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The EHS Sr. Mgr.  is the leader of the SNT Environmental Health and Safety organization.  This individual will be the architect of the organization’s strategy for safety and will lead the development of goals and implementation of activities related to sustainable safety and environmental programs across the business enterprise.  This individual will create policy ensuring compliance with local and federal safety regulations, implementing industry best practices and standards across all SNT locations. The Sr. Mgr. will lead a team of EHS Managers site managers dedicated to safety oversite at multiple locations.  This team of managers dedicated will be dedicated to ensuring safety compliance by developing and driving a culture of that values safety sensitivity, i.e., caring among team members, clients/customers, and vendor partners. The individual will work directly with business leadership to drive and continuously improve engagement in each market. The EHS Sr. Mgr. will work to focus on the maintenance of safety management systems and the reduction in the frequency and severity of injuries to employees’ people by partnering with functional leaders and staff to analyze problems and successes to optimize future operations.

This role will work with partners across EV battery solutions to align program support to the overall business objectives and culture. The incumbent must possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop relationships with supporting key stakeholders.  The individual will report to Sr. Director of Operational Excellence

Key Responsibilities:

•             Drive the operational implementation of EHS programs through leadership and collaboration to build a proactive culture of safety, compliance, and performance.

•             Develop and implement goals to support corporate and SNT EHS initiatives

•             Provide leadership oversight regarding investigations as needed to identify root cause of errors and ensure the implementation of appropriate game plans/corrective action to address error existing problems.

•             Lead the organizations efforts to develop and roll out EHS training programs

•             Develop process to audit quality and effectiveness of existing programs and policies

•             Collaborates across teams focused on both leading and lagging indicators to ensure proper safety defenses are being evaluated, key member of the incident investigation and improvement process.

•             Partners with Operational Excellence team to ensure operations are aligned with the larger organizations safety standards and initiatives.

•             Work to establish timelines and action closure process on all identified corrective actions that arise from inspections, reviews and recommendations. Ability to remove an audit atmosphere to a department support relationship.

•             Support revised standardized environmental practices to ensure consistency with company standards and all provincial and federal regulations.

•             Assist in the building of site safety and environmental policies and improvement plans that focus on continuous improvement.

•             Implement an incident and near miss reporting process and support the review, analysis and communication of findings.

Core Competencies Critical to Success in this Role:

•             Focus on Customer – Promoting and living customer service as a value. Ensuring that the (internal or external) customer’s needs are a driving force behind priorities, decisions, processes, and activities.

o             Tailor leadership and communications to your stakeholders and team to ensure everyone is working collectively toward the program/project goals

•             Drive Results – Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and a sense of urgency for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

o             Ensure that all stakeholders receive the right information at the right level at the right time to inform effective decision making

•             Develop Self and/or Others – Planning and supporting the development of knowledge, skills, and abilities to fulfill current or future job responsibilities more effectively.

o             Maintain and grow knowledge around environmental health and safety, as well as PM best practices and leadership

•             Champion Change – Actively engaging and supporting change and innovation by communicating the future-state, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.

o             Collaborating with the team to continue to effectively iterate how we execute on programs/projects as the business evolves

•             Value Others – Gaining other people’s trust by “doing the right thing”, demonstrating openness and honesty, behaving consistently, supporting an inclusive work environment, and acting in accordance with legal, moral, ethical, professional, and organizational guidelines in support of our values.

o             Work cross functionally with the team and our partners to develop effective working relationships to support our mission and vision

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES

Lead a team of EHS site managers who will develop and implement sustainable safety and environmental programs across the business

Develop and build safety and environmental policies and practices that focus on continuous improvement

Maintain and grow knowledge around environmental health and safety, as well as best practices and leadership

Compile and Publish data regarding EHS issues, safety performance and on-site health

Qualifications:

A minimum of 7+ years of experience EHS within a large company environment

BS in related field or relevant work experience

Knowledge of OHSA standards

Electrical Safety experience a plus

Extensive knowledge of environmental regulations and policies

Strong Leadership skills and the ability to drive programs and improvements across a matrix organization

Excellent interpersonal skills that foster teambuilding and “buy-in” of new initiatives and goals at all levels of the organization

Demonstrated experience gathering requirements and facilitating requirements gathering sessions is required

Ability to complete Risk Assessments and Safe Work Practices (Standard Work)

Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently

Experience in root cause corrective action (ICAM) analysis

Experience with data analysis and visualization and familiar with databases, data structure, and queries is preferred

Ability to travel

Preferred Qualifications: 

Demonstrated ability to foster teambuilding and “buy-in” of new initiatives and goals at all levels of the organization

Electrical Safety experience

Demonstrated proficiency in in root cause corrective action (ICAM) analysis

Demonstrate ability to drive programs improvements across a matrix organization

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About Cox Automotive

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About Cox 

We are the Cox family of businesses. We’ve been making our mark since 1898 by building and evolving world-class businesses, staying true to our values, and encouraging top talent to always look for growth and impact while building a career with us.  Our primary divisions – Cox Communications and Cox Automotive – are driving a new wave of innovation, powering smart cities with powerhouse broadband communications and pioneering greener, more progressive transportation alternatives for individuals and fleet operators.  We’re also expanding into new spaces like cleantech and healthcare to rev up our momentum toward building a better future for the next generation.  We’re looking for the talent today who will be our leaders tomorrow. Sound intriguing? Learn more about where we are today, where we hope you’ll be going with us, and the common purpose that unites us at coxenterprises.com.

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).  For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page.

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