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Experience Experience
Detroit, MI
Safety & Health Manager
Detroit, MI
Kshlerin and Sons
Detroit, MI
Safety & Health Manager
  • Provides supervision, training, development, and performance management of direct reports
  • Oversees training and development of partners directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions
  • Supports continuous improvement efforts and the change management effects associated with the implementation of improvements
  • Assists in development, management and implementation of project insurance programs and policies
  • Proactively manage safety and health of employees to continuously improve the company’s safety and health performance
  • Develops and implements safety and health programs that assist projects and division to meet company and division safety and health goals and expectations
  • Establish a training institute for training all employees including supervisory and management level employees
New York, NY
Complex Safety & Health Manager
New York, NY
Hackett, Hand and Zieme
New York, NY
Complex Safety & Health Manager
  • Assist the Fleet Safety Regional Manager in the investigation of vehicular accidents
  • Provide the Corporate Safety Office with the site’s monthly safety performance numbers by the deadline dates
  • Keep the management team informed of any safety and health related issues and/or concerns identified within your respective scope of responsibility
  • Maintain open lines of communication with the Corporate Safety Manager
  • Develop and maintain site’s Share Point
  • Track injury trends and develop action plans to address identified accident trends
  • Manage security force in a fashion that protects site employees, visitors, contractors, and property and assets
present
Detroit, MI
Regional Safety & Health Manager
Detroit, MI
Greenholt LLC
present
Detroit, MI
Regional Safety & Health Manager
present
  • Develops programs, procedures and training initiatives to provide for the protection of individuals, property, and the company’s business interests
  • Directs the design and implementation of employee training programs to insure a high quality and safe workforce
  • Manages the Division’s industrial hygiene program in conjunction with the Company’s program
  • Participates in safety training and meetings in support other safety and health managers, safety representatives and operations/sales/staff personnel
  • Represents Company in dealing with all Federal, State, and local government agencies responsible for enforcing safety and health laws and regulations
  • Evaluates accident potential in new and existing operations and implement preventive accident measures. Also conduct relevant assessments in acquisitions and divestitures. 
  • Maintains an effective open line of communication with state and federal agencies, independent adjusters, lawyers, doctors, hospitals, Vulcan managers, supervisors, and employee claimants to provide for comprehensive management of regulatory issues and claims in compliance with state and federal laws and company policy
Education Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
The Ohio State University
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Skills Skills
  • Strong knowledge of OHSA, EPA, state and federal health and safety regulation
  • Strengthen networking & facilitate professional development of safety personnel across the business unit
  • Strong skills in process risk assessment and root cause analysis
  • Comprehensive knowledge of health and safety principles, concepts, theories and practices in a manufacturing environment
  • Knowledge of structuring emergency response systems
  • Coordinate safety program, process, audit & inspection
  • Ensure the planning and roll out of the Safety and Safety audits: resources, timing,
  • Ensure coordination and alignment in terms of safety
  • Experience in managing workers compensation and return to work programs
  • Support Sites on continuous improvement of safety performance through introduction and implementation of effective systems, tools & processes
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Ensures partners adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements
  • Knowledge of and experience in interpretation of SHE regulations
  • Plans and manages business unit and department processes and practices to ensure that programs are aligned with the Company's business goals and objectives
  • Experience of health and safety in an industrial setting 7 years
  • Comprehensive knowledge of health and safety principles, concepts, theories and practices in a manufacturing environment
  • Experience in managing workers compensation and return to work programs
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Safety & Health Manager, York Roasting Plant Resume Examples & Samples

  • Challenges and inspires partners to achieve business results
  • Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews
  • Establishing and maintaining a Safety Heath and Environment (SHE) program
  • Generate and maintain SHE auditing processes
  • Oversees training and development of partners directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions
  • Prepares, communicates and educates client groups and team on changes in policies and practices within the organization
  • Experience of health and safety in an industrial setting (7 years)
  • Certified Safety Professional qualification
  • Experience implementing, developing and maintaining safety programs
  • Prefer post graduate health and safety qualification
  • Strong background of forming relationships with federal and state regulators. Demonstrated ability to provide health and safety leadership and coaching to plant team, peers and leadership through change process
