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HSE / Document Control Specialist
Overview
Dexter, the premier supplier and manufacturer of axles, doors, venting products and related components in the utility trailer, boat trailer, recreational vehicle, heavy duty and manufactured housing markets, has an opportunity for a HSE Specialist at our manufacturing plant in Monticello, Georgia - conveniently located near Atlanta, GA, Conyers, GA, and Macon, GA.
Dexter has been a leading manufacturer of trailer axles, brakes and actuation, along with entrance door and venting products for over 50 years serving the utility trailer, recreational vehicle, heavy duty, manufactured housing, agricultural, marine, and specialty markets. Dexter is headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana employing over 3,800 people and operating 20 manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Canada (Indiana, Georgia, Oklahoma, California, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Utah, Ontario, and Alberta). Dexter has achieved its many years of success through a commitment to the principles of superior quality, continuous improvement, and unparalleled customer service. Dexter is a wholly owned subsidiary of DexKo Global, Inc.
For more information about our company, access Dexter's web site at www.dexteraxle.com.
Dexter offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. Dexter’s benefits package includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HSA, and 401(k) Plan with company contributions.
Position Summary
The HSE Specialist will be responsible for performing and initiating all activities in support of environmental health and safety initiatives, New Employee Orientation and Quality Management System training; ensuring effective and efficient compliance with local, state and federal regulations and agencies, managing facility safety processes to protect employees, company, the environment, and provide a safe and healthy workplace. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Understanding of OSHA general industry and/or construction standards, EPA regulations and related state statutes/regulations or local ordinances.
- Continually improve, evaluate, implement and maintain health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to protect employees and comply with company, state, federal and local regulations.
- Plan, schedule, coordinate and conduct safety, orientation and quality training. Identify, further develop and deliver training programs in a manner that raises employee’s awareness and enables employees and supervisors to work safely.
- Maintain relevant EHS logs and documentation.
- Develop and administer plant safety and environmental initiatives and lead continuous improvement efforts in those areas, utilizing effective communication skills (verbal and written). Ensures daily, weekly, monthly and annual inspections and audits are completed as necessary to comply with local, state and federal regulations.
- Evaluate, assess and update safety procedures to ensure worker safety and compliance with all regulatory bodies and standards.
- Oversee hazardous waste storage area, waste reduction monitoring and ensure regulatory agency compliance, labeling, containments, proper disposal and documentation.
- Conduct safety audits, provide information to parties allotted and ensure corrective actions are completed from internal and external safety audit results.
- Manage Near-Miss, First Aid and safety programs. Maintaining monthly accident analysis and required reporting.
- Oversee training and safety inspections on personnel, materials and equipment.
- Require all new materials and supply orders to include Safety Data Sheets (SDS) to evaluate new raw materials for facility use considering safety and regulatory factors.
- Maintain current revisions of all applicable SDS.
- Responsible for conducting and reporting required permits and coordinating monthly, quarterly, and yearly HSE compliance forms and testing.
- Assists plant with managing compliance to Dexter HSE programs and policies.
- Assists with preparation of government reports and permits/certifications.
- Ability to conduct and participate a “Root Cause” analysis and TIPSS.
- Conduct regular unannounced walk through of work areas and talk to the personnel to identify their concerns. Communicate safety and health issues to the workers in a manner to help them understand why they are important and addressing them is for their benefit.
- Manage facility workplace incident investigations to include responding to and reporting all incidents, incident investigations, determine root cause, establishing recurrence prevention plans, and follow through. Recognize and reward input from employees that improve safety and health in the workplace. Develop Job Hazard Analysis (JHA).
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Engineering, or a comparable degree and at least 2+ years of EHS experience in industry. An equivalent in combination of education and experience will be considered.
Culture
Dexter is a world leader in developing and producing safe, reliable trailer components for the markets we serve—all thanks to our exceptional team of employees.
Our culture