Environmental, Health & Safety Manager

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Facilities

Environmental, Health & Safety Manager

Manager - Non People LeaderCan work remotely but need to live in the specified city, state, or region

Yes, 75% of the time

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $99,100.00 - $165,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

The role of the Regional EHS Manager is to ensure the successful implementation and practice of our EHS processes and procedures to drive a culture of caring among team members, clients/customers and vendor partners. Work directly with site leadership and employees, office and field-based personnel to drive improved engagement in the assigned region.  Lead the development and implementation of sustainable safety and environmental programs across the business. A major focus on the maintenance of safety management systems and the reduction in the frequency and severity of injuries to our people by partnering with functional leaders and staff to analyze problems and successes to optimize future operations.

This role will work with partners across the region to align program support to the overall business objectives and culture we need to enable all team members to work safely and protect the communities where we operate. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop relationships with supporting key stakeholders. 

Primary Responsibilities

·       Drive the operational implementation of EHS programs through partnership to build a proactive culture of safety, compliance and performance.

·       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.

·       Partner with Lean Daily Management team to ensure safety measurements impact and reflect the Cox Automotive safety culture, while driving leading indicator safety programs that establish a restorative approach.

·       Work to establish timelines and action closure process on all identified corrective actions that arising 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.

·       Works with auction site partners to help in the development and implementation of the training.

·       Develop and implement of incident response plan, to include incident and near miss reporting process and to include review, analysis and communication of findings.

·       Assist with the Learning Team approach to working directly with employees and understand how work is completed to better protect the workforce.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 6 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 4 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 10 years’ experience in a related field
• Ability to travel extensively

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong 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 and corrective action analysis
• Ability to drive programs and improvements across a matrix organization
• Experience with data analysis and visualization and familiarity with databases, data structure, and queries is preferred

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. 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. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.