Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager

Who will you be working with?

The Kansas City based Remanufacturing Team rebuilds traction motor combos for the 5 major railroads in North America. We have a 24-hour operation on Weekdays.

How will you make a difference?

This position is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing an effective environmental, health, and safety program for the Wabtec Kansas City Remanufacturing facility. Outlines and implements various training programs on site about employee safety procedures and accident prevention. The role of this position is to provide leadership and coaching to the site by creating a proactive approach to safety and health in the workplace. Ensures that sound safety and health management systems are in place, anticipating, recognizing, and evaluating safety and health hazards, assisting with problem solving and monitoring and continuously improving the performance of the site’s safety and health systems. This position will be visible and interacting with all employees concerning health and safety, assessing hazard conditions, and implementing practices to reduce those hazards. Develop a proactive and collaborative approach at the site to create a healthy and safe working environment.

What do we want to know about you?

• Knowledge of safety and health regulations and applications.
• Knowledge and understanding of with governmental compliance including OSHA regulations, environment compliance, industry standards and right to know compliance.
• Experience identifying risk conditions and defining corrective actions programs.
• Understanding of workers compensation laws and regulations at a state level.
• Experience with facilities maintenance and building codes.
• Professional safety certifications such as ASP or CSP.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication / language skills required to include the ability to provide written and verbal instructions, compile, and present business reports / correspondence, and present information clearly.
• Presentation skills with the ability to speak in public effectively and provide presentations to groups of employees.
• Strong leadership, coaching skills, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in safety engineering science or related discipline from an accredited university or college.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a plant safety role, or relevant staff experience in a manufacturing facility.

What will your typical day look like?

You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

Lump Sum Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.

About Wabtec :

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services. Whether it's freight rail, transit, mining, industrial or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people - together - are accelerating the future of transportation.Making the rail industry – the cornerstone of global transportation – more efficient and sustainable is at the heart of what we do at Wabtec and the reason we’re pushing ourselves to better serve our customers, our communities, and the world.