Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Mauser Packaging Solutions is a global leader in solutions and services across the packaging lifecycle, providing packaging worldwide to companies in industries from food, personal care, paints, and chemicals.

Job Description and Responsibilities

The SHEQ Manager is a proactive leader who ensures the adherence to all customer product standards and specifications while managing the Safety, Quality and Environmental systems for their assigned plant.

The SHEQ Managers strategic focus is to work with the plant operations team to continuously improve the quality that is built into Mauser Packaging Solutions products while maintaining an accident-free workplace.

Responsibilities:

EH&S

• Lead all plant environmental, health and safety compliance and management system functions and activities; specifically, the implementation of Behavior Based Safety Program to improve overall EHS performance.
• Responsible for partnering with Ops and the Safety Committee to develop methods for keeping Safety Fresh and focused on employee engagement.
• Develop and implement EHS strategies to ensure compliance with various operating permits and regulatory compliance including ownership for leading all environmental reporting aspects of the plant.
• Participate in the engineering design of protective equipment or safety devices for machines during start up or new installation by applying psychological and physiological factors to assist in the design of safety features and controls.
• Responsible for audits development to ensure regulatory compliance across the sites.
• Coordinate required OSHA training, lead and train employees in JSAs, risk assessments and other safety training and communication.
• Interface with federal, state and local environmental and safety agencies on plant issues
• Managing and implementing compliance with Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), USEPA and State regulations in accordance with government and company requirements.
• Coordinating with site leadership at facilities to develop mutually beneficial solutions to complex environmental, health and safety challenges.
• Communicating effectively, championing and implementing change with a diverse set of internal and external customers.
• Interpreting laws and regulations to determine applicability for facilities of responsibility and implementing programs to comply.

Quality

• Implements process improvement with the use of Statistical Process Control (SPC), measurement analysis.
• Defines projects regarding customer requirements utilizing tools such as: Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), process flow mapping, control plan documentation and Capability Analysis.
• Ensures CoQ (Costs of Quality) metrics are aligned with the companys strategic initiatives, including scrap, rework, returns, appraisal, and prevention.
• Establishes programs to improve metrics using continuous improvement tools as well as actively participates in projects that support Lean Manufacturing initiatives resulting in improved profitability, workflow, and team performance. Proactively works to improve quality systems internally and externally to the plant.
• Utilizes and can teach Lean tools including 5S, Kaizen, quick changeover, value stream mapping, mistake proofing, etc. Participates in Kaizen events as necessary.
• Interacts with production floor daily. Assists where needed to ensure there is adequate support from the Quality department to meet production efficiencies and goals.
• Reviews, measures and proactively studies KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) in an effort to prevent substandard product that does not meet customer specifications.
• Supervises and manages daily activities of all Quality team members at their designated location.
• Manages HFI (Hold for Inspection) System. Measures, quantifies, and communicates HFIs to the production floor and any other team members who need to be informed.
• Communicates and investigates any customer inquiries as they relate back to quality. Works with Operations team to find solutions to customer complaints focusing on permanent corrective action.
• Interacts with production floor and management to determine root cause analysis for quality defects and develops resolutions to correct deficiencies.
• Audits, summarizes, and reviews with plant management team the plant quality system. Leads and facilitates monthly Quality Management Review meetings.
• Prepares and communicates month-end quality report summaries within plant and corporate.
• Travels as necessary to other plants to establish best practices or to work with others in determining root cause or corrective action to quality issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree
• Minimum of 3 years experience in an EH&S and Quality position.
• Certifications in Environmental or Health & Safety related programs preferred.
• Experience administering safety training in accordance with OSHA regulations.
• Experience in OSHA record-keeping related to various programs including Lock out Tag Out, Confined Space, Hazard Communication, Injury Reporting, and other related programs.
• Must have experience with preventive quality engineering techniques such as PFMEA, control plans, process mapping.
• Knowledge of and experience with utilizing Lean manufacturing practices.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification a plus
• Superior communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to work with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to solve complex problems by actively seeking information and new ideas from a variety of sources; systematic and objective evaluation of information consistently looking for novel ways to solve problems; and mastering unfamiliar information, tasks, and situations quickly and effectively.
• Effective attention to detail with a calm and steady demeanor and a high degree of accuracy under pressure.
• Intermediate computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office Suite of Products, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook.
• Experience with hazardous waste management and Clean Air Act reporting.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish a plus.
• Ability to travel up to 30%
• Experience in manufacturing environment preferred.

Mauser Packaging Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.