Manager EHS- Carolina CAT- onsite in Charlotte

Description

As Manager EHS, you will be a leader of EHS functions within our Carolina Cat division and be responsible for improving the health and safety performance of assigned Carolina Cat branches, and for technicians who travel to and serve our customers at their locations. Each day you will partner with Carolina Cat leadership and work with branch and mobile technicians that service construction equipment and similar types of industrial vehicles and equipment. You will work closely with partners in Operations, Fleet, Continuous Improvement, Human Resources, and Legal to further our EHS program. This position requires a strategic approach to drive EHS continuous improvement, program scalability, and sustainability. You will use data to evaluate trends related to leading and lagging indicators to help your partners focus on safety, and project management techniques to drive performance improvement through safety incident prevention, investigation, and mitigation.

• Leverage stakeholder feedback to inform and align EHS support initiatives with the needs of Carolina Cat
• Serve as EHS regulatory and incident reduction subject matter expert and representative for Carolina Cat, a division of Weisiger Group
• Act as a self-motivated creative problem-solver, listen, adapt, simplify, and lead teams through complex situations to implement simplified issue-resolution actions
• Partner with Carolina Cat leaders and support teams to identify and prioritize EHS continuous improvement initiatives relating to risk reduction, incident reduction, cost reduction, and regulatory compliance
• Drive incident investigation and corrective action process effectiveness
• Identify emerging EHS compliance and incident risk trends and drive the implementation of existing policies and practices, or create new initiatives as needed to mitigate risks
• Develop employee training and communication tools and administer coaching and formal training
• Assist with workers’ compensation claim reporting and management actions
• Drive change management and communications to ensure efficient and effective EHS program implementation alignment with stakeholders
• Assist with EHS data analysis and trend report generation
• Perform new location startup safety management system implementation activities
• Provide proactive oversight of EHS policy implementation through behavioral and regulatory compliance assessments and Gemba walks
• Drive EHS improvement actions to closure utilizing project management techniques, including clear improvement area identification, ownership, closure tracking, and post-closure validation

Requirements

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must frequently lift, carry, push, pull, and /or otherwise move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

• Ability to establish and maintain trust with organizational partners through effective collaboration, negotiation, conflict resolution, and long-term partnership-building
• Ability to effectively communicate (verbal, written, procedural, training, etc.) throughout all levels of the organization based on work-product purpose and the needs of the audience
• Certified Safety Professional, OSHA Certified Instructor, or other occupational safety certifications preferred
• Proficiency with modern Microsoft Windows Office software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook email
• Advanced project management, change management, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement experience
• Exhibit professional presence and exercise mature judgment when partnering and communicating with employees, management, and customers
• Advanced behavior-based safety program implementation and sustainment experience
• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety or related field and a minimum of 7 years of industry experience practicing occupational safety and health management. Vehicle mechanical or industrial service and DOT transportation compliance focus is preferred.
• Ability to consistently travel approximately 30% - 40% to regional branch locations and be able to travel on short notice based on business needs.
• General knowledge of worker's compensation laws and general claims management practices

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance