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About the Role

The EHST Assistant Manager leads and manages all Environmental, Health, Safety, and Training programs for an automotive manufacturing facility. This role ensures compliance with regulations, promotes a strong safety culture, and drives continuous improvement. The EHST Manager partners with various departments and employees to identify and mitigate risks, reduce injuries, minimize environmental impacts, and ensure effective employee training.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive EHST programs, policies, procedures, and objectives.
Lead the plant's safety culture and drive continuous improvement in workplace health and safety performance.
Conduct regular workplace inspections, safety audits, risk assessments, and hazard analyses.
Identify unsafe conditions and behaviors and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
Establish and monitor EHST performance metrics.
Serve as the primary EHST resource for employees, supervisors, managers, and leadership.
Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, state environmental and occupational safety regulations, and local requirements.
Maintain required permits, registrations, records, reports, and regulatory documentation.
Monitor changes in applicable regulations and communicate requirements to plant leadership.
Coordinate regulatory inspections and serve as the primary point of contact for governmental agencies.
Ensure timely completion of required environmental reporting.
Maintain required OSHA logs and other regulatory records.
Lead programs addressing machine guarding, lockout/tagout, electrical safety, ergonomics, powered industrial trucks, confined spaces, fall protection, hazardous energy, PPE, contractor safety, and emergency preparedness.
Partner with Engineering and Maintenance during equipment installation, modification, and process changes to ensure appropriate safety controls are incorporated.
Participate in Management of Change activities and pre-startup safety reviews.
Conduct and/or facilitate Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), and Process Hazard Assessments.
Review incidents, near misses, and safety observations to identify root causes and systemic corrective actions.
Lead incident investigations using structured root-cause analysis methodologies.
Ensure prompt response to workplace injuries, illnesses, near misses, and other incidents.
Lead investigations and establish corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
Oversee workers' compensation claims and partner with HR and medical providers on return-to-work and transitional-duty programs.
Analyze injury trends and develop target improvement initiatives.
Promote proactive reporting of hazards, near misses, and safety concerns.
Manage the facility's environmental compliance programs and ensure proper handling, storage, labeling, and disposal of regulated materials and waste.
Monitor environmental aspects associated with manufacturing processes and identify opportunities to reduce environmental impacts.
Coordinate required environmental sampling, testing, inspections, and reporting.
Support pollution prevention, waste reduction, recycling, energy conservation, and sustainability initiatives.
Maintain environmental procedures and records necessary to support regulatory compliance and customer requirements.
Develop, maintain, and test the plant's emergency response and business continuity programs.
Coordinate emergency response procedures for fire, chemical releases, severe weather, medical emergencies, spills, and other potential events.
Coordinate emergency drills and evaluate results for continuous improvement.
Maintain emergency response equipment and ensure employees receive appropriate training.
Maintain relationships with local emergency response organizations and first responders.
Develop and manage the plant's EHST training program.
Ensure employees receive required initial, refresher, and job-specific training.
Maintain training matrices and records and monitor completion.
Provide or coordinate training on topics such as: OSHA and general safety requirements, Hazard Communication, Lockout/Tagout, PPE, Forklift/Powered Industrial Truck safety, Emergency and or spill response, Ergonomics, Machine safety, Environmental compliance, Incident reporting, Supervisor’s safety responsibilities.
Develop safety communications, toolbox talks, safety campaigns, and employee engagement initiatives.
Coach supervisors and managers on effective safety leadership.
Promote employee ownership and accountability for EHST performance.
Establish or facilitate safety committees, employee safety teams, and engagement programs.
Encourage reporting of hazards and near misses without fear of retaliation.
Recognize positive safety behaviors and achievements.
Work with frontline employees to identify practical solutions to safety and environmental concerns.
Build a culture in which safety is integrated into daily production activities.
Conduct internal EHST audits and compliance assessments.
Coordinate customer, corporate, third-party, and regulatory audits.
Develop corrective action plans and ensure timely closure of findings.
Utilize Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
Benchmark EHST performance against industry best practices.
Identify opportunities to improve safety, environmental performance, employee engagement, and operational efficiency.
Establish and maintain contractor safety requirements.
Review contractor qualifications, safety programs, and required documentation.
Ensure contractors receive appropriate site-specific EHST orientation.
Monitor contractor activities for compliance with plant requirements.
Coordinate safety requirements for construction, installation, maintenance, and other non-routine activities.
Perform other duties assigned by Senior HR Manager and Plant Manager.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in environmental health & safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, or a related field.
5+ years of progressive EHST/EHS experience, preferably in automotive manufacturing.
ISO-14001 experience and education.
Previous supervisory or management experience preferred.
Strong knowledge of OSHA and environmental regulations applicable to manufacturing operations.
Experience conducting incident investigations and root-cause analysis.
Experience in developing and delivering employee safety training.
Strong understanding of industrial safety programs and risk assessment methodologies.
Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and leadership skills.
Ability to work effectively with employees at all levels of an organization.
Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and respond to emergencies when required.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel and work in various positions for long periods (8–12 hours).
Ability to lift and move tooling components and materials as required, 25–50 lbs. regularly.
Ability to work around manufacturing equipment, presses, machining equipment, and industrial environments.
Constant exposure to noise, machinery, and industrial conditions.
PPE required (safety glasses, gloves, steel-toe boots).

Skills

ISO-14001
OSHA
Environmental regulations
Occupational Safety
Industrial Hygiene
Incident investigations
Root-cause analysis
Employee safety training
Industrial safety programs
Risk assessment methodologies
Communication
Organization
Analytical skills
Leadership skills
Lean
Six Sigma
ISO 45001
Electronic EHS management systems
Emergency response
Business continuity
Pollution prevention
Waste reduction
Recycling
Energy conservation
Sustainability initiatives

Location

Austin, IN 47102

Work Type

Full Time

Experience Level

5+ years of progressive EHST/EHS experience
Previous supervisory or management experience preferred

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in environmental health & safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, or a related field.
ISO-14001 experience and education.

Salary/Compensations

$67,000.00 - $67,001.00 Salary/year

About the Company

Austin Tri-Hawk Automotive is committed to enhancing the trust of ATA among customers, associates, and society by implementing activities to improve business operations using the strategy of Steady Compliance.