  • Strong skills in process risk assessment and root cause analysis
  • Skilled in influencing of teams to achieve health and safety goals
  • Strong knowledge of OHSA, EPA, state and federal health and safety regulation
  • Knowledge of structuring emergency response systems
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Site Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Must be a Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO) in accordance with EM-385-1-1
  • Completed 30-Hour OSHA Construction Safety Class or equivalent
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Engineering, Safety or related field
  • Minimum of five years recent experience in fielding and supporting Electronic and/or Information Technology Systems and technical working knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • Knowledge of Integrated Logistics Support (5 years’ experience required)
  • Qualifications and knowledge of fall protection systems, electrical safety, permit-required confined spaces, excavation trenching and shoring, scaffolding, hazard communication, accident investigation and reporting
  • Ability to gather and analyze data, reason logically and creatively, draw conclusions and make appropriate recommendations
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Strong interpersonal skills to assist and communicate with staff and clients
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Leads and facilitates the development and implementation of safety and health training, prevention plans and other programs and activities necessary to ensure facility safety and health compliance
  • Monitors proposed and existing safety and health legislation to determine their impact on operations. Develops, implements and audits programs to ensure continued compliance
  • Participates in the development and implementation of Long Range Plans, Continuous Improvement Plans, global standards, budget and other corporate efforts
  • Establishes site safety and health goals and objectives consistent with global and regional goals
  • Manages system for identifying, investigating, recording, and reporting undesired safety and health/environmental events. Ensures corrective actions are taken
  • Provides regular communication to all levels regarding safety and health issues and performance to ensure that relevant issues are quickly and appropriately addressed
  • Participates to the monthly Safety Committee of the Company as Safety Advisor
  • Manages a team of 2 Safety employees
  • Is a member of the Company Leadership Team which takes decisions on the general management of the 2 production sites
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Occupational Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Lead the Occupational Safety and Health functions for RTS
  • Report to the Raytheon RTS Program Manager and has the authority to plan, organize and staff the OH&S group
  • Supervise and/or monitors daily activities of Raytheon team members and subcontractor work processes to advise of potential hazards, project-specific mitigation plans, requirements
  • Direct the overall contractor team OH&S training program
  • Supervise and conduct accident investigations; documents factors contributing to an incident and oversees report preparation
  • Coordinate RTS technical review and input to Environmental requirements
  • An active Secret clearance
  • Ten years' experience in the areas of responsibilities described in the Safety and Health field
  • Certified Safety Professional
  • Standard OSHA training courses
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Ensures compliance with local safety & health regulations and manages formal and informal communication
  • Manages the implementation of a Safety Management System
  • Establish a training institute for training all employees including supervisory and management level employees
  • Acts as the secretariat for the formal safety and health committee
  • Ensures that office facilities meet or exceed regulatory requirements
  • May conduct ergonomic and occupational hygiene assessments
  • Performs risk assessments, proposes mitigation measures and monitors residual risk
  • Manages several international project’s safety and health programs
  • May implement, administer and maintain Drug and Alcohol Substance Abuse Program for the company and projects
  • Writes detailed investigation and safety and health progress reports
  • Interfaces with clients and government officials
  • Administers company worker’s compensation programs and procedures
  • Develops and implements safety and health programs that assist projects and division to meet company and division safety and health goals and expectations
  • Develops project specific safety and health and loss control programs and processes
  • May act as Safety & Health Consultant for internal and external clients
  • May act as temporary project fill-in for lower level safety and health professionals
  • Acts as mentor to other safety and health professionals
  • Identifies and assesses improvement opportunities which will add value. Champions continuous improvement efforts. Assesses and supports the change management effects associated with the implementation of improvements. Proactively supports, encourages and facilitates staff to engage in continuous improvement activities
  • Five or more years in Construction or similar industry
  • Seven or more years on implementation of effective safety and health management programs
  • Able to communicate in English (Verbal and Written)
  • Able to develop strategies and policies
  • Ability to manage emergency situations
  • Ability to write detailed reports and to use word processing and communication programs
  • Conflict resolution skills
  • Able to develop and direct others
  • To align with Local Regulatory, this position is open for Thai national only
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Credentialing as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
  • Five years of progressive experience in managing safety programs within a large organization
  • Experience in developing, maintaining, and reporting of Safety Program metrics
  • Experience communicating with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders including department executives, medical professionals and attorneys
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Experience supervising professional level staff
  • Broad understanding of safety and health management systems in a large and complex organization. Demonstrated skills of risk management principles and their implementation
  • Understanding of the Jones Act
  • Knowledge of Labor and Industry worker claim/compensation law, regulations and processes. Must possess strong program/project management skills
  • Must interpret federal, state and legal requirements for the department in order to ensure the agency is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations related to the incumbent's programs
  • Skills to navigate technical computer systems
  • Ability to obtain a valid Washington State Driver's License
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Provide leadership and direction in establishing and achieving a meaningful S&H vision and effective strategies through management commitment and employee ownership
  • Participate in the selection and development of talent throughout the facility’s organization
  • Facilitate S&H ownership and accountability by the line organization through
  • The establishment and communication of clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and expectations
  • Active and effective coaching by management and supervision
  • Employee understanding, acceptance, and use of challenge process and decision rights
  • Drive safety excellence by creating an MBM® culture and developing/implementing risk and compliance management systems
  • Lead the development and use of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards. Drive and assist with the mitigation of identified gaps, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities
  • Actively manage all aspects of compliance (e.g., OSHA, company standards). Ensure ownership resides with the appropriate roles within the organization
  • Ensure facility risk profile is addressed through development/implementation of key controls
  • Recommend and facilitate engineering/design changes to eliminate or reduce risk (e.g., machine guarding, ergonomics, traffic, fire/explosion, noise, upset conditions)
  • Drive flawless execution, assessment, and improvement of critical safe work practices
  • Support all phases of capital and major expense projects to ensure safe execution (e.g., design review, contractor selection/orientation/auditing, work plans/permits, pre-startup review)
  • Identify S&H development and training needs
  • Ensure a system exists to develop, manage, deliver, track, and document needed and required training
  • Ensure training is provided by properly qualified persons, and that training is effective (e.g., though documented demonstration of competency)
  • Actively share and seek out knowledge (e.g., best practices, lessons learned, franchising of S&H programs)
  • Ensure change is identified, and proactively and effectively managed
  • Drive continuous improvement through the use of tool and activities, including: self-assessments and audit processes; incident/near miss investigations; metrics and targets (leading and lagging indicators); and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent
  • Effectively communicate facility S&H vision, strategies, and performance to internal and external stakeholders
  • Utilize training and development plans to grow S&H knowledge and skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, or related field
  • 5 years minimum S&H experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment
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Safety & Health Manager H/F Resume Examples & Samples

  • Has transformed with inspirational leadership the S&H function in an industry
  • Can coach individuals and teams in multicultural environments
  • Is passionate about people and drive safety as a value
  • Proven records of performance improvement in management positions
  • Has led management system audits
  • Can analyze complex problems to identify multiple root causes and translate into practical action plans
  • Will take proactive approach to anticipate issues or improve current practices
  • Holds a MSc in engineering or equivalent with S&H post qualifications (NEBOSH, etc)
  • Can communicate effectively with different organizational levels
  • Fluent in English. French and Spanish are assets
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Manages project security contracts, programs and policies
  • Develops, manages and implements project environmental programs and policies
  • May act as Safety & Health Consultant to internal and external clients
  • May act as emergency responder or incident commander
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Complex Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Implement, and maintain all corporate Safety and Health programs
  • Develop and maintain site’s Share Point
  • Conduct periodic safety and health audits and track findings to ensure closure
  • Manage security force in a fashion that protects site employees, visitors, contractors, and property and assets
  • Be the site’s liaison when outside agencies come on-site to conduct annual assessments (i.e., insurance carrier, local fire department, OSHA, EPA, etc.)
