EHS Superintendent

Safety

• Development, implementation, and evaluation of safety policies and procedures.
• Congratulates activities of the safety committee, conducts safety inspections, and provides technical guidance to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations concerning safety.
• Maintains current OSHA logs and records of accidents.
• Provides recommendations and solutions to problems to remediate unsafe work practices and conditions.
• Provides annual safety performance evaluation of department supervisors.
• Posting in each department the monthly statistics in PowerPoint which are sent by Houston.
• Conducts daily walk-through of plant for viewing of safe practices, such as housekeeping, ladder safety, PPE use.
• Monthly inspections of equipment such as ladders for safety feet, rungs broken, and segregation of broken/tagged out ladders from good working order ladders.
• Updates OSHA Incident Summary Report and sends it to Houston by 3rd of every month.
• Attends Departmental Safety Meetings.
• Updates plant policy with the EHS Manual as updates are issued.
• Performs annual fit testing of employees using Porta Count or other quantitative fit testing equipment.
• Writes Confined Space Entry Permits, Line Breaking Permits, Hot Work Permits in accordance with CCC policy.
• Conducts monitoring and assists with Contractors, and Employees during unit turn-arounds.
• Makes sure the Safety Committee is “trained” in accordance to the Labor Contract.
• Following up on work-orders as compiled from Safety Committee meetings.
• Ensures the Safety Committee is “trained” in accordance to the Labor Contract.
• Conducts daily walk-through of plant looking for any spillage or piles of materials from equipment leaks which can become airborne by wind, institute clean-up immediately with Department Supervisor or employees working on the equipment or moving the packaged material which is leaking.
• Updates monthly the EHS %sulfur oil, % carbon black sulfur results for calculation of the emissions per the Title V Permit.

Health

• Coordinate medical programs and protocol with the company corporate director to include medical monitoring programs, records management, DOT drug compliance testing, and random & mandatory drug testing programs.
• Affirm adequate medical services are accessible for first aid and coordinates emergency medical services when necessary.
• Coordinate medical treatment and work duties for injured employees.
• Coordinate worker’s compensation records, insurance, and state agency notifications, billings, regulatory notifications, and provide information for counsel during litigation.
• Escorts and transports personnel with injuries to the local physician’s office, or contacts 911 if necessary.
• Aids with housekeeping of work areas and the plant site to avoid any accumulations of carbon black which could contribute to fugitive emissions.
• Reviews and compiles all fugitive emission inspection reports for compliance to the program of end of shift housekeeping, check and follow-up that inspections are being done by supervision and reports properly filled out.

Environmental Compliance

• Monitor and achieve compliance for regulatory permits and statues, Annual and Semi-Annual Certifications of Compliance for submittal to state and federal agencies.
• Gather information for permit applications.
• Cook with state and federal agencies for permit compliance.
• Cook annual regulatory reporting such as Emission Inventories for permit fees, Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know (Tier II), and Toxic Release Inventory.
• Maintain and perform environmental monitoring with testing equipment for plant compliance.
• Maintain state certification as a Visual Emission Evaluator, coordinate local environmental inspections by state and federal authorities.
• MACT Compliance reports submitted timely (Conduct daily visual emissions monitoring of stacks, bag houses, etc. for leaks, minor visible emissions.
• Review daily housekeeping inspection reports.
• Follow-up after shift has ended to make sure the forms are factual and areas are cleaned as notated by Supervisors.
• Attend Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) meetings.
• Cook EHS compliance with HQ in timely manner.
• Daily walk-through of plant looking for any spillage or piles of materials from equipment leaks which can become airborne by wind, institute clean-up immediately with Department Supervisor or employees working on the equipment or moving the packaged material which is leaking.

Training

• Plan, direct, control, monitor, assist, conduct, and administrate formal and informal health-safety training programs and meetings for employees and community citizens when necessary.
• Assists departmental supervisors with safety training.
• Orients new employees and contractors to the plant environment, safety policies and regulations, and worker interaction.
• Ensures training for compliance as required by state and federal regulations.
• Directs the activities of the EHS Coordinator, attendance to safety meetings, conducting of training and orientation of new hire employees, contractors, compile centralized training records for ISO and OSHA compliance.
• Completes all tests for visitors, contractors, and new hires and keeps in records.
• Directs computerized training program of all plant personnel on the EHS training matrix.

Industrial Hygiene

• Evaluate, identify workplace hazards which may cause damage to worker health as a result from exposure.
• Provide recommendations on proper administrative actions, engineering controls, and PPE selection to ensure the proper protection of employees during exposure to hazardous environments.
• Monitor, test, and evaluate the hazardous atmospheres, environmental conditions, and work place conditions.
• Use and interpret study data, instrumentation, and monitoring results as it relates to the effects on the employee.
• Evaluate and maintain MSDS inventories and ensure employee safety to products purchased from suppliers.
• Ensure proper labeling of products used in the plant and are being shipped as per regulations.
• Use, maintain, and calibrate all industrial hygiene equipment and PPE in an effective and operational condition.

Fire Prevention and Control

• Coordinate loss control inspections for insurance.
• Prepare in advance for immediate inspection and documentation of the Plant Safety Audits (PSA) by the Insurance broker.
• Compliance is regularly updated and documented.
• Aid Insurance Loss Control Auditor during plant walk-through.

Risk Communications/Public Relations

• Conduct complaint investigations and negotiations with the public and area residents regarding any environmental allegations against the plant’s operation.
• Address concerns and complaints directed toward the plant.

Purchasing

• Evaluate and request to purchase necessary safety, health, and environmental equipment and PPE for the use in safeguarding the work force and the property of the plant.
• Submit and adhere to A.O.P. Budget for the EHS Department.
• Follow corporate guidelines on purchase of PPE styles and approved types only coordinated with Houston Purchasing for best price allocation.
• Establish and control the boot purchase program by employees.
• Establish and control the safety glass program by employees.

Plant Security

• Plan, implement, monitor, and control necessary programs and assets to prevent loss or damage to Company property or assets from any breach of unauthorized entry into the plant property.
• Education And Experience
• Education: Preferred: Master of Science Industrial Hygiene and/or Environmental Management Required: B.S. in Engineering, Industrial Hygiene or Safety or Environmental related field
• Five (5) years, minimum, experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment with EHS responsibilities.
• Excellent communication skills including public speaking, effective interpersonal skills and technical writing.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Power Point.
• Competency in technical areas of OSHA, EPA, State & Local regulations, State Worker’s Compensation rules, and Medical terminology and practices.
• Must be available to travel to other plant locations when necessary.
• Must have valid driver’s license.