POSITION SUMMARY: HSE Manager, NA
Vanderlande’s Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager is responsible for the safety, health, and regulatory compliance of installation project execution of Material Handling Systems, Airports, Warehouse Automation, and Parcel Sortation systems and for the operation and maintenance of these systems for our customers throughout North America. HSE NA Team has employees at the customer center headquarters, supply chain, and operations at key accounts and active projects in the United States and Canada.
You will work closely with both Business Units’ Project Management Officers and Managers of Site Management to ensure that all projects are supported by our HSE professionals and highlight any need to contract additional support. You will be proactive in providing solutions in project safety delivery and provide necessary guidance and coaching as events dictate. You will be responsible for measuring project success with timely reporting of issues and metrics. This position reports to the Senior HSE Manager for the North America Customer Center.
Responsibilities
- Support the HSE team of professionals at Project, Service, and Key Account sites to ensure consistency, quality, budget adherence project/site management, and external customer satisfaction.
- Develop practices and procedures to ensure operational excellence for HSE NA.
- Provide operational support to field safety officers and managers.
- Ensure coordination of resources necessary to successfully implement projects, including availability of skilled and motivated workers, equipment, safety resources, and training.
- Promote Safe Base as a core value, ensure compliance with all VI HSE programs and requirements, and show leadership in promoting safety. Ensure that sites perform required periodic inspections, training, and documentation.
- Monitor, review, and report monthly project financials and department expenditures to ensure budget adherence.
- Provide direction and support related to underperforming projects, to achieve budget and performance targets.
- Implement HSE standards and principles, policies, and practices including but not limited to; safety management systems, training, risk assessments, assist with project site assessments, and applicable safety regulations.
- Conduct health and safety audits of project and active construction sites to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements as well as Vanderlande’s lifesaving rules.
- Ensure compliance and implementation of US health and safety programs that exceed regulatory requirements.
- Maintain a billability of 50%.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree – Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health and Safety or related fields
- Must have a thorough knowledge of Airports and Parcel services, industrial automation, and/or industrial manufacturing.
- Must have thorough knowledge of US Construction Safety (29 CFR1926) and US General Industry Safety (29 CFR1910)
- Prefer a minimum of 10 years of safety-related experience and leading construction/installation projects. in particular:
- Managing Construction/Installation projects and HSE professionals doing such projects
- Incident / Problem Management
- Building Best Practices/Standard Work
- Analysis and Reports
- Strong organizational skills
- Excellent grammar and writing skills.
- Strong supervision skills, particularly supervising off-site personnel
- Proven ability to lead others.
- Communication and interpersonal skills to effectively manage and motivate employees and communicate objectives and action plans.
- Proficient use of computer and corresponding programs – Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Ability to implement behavioral-based safety techniques to improve/maintain safety performance.
- Ability to establish positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Must be able to attain and sustain an Airport I.D. Badge
- Must be able to attain and sustain a Customs & Border Protection Security Seal
- Must be able to attain and sustain an airport issued driver’s permit
- Must hold a valid driver’s license.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
- Experience in Design Safety/Product Liability reviews
- Experience with R15.06, Industrial Robots and Robot Systems – Safety Requirements
- Experience with 1910.147, The control of hazardous energy
- Experience with ANSI B11.19 Performance Requirements for Risk Reduction Measures: Safeguarding and Other Means of Reducing Risk
Position Type:
This is a full-time, benefit-eligible position.
Travel:
This position may require travel up to 50% travel.
Supervisory Responsibility:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
- The work environment/physical requirements described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.
- Uneven and broken ground
- Need to comply with all required PPE, including any health or pandemic-related requirements.
- Use of ladders and stairwells
- Ability to inspect a large construction/installation project on several floors.
- Use of fall-protection equipment
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.