  • Generate, manage and monitor the safety departmental budget by evaluate ways of saving costs associated with training, travel, as well as personal protective equipment
  • Intimately be involved with local medical community in a fashion that all medical vendors understand the company’s philosophy on OSHA recordkeeping and return to work programs
  • Five or more years of safety experience in the poultry industry preferred
  • Extensive knowledge in the areas of Workers Compensation, OSHA, DOT, etc. is essential
  • Excellent computer skills
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering or Operations. Or a Bachelor's degree and CSP (Certified Safety Professional)
  • 5 years of Health & Safety experience in industrial or manufacturing environment
  • CSP (Certified Safety Professional)
  • Experience with OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard
  • Experience in heavy manufacturing and/or chemical processing
  • Understand and/or experience with OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard
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Occupational Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Provide technical advice, coaching, guidance, and mentoring to the management team on safety initiatives, local and national safety regulations in this industry
  • Proactively identify best practices and lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce work related injuries, raise safety awareness, and improve safe work practices
  • Coordinate training as required for new hires, vendors, and contractors as defined by the Safety Management System
  • Perform safety audits and inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards and to ensure compliance with safety regulations
  • Review all industrial accident, near-miss incident, and occupational injury investigations to determine if the root cause and corrective actions are sufficient and appropriate to eliminate reoccurrence
  • Support the AK Steel Butler Works’ safety program and activities through safety contacts, observations, inspections, and job safety and health analyses (JSHAs), housekeeping tours, elimination of safety hazards, and accident investigation
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Implements and Integrates Company EHS programs and develops facility specific procedures that ensure compliance with regulatory and Company policies
  • Actively participates in development of EHS program components: operational procedure, work instructions, training material, standards, etc
  • May serve as Company EHS Program Owner, leading the effort to develop or maintain procedures, standards and training
  • Develops and implements facility level EHS management systems to maintain compliance, environmental protection and safe operating conditions
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Plant Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Lead and facilitate the development an implementation of safety and health training and other programs and activities necessary to ensure facility safety and health compliance
  • Monitor proposed and existing safety and health regulations and legislation to determine their impact on operations. Develop and implement programs to ensure continued compliance
  • Participate in the development and implementation of Long Range Plans (LRPs), Continuous Improvement Plans (CIPs), global standards, budget and other corporate efforts
  • Establish site safety and health goals and objectives consistent with global and regional goals
  • Lead and facilitate the development and implementation of facility safety and health improvement plans to enhance compliance and improve safety and health performance. Monitor and report progress toward achieving site goals and objectives using established safety and health metrics
  • Manage system for identifying, investigating, recording, and reporting undesired safety and health/environmental events. Ensure corrective actions are taken to fulfill regulatory compliance
  • Provide regular communication to all levels of management regarding safety and health issues and performance to ensure that relevant issues are quickly and appropriately addressed
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Ensure the planning and roll out of the Safety and Safety audits: resources, timing,
  • Ensure coordination and alignment in terms of safety
  • Coordinate safety program, process, audit & inspection
  • Support Sites on continuous improvement of safety performance through introduction and implementation of effective systems, tools & processes
  • Strengthen networking & facilitate professional development of safety personnel across the business unit
  • Effectiveness & efficiency audit programs
  • Guarantee the involvement of top management of the business unit in Safety and the right Health & Safety animation at CODI Level (Business unnit central H&S Committee)
  • Ensure the consistency of the annual roadmap
  • Ensure Competency and capabilities of local Safety community
  • Building key safety behaviours & cultures
  • Sharing & communicating safety strategies, programs, practices & learning
  • Contribution to Reduction of occupational accident & illness, including significant near misses
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Provides leadership in the Division Safety and Health culture by working closely with the management group and through management of safety and health representatives. Advises management at all levels of the organization (including senior staff) of prevention methods to assist in reduction of injuries, risk and cost
  • Analyzes and determines trends in accidents, and design and implement corrective measures when necessary
  • Reviews internal safety policies and practices to ensure they are current and appropriate, making recommendations to management to amend or change safety policies and procedures as necessary
  • Works jointly and collaboratively with operations management to improve efficiencies, control Safety and Health related costs and influence employee behaviors and attitudes toward safety and health
  • Develops and maintains an effective and proactive safety program with innovative ideas and elements that enhance the safety program ability to motivate the work force and management personnel to work safely in accordance with policies and regulatory requirements
  • Develops programs, procedures and training initiatives to provide for the protection of individuals, property, and the company’s business interests
  • Participates in safety training and meetings in support other safety and health managers, safety representatives and operations/sales/staff personnel
  • Serves as a liaison with regulatory agency representatives, including OSHA, MSHA, and D.O.T. as needed to coordinate and resolve safety regulation issues
  • Represents Company in dealing with all Federal, State, and local government agencies responsible for enforcing safety and health laws and regulations
