Health and Safety Sr. Manager

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Job Description:

Airbus Americas, Inc is looking for a Health & Safety Sr. Manager to join our Environmental Health and Safety team.

Meet the Team:
You will be part of a team supporting the EHS director and will be responsible for all EHS related topics supporting site expansion, management system governance, and oversight and management of projects and initiatives that drive EHS cultural excellence.

The Health and Safety Sr. Manager will be an integral part of the site's EHS team. The role will report directly to the EHS Director and will be responsible for overall management of site safety compliance, risks, and opportunities.

This role is contingent upon obtaining all necessary regulatory approvals and the successful closing of a transaction which will result in establishing a new Airbus Affiliate in Kinston, NC (the "Kinston Affiliate"). The EHS II would be an employee of the Kinston Affiliate.

How We Care for You:
Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")
Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan ("EAP") and other supplemental benefit coverages.
Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges:

H&S Management: 80%

• Monitor, interpret and analyze impacts of H&S laws, standards or

  regulatory initiatives that impact the site.

• Brings forward practical ideas in the interest of continuous

  improvement and best practices and directs the development of

  strategies, systems and tools in collaboration with key business

  stakeholders that support key strategic objectives.

• Report and analyze H&S performance metrics and implement

  tactical plans for compliance and performance improvement, utilizing consistent KPI's throughout the site.

• Develops annual KPI's, site priorities, and associated projects /

  initiatives to be implemented across the site.

• Provide guidance with legal counsel and/or site senior management team, when applicable, regarding investigations, policy/procedure changes and existing/proposed regulations which may impact the site.

• In collaboration with procurement, all contractors/vendors comply with site H&S standards.

• Develop and oversee the site H&S management systems

  including identifying and maintaining certification strategies (i.e. ISO45001, PeopleSafety@Work, etc.).

• Ensures all H&S reports are submitted, posted and/or stored in

  accordance with applicable regulations.

• Review and approve all changes made to any H&S document prior

  to its release.

• Responsible for maintaining an industrial hygiene strategy for the

  site that includes the integration of European regulations as required by internal Airbus requirements

• Oversees and maintains incident management systems,

  occupational health, industrial hygiene monitoring, and compliance dashboards

• Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to reduce H&S exposure (i.e.

  site inspections, incident investigations, near miss, etc.).

• Oversee and action the Contractor Safety Management program,

  identifying risks and opportunities for improvement.

Crisis Management: 15%

• Drives workplace health & safety matters for the site as it relates to crisis scenarios.

• Responds and provides direct H&S assistance to sites during emergency situations

• Collaborate with site Security on the continual management and improvement of the on-site emergency medical response program to include but not limited to medical services/response, confined space rescue, etc.

Other Duties as assigned: 5%

Your Boarding Pass:

• Bachelor's degree in safety management, industrial hygiene, occupational/environmental health, safety management or related field.

• 10 years experience in related H&S systems/audit management roles is required.

• Experience in a production environment.

• Cross-functional expertise to support and collaborate on greater EHS department objectives.

• Demonstrable success in directing/managing H&S compliance strategies.

• Well versed in OSHA standards.

• Sound investigative skills and experience with regulatory negotiations.

• * Sound H&S/management systems auditing skills, including formal training.

• Ability to manage projects and conflicting priorities.

• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills.

• Ability to be sensitive to and understand local issues/legislation.

• Planning, organizing and time management skills to effectively establish the priority and scheduling of work tasks and projects to ensure work priorities are completed on time and within budget.

• Conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills to enable the identification of issues and the judgment to determine appropriate courses of action for achieving long-range organizational goals.

• Initiative to identify and ensure that appropriate actions are taken to achieve goals

Preferred Licensure/Certifications

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP).

Travel Required

• 5-10% domestic and international travel required annually

Citizenship

• Able to work in US without current or future need for visa sponsorship.

Physical Requirements:

• Vision: adequate to enter and read material on computer screens. Able to identify individuals to initiate greetings, thegiving directions and other business interactions and observing activities on the production floor.
• Hearing: able to hear sufficiently to engage in conversation in office settings. Able to hear safety alerts and warning signals.
• * Speaking: able to engage in conversations in person and via electronic means and deliver information to groups of varyingsize with or without amplification in office settings and on the production floor.
• Equipment Operation: Able to operate a wide range of personal and office electronic equipment. Familiarity with mostproduction equipment and able to operate many tools.
• Carrying: able to occasionally carry up to 30lbs/13kg while engaging in training, addressing production issues or as part ofcontinuous improvement projects.
• Lifting: able to occasionally lift up to 30lbs/9kg.
• Pushing/Pulling: able to push/pull items in office areas.
• Sitting: able to sit for extended periods of time at the computer and in meetings.
• Squatting/Kneeling: able to occasionally squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items shelved on bottom shelves.
• Standing: able to stand for extended periods of time delivering information and observing production activities.
• Travel: able to travel overseas and domestically sometimes for extended periods of time and on short notice.
• Walking: able to walk through office and production areas, around flight line and airstrips and sometimes on uneven indoor and/or outdoor surfaces.
• Heights: able to function at heights up to 40 feet. Able to operate moving platforms, hydraulic lifts and forklifts

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