Manager, Health & Safety

Manager, Health & Safety

The Health & Safety Manager is responsible for achieving an effective and efficient approach to managing safety, risk, industrial hygiene, and medical surveillance across the Toledo Refinery.

• Supervise work activities of personal safety, industrial hygiene, and medical surveillance.
• Direct the H&S staff regarding the appropriate response to agency inspections, information requests, NOVs, etc. and ensure appropriate corrective actions are implemented.
• Train and develop both hourly and salaried subordinates to ensure a capable, professional workforce.
• Administer company policy within the department.  Ensure refinery administrative procedures, discipline, safety policies, management practices and labor contracts are administered consistently and fairly.
• Model teamwork with other department managers.
• Maintain a professional relationship with the union hourly workforce to promote safety awareness and work to resolve safety issues and concerns.
• Maintain and improve the performance of H&S department personnel.  This includes organizational changes to meet changing needs, hiring of new personnel, and administering a personnel performance improvement program that includes goal setting, performance evaluations, and counseling to achieve high standards of performance.
• Interface with all appropriate regulatory bodies.  Serve as the refinery spokesperson with health and safety regulatory agencies regarding health and safety issues.
• Develop the department expense budget and continuously monitor these costs to anticipate and control possible variances.
• Interpret OSHA other pertinent regulations and develop programs and policies to ensure compliance.
• Serve as a resource/consultant to staff and field management regarding the development of new capital projects to ensure that health and safety standards are met. 
• Interpret local, state and federal health and safety regulations; determine applicability of these regulations and develop/implement appropriate compliance procedures and processes.
• Provide support in emergency response events as needed and assist in incident investigations as needed.
• Develop, direct and establish a safety program and safety practices in department.  Constantly strive to prevent accidents and to provide a safe, healthy work environment.
• Responsible for overseeing the industrial hygiene program to ensure compliance with established industry practices to minimize company risk.
• Oversee the refinery medical surveillance programs, identify required medical surveillance based on exposure potential.
• Coordinate various internal auditing processes to ensure compliance with standards and procedures.
• Serve as the OSHA expert and decision maker regarding the recordability of injuries.
• Ensure all required record keeping and reports are made per regulatory requirements.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Safety discipline required
• 10+ years HS experience required
• Experience within a refining or petrochemical industry preferred
• Line-management experience required
• Expert knowledge in OSHA regulations and other applicable governmental agencies required
• Familiarity with industry safety regulations, work practices, and compliance strategies as well as knowledge of basic refinery processes, reliability principles, refining economics and basic budgeting and scheduling required

This description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.

We thank all respondents for their interest in PBF Holding Company LLC (“PBF Energy”), however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please no  phone calls or emails to any employee of PBF Energy about this requisition. Placement agencies or recruiters need not respond. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee of PBF Energy via email, the Internet or in any method without a valid written search agreement will be deemed the sole property of PBF Energy. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by PBF Energy as a result of the referral or through other means.

PBF Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, reproductive health decision making, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, veteran and military status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations as required by law. 

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