Title:  Operational Manager EHS

About Us:

Stericycle is a U.S. based business-to-business services company and leading provider of compliance-based solutions that protects people and brands, promotes health and well-being, and safeguards the environment. Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have grown from a small start-up in medical waste management into a leader across a range of increasingly complex and highly regulated arenas, serving healthcare organizations and commercial businesses of every size. Every day, we help our customers solve complex challenges by safely managing materials that could otherwise spread disease, contaminate the environment, or compromise one’s identity.

Join us on our mission to protect health and well-being in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way.

Position Purpose:

This role mitigates Stericycle's exposure to risk by leading, planning, coordinating, and implementing safety management systems in their respective geographical areas, which requires application of safety engineering principles, job safety analyses, task-based evaluations, technology and identifying causes of past accidents to prevent or correct unsafe working conditions and to maintain regulatory compliance. Also responsible for local coordination and management of claims-related activities, including working closely with third party administrators (TPA) and management to resolve claims at the least possible cost and effectively deploy post loss reduction techniques such as return to work activities.

Key Job Activities:

1. Anticipate, identify and evaluate hazardous conditions and practices.

Being highly visible and interactive with operations teams. Perform regular facility inspections and audits per Company requirements with a critical eye toward compliance and hazard identification, while educating operations team on Safety & Health importance to our team members.

Applying these methods and conducting hazard analyses and interpreting results.

Reviewing entire systems, processes, and operations for failure modes, causes and effects of the entire system, process or operation due to failure and/or error of systems or actions as well as weaknesses in proposed or existing policies, directives, objectives or practices.

Compiling, analyzing and interpreting data from accident and loss event reports and other sources regarding injuries, illnesses, collisions, property damage, inspections, and violations to: Identify causes, trends and relationships; Ensure completeness, accuracy and validity of required information and other required reporting; Initiate investigations and ensure they are completed in a timely manner

2. Develop hazard control methods, procedures and programs.

Formulating and prescribing engineering or administrative controls to: Eliminate hazards and causes of exposures, accidents and loss events; and Reduce the probability or severity of injuries, illnesses, losses or damage from potential exposures, accidents, and loss events when hazards cannot be eliminated through administrative and engineering controls.

Developing methods which integrate safety performance goals into operations and their management systems and processes and developing safety & health policies and procedures for integration into operational policies and procedures.

Advising and assisting HR specialists when applying hazard analysis results or dealing with the capabilities and limitations of personnel and coordination of related WC claims activities.

Staying current with technological developments, relevant regulations, standards, codes, methods and practices. Primary interface on Company regulatory inspections and manages onsite inspections, required regulatory responses and participation at hearings where necessary. 

3. Implement, administer and advise others on hazard controls and hazard control programs.

Providing feedback on all action items found in inspections/audits to operations team while also providing potential solutions to actionable items in order to maintain facility compliance.

Preparing reports which communicate hazard controls which are based on analysis and interpretation of accident exposure, loss events, compliance failures, and other data.

Directing or assisting in planning and developing educational and training materials or courses. 

Advising others about hazards, hazard controls, relative risk and related safety matters when they are communicating with the media, community and public.

Managing and implementing hazard controls and hazard prevention programs which are within the duties of the individual's professional safety position.

4. Measure, audit and evaluate the effectiveness of hazard controls and hazard control programs.

Establishing and implementing techniques for periodic and systematic evaluation of program effectiveness, including inspecting, auditing and interpreting organizational records for compliance with all applicable Federal DOT and hazardous materials regulations. 

Developing/utilizing methods to evaluate the costs and effectiveness of hazard control programs and measure the contribution toward the overall effectiveness.

Providing results of evaluation assessments, inspections and audits, including recommended adjustments and modifications to hazard control programs, to individuals or management responsible for their management and implementation.

Education:

Experience:

• 3 years of experience in the Occupational Health & Safety Field, preferably in transportation or manufacturing/industrial settings
• Investigating vehicle accidents and injuries to determine root cause and appropriate corrective actions
• Training team members
• Implementing safety programs including, Safety Improvement Committees, Lock out/Tag out, Confined Space, Personal Protective Equipment, etc

Certifications and/or Licenses:

Benefits:

Stericycle currently offers its employees the option to participate in a full range of benefits, including a health care program which includes medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, an employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation and sick time, a 401(k) plan, and an employee stock purchase plan. Participation in some programs requires that employees be regularly scheduled to work a minimum number of hours and/or to have fulfilled a waiting period after they begin employment with Stericycle.

Our Promise:

Stericycle is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.  

Disclaimer:

The above description is meant to provide a summary of the nature and level of work being performed; it should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and requirements of the job. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and it does not constitute any right or guarantee of employment condition. This position is open to people with disabilities. Stericycle will consider requests for workplace accommodations for protected physical or mental limitations in accordance with its human resources and risks prevention policies and local laws. To the extent permissible under local law, and consistent with business necessity, Stericycle reserves the right to modify the content formally or informally, either verbally or in writing, at any time with or without advance notice.

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