Env., Health, and Safety Engineering Supervisor jobs in Frankfort, KY

Manchester Tank, a subsidiary of McWane, Inc., has a proud heritage of hard-working people, who for over 75 years have manufactured high quality products for our country and the world. The McWane Way Compass is provided as a personal guide to help team members navigate through situations they encounter daily at work. All team members are expected to know these principles, values, and behaviors. The McWane Way ensures higher levels of safety and environmental performance in all our operations. It also improves communication, relationships, and work performance at all levels of our organization. The McWane Way Compass includes eight core principles to guide our team members: Communication, Safety, Environment, Leadership, Trust, Excellence, Accountability, and Teamwork.

Summary

The primary purpose of the Health & Safety Specialist is to assist the Health & Safety Department in daily implementation and activities related to preventing injuries and illnesses. The Health & Safety Specialist plays a key role in maintaining Job Safety Analysis' (JSA), physical demands, and helps drive a "Safety Always" culture. The Health & Safety Specialist position requires attention to detail, ability to understand and interpret compliance requirements, and must be able to work with all levels of employees, maintaining integrity in all aspects of their duties.

The Health & Health & Safety Specialist will report to the plant Safety Manager.

Manchester Tank & Equipment is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. Manchester Tank & Equipment will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA - gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned as needed.

Guide the implementation of safe work practices and drive injury prevention efforts.
• Conduct health and safety training on various topics such as New Hire Safety Orientation, Lockout Tagout, Emergency Preparedness, Accident Investigation and Machine Guarding.
• Core experience: Lockout Tagout, Forklift Safety, Machine Guarding, Confined Space, Cranes and Hoists, Electrical, Mobile Equipment, Accident Investigation, and Ergonomics.
• Develop and implement safety and health procedures and ensure compliance with all applicable state and federal health and safety rules and regulations and McWane Health & Safety procedures.
• Perform health and safety inspections and audits at prescribed frequencies and as determined by the Safety Manager.
• Participate in and lead risk assessments for new or existing machinery or equipment and recommendations for improvements.
• Perform ergonomic risk assessments.
• Provide daily health and safety support to Operations Departments.
• Assists with performing incident investigations, root cause analysis and provide mentorship to supervision and management.
• Contractor Safety program implementation
• Actively involved in the industrial hygiene program - air sampling and noise monitoring
• Assist with the development and implementation of the Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Program
• Participates in or conducts safety meetings as requested for departments and committees.
• Looks for opportunities to get employees involved in safety, environmental, process changes and overall improvement efforts.
• Assists with crafting lockout tagout and confined space entry procedures.
• Maintain knowledge of current OSHA regulations and determine facility compliance to those regulations.
• Assist with maintaining safety files and records, both paper and electronically.
• Assist in maintaining the contractor approval safety program (ISN)
• Assist with maintaining a library of JSA's, with new and/or revisions of existing JSAs.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each crucial duty

satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or

ability required.

1. Must be diligent and self-motivated.
2. Must possess good oral and written communication skills.
3. Be able to contribute to and support the existence of a positive work environment.
4. Must possess good analytical and problem-solving skills.

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree from four-year College or university in Occupational Safety or a related field preferred; or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to read and interpret State, Federal, and local laws as it pertains to safety and plant operations.

Digital Literacy

To perform this job optimally, an individual should be proficient in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Training will be provided in the use of internal systems.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations None

No requirements for this role. CSP Certification or willingness to get certified as a CSP is preferred.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee is regularly required to stand.
• Use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is frequently required to walk.
• The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move objects. Objects over 50 pounds will require the assistance of other staff or mechanical assistance.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wide range of temperatures, humid conditions, moving machinery, dust, fumes, gases, odors, vibrations, and varying noise levels.

There is a high noise level throughout the plant and hearing protection must always be worn while in the plant during production. Wearing other proper protective equipment including metatarsal safety shoes and eye protection is always required while in the plant during production.