Environmental, Health and Safety Director jobs in Fitchburg, MA

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Wyman-Gordon, located in Grafton MA, is a major industrial manufacturer serving a wide range of industries including aerospace, power generation, and industrial businesses. Wyman-Gordon Grafton is a 1 million sq. ft. manufacturing facility with a 50,000 ton press, 35,000 ton press and 18,000 ton press for large titanium, steel and inconel closed die forgings. This growing, $200 million profit center is part of a highly successful, multi-billion $ (NYSE) diversified manufacturer. Precision Castparts Corporation (PCP).

PURPOSE:

The Environmental Health & Safety Specialist is responsible for the overall management and supervision of the company's programs and procedures to protect its employees from occupational safety and health hazards. The goal of this position is to minimize the risks posed by these hazards to its employees and to the company by developing and implementing appropriate hazard control systems and programs.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Execution of all safety and industrial hygiene policies and regulatory compliance
• New Hire Orientation and safety training including LOTO and Confined Space
• Establishing systems to identify, evaluate and control occupational safety and health hazards.
• Identifying hazard priorities and tracking the plant's progress in addressing these priorities.
• Establishing oversight and working relationships with the supervisors, operations managers and plant manager regarding the control of occupational safety and health hazards.
• Maintaining state of the art knowledge regarding the recognition, evaluation and control of occupational safety and health hazards through ongoing training and research.
• Maintaining an expert level awareness of current OSHA and other applicable safety and health regulations.
• Chairing the Union-Management Safety Committees in order to help coordinate resources and track the abatement of plant safety and health hazards.
• Conducting his/her work in a manner that strives to reduce costs while accomplishing the program's goals and objectives.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Safety, engineering, chemistry, biology or a related science.
• Five plus years' experience in the field of Safety and Industrial Hygiene in a manufacturing environment.

• Prior safety and industrial hygiene experience with heavy manufacturing is preferred.

• Comfortable addressing groups of people and experience with developing and delivering training programs.
• Certification in industrial hygiene (CIH) or safety (CSP) is desirable, but not essential.

SPECIAL SKILLS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft (especially EXCEL) is necessary.
• The ability to work independently and to be self-motivated.
• Personable
• Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to look at the plant's current position regarding occupational safety and health and compliance issues, to identify strengths and weaknesses and to select and promote an appropriate course of action to resolve outstanding issues in order to protect employees and to foster the company's success.

US Citizenship or Perm Residency is required due to government military contracts.