  • Maintains an effective open line of communication with state and federal agencies, independent adjusters, lawyers, doctors, hospitals, Vulcan managers, supervisors, and employee claimants to provide for comprehensive management of regulatory issues and claims in compliance with state and federal laws and company policy
  • Develops, in cooperation with the corporate Risk Management Department, programs and procedures to provide adequate liability protection relative to industrial health and safety programs including industrial hygiene
  • Provides for an investigation process for all accident, incidents and injuries. Obtain all factual data to identify root causes and develop and implement corrective action plans for prevention of similar situations
  • Directs and conducts facility audits to evaluate the effectiveness of management systems for identifying and managing risks as well as accident prevention activities and industrial hygiene control
  • Evaluates accident potential in new and existing operations and implement preventive accident measures. Also conduct relevant assessments in acquisitions and divestitures
  • Manages the Area’s industrial hygiene program in conjunction with the Company’s program
  • Keeps abreast of professional and technical development to maintain and improve knowledge and skills and improve the safety and health performance of our operations. Keeps abreast of legislative activity and communicates applicable information to all levels of management. Develops, implements, monitors adherence to, and measures effectiveness of programs and procedures to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
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Workplace Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Advising employee of their WSH responsibilities and rights under workplace health and safety legislation
  • Conducting enforcement exercise ad-hoc into premises for compliance to WSH Act
  • Providing practical guidance on hazard identification and risk management
  • Issuing abetment notice for non-compliance recorded with photo and report to area user
  • Promoting consultation and representation of employees in workplace health and safety matters
  • Advising on control of hazards at the source, identifying existing and potential hazards in determining the underlying causes of these hazards
  • Monitoring and evaluating existing hazard controls (e.g., protective equipment, policies and procedures)
  • Recommending and implementing corrective action based on the inspection’s findings
  • Issuing A Show-Cause to any Area User for breaches of WSH Act
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Regional Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Provides leadership in the Division Safety and Health culture by working closely with the management group and through management of safety and health representatives. Advises management at all levels of the organization (including senior staff) of prevention methods to assist in reduction of injuries, risk and cost. 
  • Analyzes and determines trends in accidents, and design and implement corrective measures when necessary. 
  • Consolidates and maintains all safety, health, and claims reports and analytical data to provide appropriate documentation, reporting appropriate dissemination
  • Develops and directs implementation of strategies to effectively resolve health and safety issues, control risk and liability, and promote effective workplace policies, practices and behaviors
  • Works jointly and collaboratively with operations management to improve efficiencies, control Safety and Health related costs and influence employee behaviors and attitudes toward safety and health. 
  • Serves as a liaison with regulatory agency representatives, including MSHA, OSHA, D.O.T. and Coast Guard as needed to coordinate and resolve safety regulation issues
  • Directs the design and implementation of employee training programs to insure a high quality and safe workforce
  • Provides for an investigation process for all accident, incidents and injuries. Obtain all factual data to identify root causes and develop and implement corrective action plans for prevention of similar situations. 
  • Evaluates accident potential in new and existing operations and implement preventive accident measures. Also conduct relevant assessments in acquisitions and divestitures. 
  • Manages the Division’s industrial hygiene program in conjunction with the Company’s program
  • Provides leadership and manages the activities of the division’s Safety and Health Area Representatives and support staff in the performance of their responsibilities. Attract, maintain and motivate high level talent dedicated to the strategic objectives of the region. 
  • Education, Experience, Skills Required
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 
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Senior Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Develop S&H programmes to tackle key risks and drive their implementation, providing standards, guidelines & tools, training, coaching and assessment
  • Develop and co-ordinate interventions and programmes to raise and maintain S&H leadership competencies across Nestlé
  • Develop and leverage programmes and tools to strengthen S&H behaviours and overall S&H culture, integrated with our Nestlé Leadership Framework
  • Coordinate programmes to ensure effective coaching and internal audit of S&H programmes & practices
  • Promote accurate and timely classification and reporting of S&H incidents. Coordinate responses to Major Incidents to identify and share learnings
  • Broad-based and deep functional expertise in safety and health at least 5 years
  • Experience of leadership roles at site and above-site level
  • 1st degree plus professional-level qualification in S&H
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Safety & Health Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of their subordinates
  • Supervises Safety & Health Intern, Safety and Health Specialist 1, 2, & 3, Safety and Health Manager 1
  • Among responsibilities is management of a project team. The individuals comprising the team may vary by project
  • 5+ years in a construction environment
  • All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations
  • Safety and health certification,
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Safety & Health Manager, BZ Resume Examples & Samples

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemical or equivalent
  • Above 8 years’ experience in quality management with at least 3 years prior supervisory experience
  • Experience in TS16949 standards and facilitating continuous improvement using formal quality methodology and tools
  • Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
  • Must be able to effectively work with cross functional groups
  • The ability to fluently speak and write in both Mandarin Chinese and English