Quality and Safety Environmental Specialist

About this position

The successful Quality and Safety Environmental Specialist will manage the ISO-9001 quality management system requirements for the facilities to ensure compliance and continual improvement of the management system and quality delivery. Including Safety and Environmental to drive EHS and lean improvements across workshop by identifying and culling system deficiencies and failures.

Who we are

At SMS group, our people are our greatest asset. We offer an entrepreneurial environment that promotes a culture of innovation, growth, and inclusion. We offer company events, activities, and opportunities to participate in charitable initiatives that benefit the communities where we are located.

What you’ll do

• Aid in the initial implementation and maintain the QMS.
• Champion overall quality responsibilities for the assigned region.
• Promote quality as a continuous improvement program and ensure employees are constantly committed to this process through various engagement opportunities such as investigations, root cause analysis, identification of corrective actions, and review of lessons learned from incidents.
• Maintain a strong shop floor presence, engage employees, promote improvement opportunities, and forge relationships with employees at all levels.
• Actively listen to input from employees and respond as needed to improve quality, embedding quality processes and controls in "how we work."
• Utilize advanced analytics to drive decision making and keep managers aware of their location’s quality performance at their locations.
• Work with workshop management teams to develop quality incident reduction plans.
• Conduct quality leadership training for managers, supervisors, and employees.
• Keep quality records.
• Manage quality incident investigations, evaluate for trends, and collaborate with process owners, engineers, or other parties to institute tangible corrective actions.
• Apply systemic risk management to identify opportunities to improve intrinsic quality controls to prevent human error.
• Create new and transform existing quality record-keeping processes to assure appropriate behaviors and all quality processes are conducted as desired and produce desired results.
• Conduct internal quality audits.
• Network with other quality professionals across the company to share best practices and critical discussions on quality issues.
• Manage records on calibrations.
• Respond to customer inquiries on quality.
• Participate in registration/surveillance audits.
• Report variety of safety data in incident information in corporate safety management systems.
• Develop and implement new and modified safety policies for the assigned region.
• Network with other safety professionals across the company to share best practices and critical discussions on safety issues.
• Provide input to corporate safety as needed regarding proposed safety policies to the benefit of all involved.
• Identify and utilize technology products to aid in injury reduction and safety improvement.
• Apply systemic risk management to identify opportunities to improve intrinsic safety controls to prevent human error.
• Conduct local and corporate safety training for employees and new hires.
• Keep records of safety training and employee certifications.
• Promote safety as a continuous improvement program and ensure employees are constantly committed to this process through various engagement opportunities; investigations, root cause analysis, identification of corrective actions, review of lessons learned from incidents at other SMS locations.
• Facilitate 5S and lean improvement projects.
• Travel to sites at least 2 times per year.
• Ensure corrective actions are properly generated, documented, tracked, and effectively closed.
• Ensure quality document control and records controls are maintained and operating effectively.
• Conduct Management reviews.
• Conduct activities as Management Representative.
• Teleconference with all facilities to ensure all action items from audits, observations, complaints, etc. are effectively followed through on.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor's Degree (BS) from four-year college or university, two or more years of related experience in governance, administration, and operation of a quality management system and all components in a manufacturing or processing industries.
• Demonstrated proficiency in incident investigation, root cause analysis, and safety causation models.
• Knowledge of federal/state/local safety regulations.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Computer Skills: GSS, Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). VBA programming a plus.
• Advanced algebra and ability to apply mathematical concepts in solving quality problems related to material processing, manufacturing, and special relationships.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation.
• Medical/dental/vision coverage.
• Paid vacation.
• Paid holiday time.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Training.
• A tuition reimbursement program.
• and more!

What we do

SMS group is the leading partner in the world of metals. We are an original equipment supplier offering comprehensive maintenance and spare part services for metals production, continuous casting and rolling (flat and long products), tubes, welded pipes, forging, non-ferrous technology, and heat treatment plants - all from a single source.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SMS group Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, gender identity or other categories protected by law. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen and physical capacity profile test.