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Lydech

EHS Manager Hamptonville, North Carolina

Lydech, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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Lydech is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

Lydech offers a full line of innovative engineered products to assist in noise and heat abatement within the automotive and industrial markets. The business manufactures acoustical damping and thermal insulating solutions comprised of fiber and metal based composite product constructions. These products are typically found in the interior (dash insulators), underbody (wheel well, fuel tank, exhaust) and under hood (engine compartment) of passenger vehicles, heavy duty trucks, recreational vehicles as well as in other industrial applications. The segment employs approximately ~1400 employees with operations in the U.S., Germany, France, and China.

Job Summary: Plan, oversee, and enforce multi-facility responsibilities in health and safety (H&S). Comply with OSHA regulations, focusing on the identification of leading versus lagging indicators to improve employee safety. Integrate H&S into daily facility operations, develop new programs to continuously improve the safety culture, and work with global safety site leads to share best practices.

Duties and Responsibilities: Facility Safety Management: Serve as a member of the plant leadership team in North America, advising management on safety issues and regulatory compliance. Maintain required documentation and recordkeeping. Keep current through training, publications, and established programs to encourage compliance, a healthful environment, safety audits, and risk assessment.

Regulatory Compliance: Compile and maintain site‑specific EHS policies and procedures. Support and implement EH&S programs as they relate to site chemical, equipment, and environmental risks.

Risk Management: Advise management in OSHA, EPA, NFPA and other applicable EHS standards. Assist in responding to regulatory inspections, agency requests, and insurers on EH&S matters. Continuously review and improve when necessary all procedures and action plans.

Communication: As a member of the plant leadership team, ensure key stakeholders are aware of regulatory matters that arise. Promote site environmental, health and safety, and address new developments for improvement.

Industrial Hygiene: Continuously assess industrial hygiene risks. Communicate risks to management and develop plans for risk reduction or elimination.

Workers Compensation: Work to reduce WC incidents by taking proactive action to minimize injury risks. Investigate serious cases and lost‑time accidents to avoid reoccurrence. Understand company accident statistics, and communicate with the organization globally to ensure best practices are in place.

Facility Evaluations: Participate in surveys for EH&S performance through periodic audits to set goals and summarize results for recommended action. Understand the safety function and administer emergency action plans. Arrange employee and supervisory training and surveying when necessary.

Safety and Environmental Audits: Participate in site audits and review sample results in order to support management in their resolution. Promote speedy resolution to unacceptable findings.

Risk Management: Maintain contact with insurance company to evaluate their recommendations to improve plant facilities and property protection. Initiate correspondence where irregularities require a response and minimize liabilities. Meet with agencies where advisable or where their actions might affect facility operations. Publish Regulatory Alerts (“RegAlert”) on violations or new standards to promote corporate efforts in compliance with OSHA, EPA, or states agencies.

Safety Committee: Lead the safety committee in North America, monitoring their success to assure responsive action to EHS matters.

Training: Coordinate required training. Prepare and/or deliver site‑specific operator training in required regulatory topics, and best management practices including but not limited to the following: HazCom/GHS,Bloodborne Pathogens,Fire Extinguishers,Confined spaces,Power Presses,Evacuation,Emergency Action Plan,Hearing Conservation,Hazardous Waste,Lockout/Tagout.

Required Experience, Education, Skills, and Abilities for Consideration as a Candidate:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Minimum of five years’ experience in a safety managerial role or a senior safety engineer role.

Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.

Ability to direct activities that result in a safe workplace.

Thorough knowledge of practices and methods for developing and administering comprehensive EH&S programs.

Proficiency in performing workplace hazard assessments and implementing mitigating control measures.

Knowledge of REACH and RoHS

Effective presentation and communication skills

Strong knowledge of MS Office Products

Preferred or Additional, Experience, Education, Skills and Abilities:

Experience working with mechanical presses and lock out/tag out

Experience with Lean Six Sigma practices

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