ResponsibilitiesSUMMARY
The Health and Safety Manager role will lead the Milwaukee facility in all matters of health, safety and environmental covering manufacturing processes such as die casting, stamping, plating, wastewater treatment, robotics, tooling and many other functional support teams. The Health and Safety Manager will proactively provide innovative common-sense EHS solutions, simplify & standardize EHS policies, and drive cost improvement initiatives with all items related to EHS. This leader will deliver best solutions ensuring associate safety, regulatory compliance, and environmental sustainability.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Hands-on leader that effectively monitors and methodically handles all regulatory correspondence, documentation, reporting, permitting, policy creation and certifications including ISO14001.
- Proactively and collaboratively identify, develop and deploy common-sense policy insuring associate health & safety and while maintaining OSHA regulation compliance.
- Develop EHS vision and deploy transformational change that includes improvements in EHS related technology, elimination of non-value added EHS business process steps, optimization of existing EHS related processes and standardization of EHS policy that reliably deliver high levels of safety, sustainability and associate satisfaction at the best cost.
- Align with key stakeholders to create policy and drive continuous improvement in environmental sustainability including initiatives such as recycling, universal waste reduction, net zero water discharge, hazardous waste elimination and accidental discharge risk reduction.
- Ensure regulatory compliance and associate safety by developing standardized new process and equipment design requirements and acceptance criteria ensuring consistency in the way manufacturing processes are engineered, documented and sustained.
- Administer workers’ compensation program by tracking, monitoring and reporting on all accidents, and occasionally working with the insurance providers to minimize lost time and excessive claims.
- Supervise Milwaukee facility security associates and security operations.
- Incident command and leader of HazMat and Accident Response Teams.
- Complete job safety analysis for all new equipment, chemicals and associate interface points.
- Represent STRATTEC in community or industry safety groups and programs.
- Ensure organization, storage and maintenance of health, safety and environmental files and records.
- Leverage lean concepts and industry benchmarks such as visual factory, standard work, error proofing, single piece flow, six sigma, kaizen, TPM and Industry 4.0 to simplify the organization and eliminate decisions in all things related to EHS.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety or related technical field, or 5+ years of equivalent EHS management experience.
- CSP preferred.
- Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations.
- Experience conducting risk assessments, incident investigations, and compliance audits.
- Willingness to be hands-on with policy deployment, process improvement, new policy development, EHS training and correspondence with regulatory compliance entities.
- Understanding of handling hazardous waste, universal waste, HAZMAT, Accident First Response, Wastewater handling and containment and audit/corrective action.
- Able to collect, analyze & interpret data to develop insightful solutions, and present in clear & concise format while understanding the appropriate details for each audience.
- ISO14001 standards and relationship management.
- Ability to influence others through good communication skills.
- The ability to manage projects and work in a team project environment.
What We Offer
Our benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and life outside of work.
- Competitive compensation package, including base pay, regular salary reviews, and short-term incentive opportunities
- Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage with eligibility starting day one
- Paid time off for vacation, holidays, sick time, and bereavement for eligible employees
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match up to 5 percent and immediate vesting
- Company-paid life insurance coverage to support you and your beneficiaries
- Wellness program supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing, plus opportunities to volunteer and give back to your community
- Additional local benefits may apply depending on location or facility
