Manages activities to ensure compliance with employee health and safety rules, regulations and best management practices. Develops, implements, and maintains employee health and safety policies, compliance programs and other initiatives as part of the Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) program.
Requirements
- Manages and directs all aspects of a Sewer District-wide Occupational Health and Safety Program that effectively manages risks and ensures compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Public Employment Risk Reduction Program (PERRP) and other regulatory requirements.
- Advises Sewer District management on health and safety compliance matters.
- Directs safety outreach campaigns and safety recognition programs to encourage employee compliance with health and safety policies and procedures that foster an overall safety culture.
- Identifies workplace injury trends to better focus safety initiatives and training efforts.
- Attends safety-related and workers’ compensation hearings on behalf of the Sewer District as required.
- Evaluates and analyzes current and emerging regulations to determine potential impacts on the Sewer District’s operations and activities.
- Ensures communication regarding safety regulations and programs, policies, procedures, accident investigations, compliance audits, safety hazards and corrective actions are submitted to appropriate regulatory agencies in a timely manner.
- Ensures that all health and safety requests from federal, state or local governments are processed in a timely manner.
- Monitors the Sewer District’s compliance with OSHA, PERRP and Workers’ Compensation activity.
- Analyzes and interprets occupational health and safety rules, regulations, laws and standards and applies them to the Sewer District’s operations and activities to ensure compliance.
- Coordinates with leadership to ensure health and safety issues and regulations are understood and communicated effectively throughout the organization.
- Coordinates with Sewer District staff to ensure that projects meet safety requirements during the design phase and are maintained through the building and operation phases.
- Ensures that hazards, engineering controls and mitigation techniques are discussed and resolved at the beginning of a project.
- Promotes Prevention through Design (PtD) concepts in Sewer District construction specifications.
- Oversees health and safety team responsible for evaluating employee work tasks through job hazard analyses and workplace monitoring to propose solutions that mitigate risk by instituting elimination or substitution practices, engineering and administrative controls, and personal protective equipment use.
- Oversees investigation of workplace accidents/injuries, near-misses and root-cause report preparation with recommended corrective actions.
- Partners with Sewer District personnel to ensure safety issues are identified, mitigated and resolved in a timely fashion.
- Directs organization-wide safety audits, oversees work practices, compiles reports and makes recommendations for corrective actions.
- Oversees the development, scheduling and delivery of classroom, computer-based and field safety training classes for new and current employees; training topics include general industry safety, construction safety, industrial hygiene practices and Sewer District Health & Safety Policies.
- Oversees operational maintenance and upkeep of the Sewer District's fire and life safety systems.
- Coordinates with others to advise on compliance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Ohio Fire Code and National Electrical Code (NEC) regulations.
- Implements OSHA requirements throughout the organization in conjunction with health and safety team members.
- Serves as the lead internal occupational health and safety expert.
- Directs and ensures resolution of employee concerns related to the safety of particular tasks or locations (i.e., refusal to work issues).
- Confers with outside organizations including OSHA, PERRP, the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), local fire departments, the Ohio Water Environment Association (OWEA) and other utility organizations on health and safety matters.
- Participates on the Sewer District’s Safety Committees and engages with site safety coordinators and safety policy/project work group teams.
- Supervises, directs and motivates staff to obtain high productivity, results and morale.
- Appraises performance, creates staff development plans and individualized job training and coaching.
- Hires, trains and takes appropriate corrective actions as needed.
- Develops the health and safety budget and manages safety equipment purchases and supplies for all employees throughout the year.
- Conducts cost-benefit analysis of safety programs and recommends capital safety improvements.
Benefits
- Health Insurance Coverage
- Various Retirement Planning Options
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Free Parking at facilities
- Corporate Discounts
