Environment, Health, and Safety Associate Manager

About the role

This position is responsible to lead in coordinating OSTA compliance initiatives in Environment, Health, and Safety and other relevant compliance areas as designated. Assist and help manage development, management, and review of policies and practices for OSTA and/or its facilities, and works with Legal, Operations and Senior Management of the regional sites assigned to facilitate compliance with company policies and applicable laws.

Responsibilities

• Health and Safety
  Oversees occupational health and safety matters related to facility- and field-based personnel.
  Develops and maintains a systematic occupational health and safety management program to facilitate: identification of occupational health and safety hazards, utilization of physical safeguards and employee personal protective equipment to control such hazards, training of employees in good health and safety management practices, investigation of accidents and occupational injuries and illnesses, compliance with all applicable health and safety legislation.
• Environmental
  Oversees environmental matters related to Olympus facilities and products.
  Develops and maintains a systematic environmental management program to facilitate: assessment of environmental impacts of products, facilities and operations, engagement of Olympus management and staff in activities related to reducing environmental impacts, compliance with applicable environmental legislation.
• Safety
  Includes worker’s safety, industrial safety, fire safety, ergonomics, HazCom, process/work evaluation, accident investigation, safety trainings for employees, and chemical safety.
• Training
  Develop compliance and other identified training, as necessary.
  Advise the OSTA EHS Manager and/or the OCA Site Director and supporting site managerial team on all EHS needs and regulatory compliance items. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Advanced Certification (such as CSP, ASP, or CIH) or advanced coursework/master’s degree in Work Environment or similar or ability to gain certification within one year of employment.
• Minimum of seven years’ experience dealing with EHS policy and compliance issues.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to plan and execute various projects simultaneously.
• Analytical ability and knowledge of business processes.
• Ability to create and deliver effective training materials.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Windows Office Suite software.
• Ability and willingness to travel to all regional sites under jurisdiction (expect several trips per year but no more than 25% of time).
• Strong training skills, both to develop online training and to deliver in-person training.
• Strong communication skills.
• An understanding of safety culture and promotion of safety culture in the work environment.
• Laser Safety Officer Certified or ability to become certified within one year (may be waived if a CSP or CIH and exhibit strong laser safety skillset).
• DOT/RCRA trained within the last year or ability to get this training within the first six months of employment.
• Strong ISO14001 skills.