Environmental & Safety Coordinator

Owens Corning is a branded building products leader with three complementary market-leading businesses providing roofing, insulation, and doors primarily for residential markets in North America and Europe. The company operates with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a unique set of OC Advantages™ – including its iconic brand, unparalleled commercial strength, leading technology, and winning cost position – to help customers win and grow in the market.

About the role

The primary role of the EHS Coordinator is to build a plant and/or department culture with an unconditional stance on safety. The EHS Coordinator will lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of critical safety, health, and environmental processes/programs/procedures to achieve a zero-injury environment. The successful candidate will provide leadership and apply technical abilities to engage employees at all levels of the organization to develop and sustain world-class safety and environmental processes. This position reports to the EHS Leader.

A successful candidate must have exceptional teamwork/collaboration skills and the initiative to act within a fast-paced environment. They are capable of building partnerships with multiple functions, quickly understanding day-to-day processes, assessing safety risks, taking immediate action, and sustaining those changes. Effective and engaging teaching, training, and coaching is a critical skill for success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with EHS Lead and Plant Leadership on building a Plant safety strategy to align with company safety initiatives.
• Develop, implement, and execute safety initiatives to strive to meet safety measures including incident/accident reporting procedures, safety plans on evacuations, first responders’ organization, risk assessments, periodic safety training, safety assessments, and primary/salaried ongoing training.
• Partner with People Leaders and primary employees on best safety practices including coordinating and appropriate planning.
• Create and oversee routine safety and health strategies to meet end-of-year results.
• Develop, implement and/or evaluate EHS plans and programs to ensure a solid foundation of safety and environmental awareness is communicated within the facility.
• Maintain, transform and update EHS data into information (charts and graphs) and metrics.
• Develop, implement, deliver, maintain, and improve EHS-related training programs in coordination with NLT, EHS Leader, and appropriate plant personnel.
• Implement and maintain all EHS training in the approved database.
• Maintain training documentation as required by corporate and federal/state standards.
• Conduct, identify, and document Hazard Analysis processes, Safe Behavior Observations, facility audits, etc.
• Assist in recordable injury, first-aid, and near-miss investigations and in the development and implementation of improvement action plans through completion of “Learning from Incident” reports.
• Investigate workplace safety concerns and submit work request notifications as needed.
• Improve the EHS culture through educating employees on EHS standards and procedures.
• Actively participate in the implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
• Serve as EHS Vice Pillar leader.
• Maintain inventory of PPE, lockout hardware, spill response equipment, and other safety supplies.
• Conduct site safety orientations for all outside contractors, visitors, and all Owens Corning new hires.
• Regularly inspect and maintain emergency equipment, including fire extinguishers, safety showers, spill response equipment, and AED units.
• Perform regular audits of work being conducted by outside contractors to ensure compliance with all OC safety standards.
• Perform all other duties as directed by the EHS Leader to support facility EHS goals.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 1+ years of experience coordinating, supporting, or leading EHS efforts in a production, manufacturing, warehousing, or distribution environment.

Qualifications

• Some college preferred but not required; Associates or Bachelor's degree in any field related to EH&S, such as industrial hygiene, engineering, science, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in the implementation of OSHA, EPA, and other general industry EHS standards.
• Experience in providing feedback when identifying unsafe acts or behaviors at all employee levels.
• Experience in leading trainings, facilitating learning sessions, and coaching to develop peers and leaders on EHS practices, policies, and procedures.
• Experience in the operation, training, and certification process of PIV, forklift, and other powered industrial vehicles.
• Experience with utilizing computer programs such as the Microsoft Office suite to develop resources needed for training/teaching purposes.

Skills

• Writing, maintaining, and reviewing standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Willingness to learn new controls technologies and systems as required throughout the facility.
• Ability to work up to 12 hours in a non-climate-controlled heavy manufacturing environment.
• Availability to work varying shifts to support 24-hour operations, including after business hours, weekends, nights, holidays, and on-call shifts.
• Teaching, coaching, and training hourly employees and Plant leaders.
• Leading efforts to safeguard self and others with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Drive a culture of zero injuries, incidents, and losses.