Morristown
Overview: Interstate Waste Services is the most progressive and innovative provider of solid waste and recycling services in the country! We primarily service Northern New Jersey, Southern New York State, New York City, Connecticut, with a state-of-the-art rail served landfill located in Ohio. We cater to a diverse range of residential, industrial and commercial customers. Our mission has always been to provide our customers with the highest quality waste, recycling and environmental services, while keeping focus on employees, customer and environmental safety. What makes our company culture unique is we have mastered the ability to balance the standards of a large corporate company while maintaining our small business family style culture. Essential Job Summary:: The Safety Manager is responsible for leading and driving all facets of safety in the designated market area. This role is responsible for compliance with the IWS’s Health and Safety/ Transportation Compliance Programs and aligning company standards with all applicable legislation. IWS’s goal is to ensure that all programs introduced to staff members and management are communicated properly and understood to provide a safe workplace. This position is responsible for reinforcing the safety and compliance of front-line staff members who service in the designated market area. Essential Job Functions: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned.: • Demonstrates a commitment to communicating, improving, and adhering to safety policies in all work environment areas. Promotes a positive safety culture through leadership by example., • Analyze safety performance, make recommendations, and drive positive change. Communicate to leadership and Operations the requirements for improving performance including addressing issues, site safety improvement plans, concerns, and corrective actions., • Develop, monitor, and disseminate company safety goals and/or benchmarks to company employees and managers., • Manage work assignments, development, and training of safety supervisors within the designated Market Area, • Develop a strong partnership with all levels of the organization, specifically Market Area Vice President, to effectively implement safety policies/ procedures, identify trends and ensure that corrective actions are being implemented and followed up on, as needed at the market level., • Oversight of safety functions across multi-site operations as it pertains to the designated market areas., • Conduct incident investigations and incident review meetings with operations to determine root causes and corrective actions., • Manage care of employees when injury occurs including use of tele-nurse program, clinic/ emergency medical attention in conjunction with Operations., • Ensure that monthly safety meetings are completed at each location within the market area. This includes providing topic information, participating in meetings, and ensuring safety messages are properly conveyed to frontline employees., • Responsible for implementing leading indicator programs, analyzing collected data to meet Market Area goals and drive proactive safety results throughout the market., • Manage and participate in team audits of the facilities (transfer stations, MRFs, Rail Yards, and Hauling Depots), • Conduct and Managed leading indicator program which includes route observations/ audits, Safety Lanes (trans compliance audits), report findings and recommend corrective action., • Interact with all levels of management to communicate site-specific safety programs., • Investigate any safety concerns, report findings and recommend corrective measures., • Assist Risk Management department to implement Loss Prevention measures., • Review and communicate findings of Behavioral Analysis reports on regular basis., • Recommend coaching materials to Operations management as needed., • Responsible for and manage all regulatory compliance (DOT, OSHA, BIC, DSNY, NYDEC/ NJDEP, etc.) Serve as a regulatory resource for the market area. Requirements and Qualifications::, • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, Environmental Science) or equivalent combination of education and technical experience. Certifications such as CIP, a plus., • 5+ years of progressive Health & Safety experience, • Experience from the sanitation industry is strongly preferred., • Experience working with government regulations and a thorough knowledge of federal, state, and local government Health & Safety, Transportation, and compliance regulations (including but not limited to: DOT, OSHA, NYC BIC, DSNY, NYDEC/ NJDEP, etc.), • Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced work environment., • Excellent ability to communicate, collaborate, and lead individuals/teams., • Lead or participate in special projects as assigned., • Solid computer skills, including MS Office required to efficiently complete audits, reports, access safety applications, etc. Interstate Waste Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Salary Range Minimum: USD $100,000.00/Yr. Salary Range Maximum: USD $130.00/Yr.
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