Health, Safety & Environmental Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

RK Industries is a second-generation family-owned company dedicated to delivering construction, fabrication, manufacturing, and building services with a strong focus on safety, quality, and craftsmanship. The position involves instilling the RK safety culture into all employees and managing safety programs.

Responsibilities

• Instill the RK safety culture into all employees.
• Develop and carry out a continuing safety program.
• Train, coach, and mentor all employees in safety.
• Provide adequate supervision to ensure employees are aware of and comply with safety rules, regulations, and work practices.
• Take necessary steps to promote safety and health in fixed facilities.
• Eliminate safety and health hazards, coordinate with shop leadership on corrective actions.
• Conduct continual safety inspections on all assigned facilities.
• Review trends and conduct data analysis to determine necessary training, safety stand downs, or similar actions.
• Initiate action to eliminate hazards or potential hazards while involving shop personnel in the corrections.
• Recommend installations of safety guards, safe working practices, and use of personal safety equipment utilizing the hierarchy of controls and following an OSHA VPP best practices mindset.
• Perform substance abuse testing, as required per company policy.
• Present Health & Safety 4-hour presentation at new hire orientation.
• Conduct shop specific orientation and additional shop specific training as needed such as Lock Out Tag Out, Industrial Hygiene, and machine guarding.
• Investigate all incidents and maintain complete incident statistics.
• Communicate incident statistics to shop leadership to develop action plans.
• Ensure accurate record keeping with regulatory agencies.
• Ability to confront people who are not working safely and train them in safe work practices.
• Develop new safety standards and programs in conjunction with shop leadership.
• Investigate fraud claims.
• Aid in vetting contractors and vendors for compliance on projects.
• Aid in data mining for the purpose of annual performance reviews.
• Assist in updating shop specific manuals, plans, and programs.
• Further personal knowledge, certifications, and training to better support manufacturing facilities and the HSE Department.
• Assist shop leadership in annual review and updates to shop specific manuals, plans, and programs.
• Responsible for training employees, maintaining training records, and re-training as required.
• Review and revise the shop specific training matrix, as required.
• Accountable to the HSE Department, but directly reports to the Director of Manufacturing Operations and Vice President of Supply Chain for daily activities.
• RK employees and subcontractors are required to implement and maintain all safety and health systems practices including the training requirements of RK Orientation, CPR/First Aid/AED/Bloodborne Pathogens, and OSHA 30.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience may be considered in place of degree.
• 5+ years’ experience in Safety and Health roles in a manufacturing environment.
• Extensive knowledge of 40 CFR Chapter I Subchapter C – Air Programs.
• Knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1910.
• Strong verbal presentation and facilitation skills.
• Understanding and implementation of ISO45001 and ISO9001.
• Understanding of Worker’s Compensation and Return to Work process.
• OSHA Voluntary Protection Program experience preferred.
• Currently hold or willingness to obtain additional education, safety certifications, and designations required. Designations include but not limited to: BCSP – ASP, OHST preferred, NSC Advanced Safety Certificate, OSHA 30 Hour Train the trainer designations related to Safety and Health.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and other computer software.

Physical Requirements

• Work outside, inside, and in dusty, noisy, and hazardous areas.
• Work in high places, tight places, confined spaces, and/or other adverse locations.
• Climb, balance, squat, kneel, and crouch.
• Must have working knowledge of all trade materials, equipment, and tools.
• Ability to lift, move, and/or carry 50 lbs.
• Regularly required to: stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and a variety of office equipment.
• Sometimes may need to reach, stoop, or kneel.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.