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Manthei, Inc. Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator in Petoskey, Michigan
At Manthei Wood Products, we are 100% committed to ensuring that every one of our team members feels safe while performing their job, has an easy and clear way of communicating any potential hazards, and they get to go home at the end of the day safe and happy.
We are seeking an Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator to continue our track record of health and safety operations by developing, implementing, training, and monitoring safety protocols throughout all departments, including our off site log yard and off site manufacturing facility in Wisconsin. You'll drive the enhancement of a positive and proactive safety culture image through industry knowledge, a high level of communication, and awareness of safe work environments alongside leadership teams.
In this role, you'll be successful if you are a self-starter and can work on your own with minimal direction in order to monitor work sites and behaviors, perform training sessions, and effectively research state and federal regulations concerning health and safety. Ability to recognize onsite risk factors and take appropriate action with swiftness, firmness and tact is essential.
This is a full-time, year-round position with a great benefits package, including excellent health insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, 401k employer match, partial paid family leave, adoption/foster care assistance, educational reimbursement options, profitability bonuses, product discounts and more!
Some of the specific duties to be performed include:
Practice safe working techniques, review and reinforce the safety policies, guidelines, and procedures as set out by the Company to ensure the facilities are properly meeting these guidelines
Develop, maintain and communicate written safety policies and programs
Provide daily guidance and direction in EHS programs at all levels to ensure a common and effective approach through site, plant and PPE walkthroughs and inspections
Responsible for assisting in the identification of possible losses; evaluating the risk in such loss exposure; developing and implementing a plan to correct or prevent a loss and audit the plan to ensure its effectiveness
Maintain and update as needed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all safe work practices and equipment; utilizing them in the day-to-day training
Provide advice, assist, and audit line management to ensure that effective EHS is implemented and working
Develop, distribute, log, and document tailored safety trainings and utilize varied methods to enhance safety awareness and education
Perform and contribute to any training plans by conducting employee orientations, emergency response training, and coordination of other safety programs for the operation, such as Lock-Out Tag-Out.
Schedule, chair, record and communicate minutes for team driven safety committee
Ensure inspections by regulatory agencies are coordinated and deficiencies minimized and corrected
Perform and maintain all environmental testing and regulatory activities in compliance with federal, state, and local laws
Perform accident investigations to prepare detailed reports of on-site accidents, identify causes and track corrective actions that need to be taken for future prevention
Review accidents and incidents which occur in the area of responsibility and conduct field audits, reporting and managing the corrective actions
Stays abreast on changes in legislation and safety standards
Maintain a through current knowledge of OSHA, MIOSHA and FMSCA
Maintain an organized, up-to-date, safety library to include required SDS documents and job hazard anal
