Provider Programs Manager jobs in Spokane, WA

Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) is a publicly held company and a premier supplier of private brand tissue to major retailers, including grocery, drug, mass merchants and discount stores. In addition, the company produces bleached paperboard used by quality-conscious printers and packaging converters, and offers services that include custom sheeting, slitting, and cutting. Clearwater Paper's employees build shareholder value by developing strong relationships through quality and service. Working at Clearwater Paper provides an opportunity to enrich your career through challenging and meaningful work and ongoing training and development—all in a supportive environment. We know our success depends on your success.

What you will do:

EHS Programs Development

• Lead the development of written Health and Safety Programs for deployment across the organization.
• Develop tactical tools and associated training for implementation of written Health and Safety programs.
• Review site loss and risk data to proactively identify opportunities of need within the organization and develop strategies to implement against these.
• Complete hands-on support across all sites
• Collaborate with OPEX team to develop an overall strategy and tools for implementation of a company-wide Process Safety Management program.
• Provide on-site leadership and support to enable local PSM process implementation.

Incident Management

• Lead and support site teams in the completion of root-cause investigations following EHS incidents.
• Work with site teams to ensure incident data is accurately and thoroughly managed with the EHS Management software.
• Develop and publish monthly EHS scorecard inclusive of leading and lagging EHS metrics
• Review incident data to identify trends and provide tools/resources to support mitigation. 

Industrial Hygiene

• Leads the company-wide industrial hygiene program.
• Provide technical industrial hygiene leadership to support implement of controls for identified occupational health risks.
• Manages the relationship with third-party industrial hygiene resources.
• Provides technical review and oversight of third-party generated industrial hygiene reports.
• Facilitate communication around identified /validated of industrial hygiene best practices.   

EHS Training

• Develop annual EHS training plan to ensure company-wide compliance.
• Lead the development of training tools and resources to assist site teams in management of safety and environmental risks.
• Work with Human Resources and Operations to re-define new-hire safety on-boarding process.
• Deliver EHS training to site employees, EHS professionals, and leadership. 

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Strong understanding of EHS compliance metrics; ability to develop and leverage EHS data to quantitively and analytically identify opportunities and define actions.  
• Able to think strategically and act tactically.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate in a matrixed environment and ability to influence others to generate buy-in to core EHS processes.
• Interest in pulp and paper industry with curiosity to understand Clearwater Paper’s businesses and approach.
• Optimistically looks toward future for opportunities to innovate and improve.
• Solid communication skills (written and verbal); ability to lead and present complex materials in a manner appropriate for the target audience.
• Customer service mindset: seek to understand customer needs and provide solutions commensurate with that understanding and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating change; seeks input from key stakeholders, communicates why and responds to resistance with empathy and solutions.
• Experience coaching and motivating others from both remote and in-person situations; listens to understand, engages and involves to define needed actions, and recognizes success.

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in occupational safety, environmental science, engineering or related field.
• Advanced degree and relevant certifications are a plus.
• Minimum of 5 years of industrial safety or EHS experience
• Experience in development and implementation of safety standards
• Understanding of industrial hygiene, associated PELS/TLVs, and experience in control implementation
• Operating knowledge of the Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations and experience implementing.
• Subject matter expertise in safety and health regulations
• Effective communication skill
• Strong problem solving, organizational and analytical skills
• Professional maturity and ability to act as a change leader by influencing all levels of the organization to drive continuous improvement in safety performance.
• A passion for safety and the prevention of incidents
• Must possess good verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Must be able to read and interpret rules and regulations.
• Must be physically capable of standing, walking and climbing stairs up to 8-10 hours per day.
• Must be able to work in a hot, dusty, humid and noisy mill environment around high-speed equipment.
• Must be able to adjust work hours to support the safety and environmental needs of a 24/7 facility.
• Travel required. (25% - 50%)

Total Reward Details:
We’re committed to providing an exceptional workplace experience, including a comprehensive total reward package. This position is eligible for our Incentive Plan. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience among other factors. Benefits are generally available after 30 days and include medical, dental, vision, life, disability coverage, employee assistance program, and a 401k plan. Paid time off will include vacation days, personal days, and company holidays.

Clearwater Paper does not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position.  Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and will not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.