective safety programs which engage all employees.
• Effective communication and presentation skills, to include the ability to exercise judgment and appropriately communicate and manage confidential information.
• Effective skills in the areas of counseling/coaching/influencing, conflict management and interpersonal/verbal/written communications.
• Demonstrated understanding of Workers Compensation Claims Management.

We understand that even if you are a seasoned EHS Leader you may not have all the skills listed here. If you are a good at what you do and have a willingness to learn, lets talk.ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONCompensation: Based on Experience. One of the best in the industryMinimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Safety and Health or 8 years of experience working in environmental health and safety managementType of position: Full time Permanent Position with benefitsTelecommute: NoLocation: San Diego, CaliforniaRelocation accepted: No