Program Manager EHS - Lebanon

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  This role will based out of these locations.

Your Planning & Navigating Requirements (the plans the job is accountable for creating and executing, and how the job ensures they are implemented)

• Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices to ensure the organization promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results.
• Helps the implementation of company programs, procedures, methods and practices to promote REI key messages.
• Challenges and inspires employees to achieve business results.
• Ensures employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements.
• Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing actions.
• Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews.
• Provides direction and leadership guidance to employees in order to achieve department, company and customer results.
• Monitors operational statistics, reports trends, variances and issues, and takes appropriate action.

EHS Management

• Communicates key expectations and program goals to leadership and employees to ensure the distribution center promotes a proactive attitude towards safety.
• Partners with local AP, Operations and HR team to drive engagement and achieve business results.
• Supports the implementation of company programs, procedures, methods and practices to promote REI key messages.
• Ensures that managers and supervisors have the tools and resources to ensure legal and operational compliance to REI best practices and local, state and federal regulations.
• Oversees training and development of employees managed and makes effective staffing choices.
• Acts as a liaison for corporate and regional EHS and AP colleagues for a coordinated approach to program development.
• Conducts audits, inspections and sweep throughs of assigned facilities to maintain compliance to company, local, state, and federal agency regulations including OSHA, EPA, and DOT.
• Assists the facility management team with developing action plans to address EHS deficiencies.
• Reports findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, and/or environmental testing.
• Validates and reports on facility health and safety trends including incident frequency, severity rates, incident trends and worker’s compensation claim metrics
• Develops inspection programs for facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to be administered to identify and correct potential hazards and maintain safety regulation compliance.
• Recommends process and product changes to reduce employee exposure to workplace hazards.
• Conducts Job Hazard Testing and other hazard assessments including ergonomic evaluations.
• Assists with emergency preparedness and evacuation procedures including validation, review, and documentation.
• Supports worker training in areas such as safety regulations, company health and safety policies. Including safety equipment, violence in workplace, incident investigation, hazmat processes and disposal, and relevant industry issues.
• Manages Return to Work program in partnership with Worker’s Compensation
• Maintains communication between Supply Chain Management & Corporate Risk & Safety.
• Performs other duties as assigned.