Health, Safety & Environmental Manager

SUMMARY: The HSE Manager ensures that the organization complies with all health, safety, and environmental regulations and standards. This role involves conducting risk assessments, inspections, and training to create and maintain a safe and compliant workplace. The HSE Officer is responsible for minimizing risks and ensuring the health and safety of employees, visitors, and contractors. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Ensure all people placed under their assigned area of responsibility, or all persons who may be affected by equipment or processes placed under their responsibility are complying with the rules and regulations set forth by Federal, Local, and State government, and LISI Aerospace policies, procedures and plans. • Responsible for attending all training provided and for adhering to all HSE procedures, policies, and plans, conforming to reporting protocol and environmental operating procedures at all times. • Responsible for EMS policies and procedures overview, operational controls and objectives. • Ensures the responsibility of ISO 14001 standards, aspects, and impact as related to the HSE policy commitments. • Responsible for the completion of all mandatory federal, state and city required reports and forms concerning environmental issues. • Coordinates and disposes of the 90-day hazardous waste accumulation. • Ensures training and communication initiatives are provided to all employees required to bring any known or suspected nonconformance for all company procedures or legal requirements to management’s attention immediately. • Conduct Environmental Monitoring, evaluate work environments, and make recommendations for controlling workplace and environment (internal and external) exposures. • Inspect and evaluate workplace environments, equipment, and practices, in order to ensure compliance with HSE standards and government regulations. • Evaluates and engages in projects that would reduce hazardous waste and assists in the implementation of Environmental improvements • Assist and report to the site management and the HSE management of his/her division in the fields of Occupational Health and Safety and the Environment • Ensures, in collaboration with the other service/department managers, that the equipment at his/her site is in good condition and operates safely. If this is not the case, he/she will ensure that protective measures are taken and/or that the equipment is consigned Ways of working, Experience, and Behaviors To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies: • Analytical - Must be able to logically research and collect processing data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data collection; Designs, develops and implements alternative process workflows and procedures to effectually mitigate hazardous situations. • Problem Solving Skills – Be able to define problems clearly, examine issues from various perspectives, evaluate alternatives, identify manageable components parts, deliver solutions - technical and financial- to problems, and use quantitative measures/indicators and analysis to solve problems. • Technical Skills – Must have a working knowledge of manufacturing processes including but not limited to chemical processing, metal fabrication, heat-treat, and surface coating methods which are achieved using hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical driven equipment. • Oral and Written Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens intently to others and seeks clarification; Provides clear and pleasant responses to inquires regardless of the situation; simply presents complex concepts to achieve understanding of benefit plans at all levels of the organization. Demonstrates group presentation skills; Participates in meetings. • Team Work - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Places success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed; Recognizes accomplishments of team members. • Leadership - Demonstrates and generates energy and enthusiasm; provides a working environment where others can improve their performance, take responsibilities, learn and grow; has a passion for excellence, produces high quality work, strives continuously for improvement. • Business Acumen - Understands business implications of decisions; Displays orientation to profitability; Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition; Aligns work with strategic goals. • Cost Consciousness - Works within approved budget; Develops and implements cost saving measures; Contributes to profits and revenue; Conserves organizational resources. • Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events. • Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities of self and others; Uses time efficiently; Plans for resources in a creative way only adding cost as necessary; Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans. Supervisory Responsibilities Has indirect supervisory responsibility for supervisors and managers in his assigned facilities. Must ensure behaviors and interactions comply with laws such as but not limited to Equal Employment, Discrimination, and Harassment. Due to the broad range of employee-related responsibilities and access to confidential information must be aware of all laws related to confidentiality. Must maintain a relationship in the workplace free of conflict. ESSENTIAL JOB REQUIREMENTS SKILLS AND ABILITIES Education and/or Experience • Bachelor's Degree (B.S) in Industrial hygiene or related discipline • Minimum 5 years of environmental services, management experience in the Aerospace Industry or Manufacturing environment preferred. • Minimum 5 years in environmental services or completion of a Hazardous Management program from any of the California State Universities; equivalent combination of education and experience. • Familiarity with California and Federal environmental laws preferred. • Customer interface/interaction experience related to understanding customer specifications, quality, and satisfaction required. • Knowledge of HSE regulations, risk management, and environmental protection. • Experience with HSE management systems (e.g., ISO 45001, ISO 14001) is preferred. Language Skills The ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of supervisors, managers, clients, customers, governmental agencies, and the general public. Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental 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 general public. Mathematical Skills Ability to calculate figures and amount such as discounts, interest, commission, proportions work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Reasoning Ability Ability to define problems collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. The Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions, in mathematical or diagram forms and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Computer Skills To perform this job successfully, an individual should have advanced knowledge of Computer software programs for word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations including but not limited to Microsoft Word; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Access, and Project Plan Systems. PHYSICAL DEMANDS, WORK ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand for extended periods of time and walk; frequently sit for extended periods of time in an office environment; requires eye-hand coordination, use hands hand movement and manual dexterity use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, listen and speak. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up bend, reach to shoulder level and lift, carrying, pushing and/or pulling to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more), color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point), and ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus). Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Safety and Environmental The responsibilities of the position include compliance with company and governmental safety, environmental and hazardous materials regulations and procedures. Employee will be required to wear personal safety equipment such as safety glasses, hearing protection, or proper footwear PPE in specified areas.