Safety & Security Manager

Safety & Security Manager

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: Port Edwards Plant

Hours: 40 hours per week

Travel: 20%

Get To Know Us!

ERCO Worldwide’s century-long tradition of excellence has firmly established its reputation for providing reliable, intelligent, and environmentally responsible manufacturing on a global scale. As one of the largest suppliers of Chlorine Dioxide technology in the world, we are devoted to building genuine customer relationships and delivering innovative, sustainable chemical solutions that improve lives and the health of our planet. Grounded in our commitment to sustainability, we serve multiple industries such as pulp & paper, oil & gas, agriculture, food processing, water treatment and more! It’s our goal to make everyone’s lives more productive, convenient, enjoyable, and safe.

Our Vision:

To be a leader in delivering innovative and sustainable chemical solutions that improve lives and the health of our planet.

Our Mission:

We endeavour to provide unmatched value and expertise through sustainable, intelligent, and reliable products and solutions, creating genuine customer relationships.

Our Values:

Consistent and Dependable: Customers can expect excellence from ERCO. We deliver reliably, operate safely, and care about our customers’ success.

Knowledgeable and Innovative: ERCO helps evolve and improve our industry through thought leadership, manufacturing and product innovation, and proven expertise.

Proactive: ERCO makes decisions that ensure sustainable health for our employees, customers, and environment.

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Join The Team:

ERCO Worldwide is looking for a Safety & Security Manager to join our Safety team! The Safety & Security Manager supports the direction and monitoring of all activities related to local plant safety (from policy/procedure development through implementation, execution and evaluation) while driving alignment with the corporate strategic direction and established systems and directives. Delivering on a specific set of responsibilities, the Safety & Security Manager must balance an ability to draw on well-established general management capabilities with a willingness to get directly involved in daily plant activities (applying specialty/technical skills) as required. Acts as the key connection between the corporate Senior Manager, Health & Safety and the local plant. The Safety & Security Manager is the key contact for Government and regulatory bodies associated with Employee, Process and Contractor Safety. Develops Safety Standard's and ensures plant compliance to both regulatory and company training requirements.

The Role:

• Development, maintenance, and implementation of site safety plans, policies, procedures, and support of continuous improvement of these internal standards.
• Development and implementation of site safety training programs. Ensure that the site employees, contractors, and visitors are trained in these standards as required.
• Make (or actively support) critical decisions that impact the local site (i.e., capital projects, staffing, performance, environmental, safety, safety supplier negotiations, production, costing/budgeting etc.).
• Support incident investigations by analyzing incidents to identify areas of concern; prepare incident reports for some incidents when deemed appropriate.  Review incident reports for trends and concerns.  Manage completion of safety actions in a timely manner.
• Monitor relevant regulations to ensure compliance in areas such as employee safety, contractor safety, process safety, environment etc.
• Site Security Compliance with Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Security Rules.
• Coordinate with Department of Homeland Security on audits, site visits
• Manage site security program and systems (including contracted security services).
• Plant contact for local, regional and federal law enforcement with regard to security.
• Via the ERCO safety Committee (ESC); Provide ongoing support to the ERCO Senior Manager, Health & Safety in all areas of HSE responsibility related to companywide activities.
  • Preparing month-end statistics
  • Reviewing procedures
  • Promote safety initiatives & safety week
  • Development of materials for use by all ERCO employees

The Person:

• College Diploma Preferred.
• Designation as a Safety Professional (per applicable judication).
• Related training in Safety and Compliance.
• Relevant Manufacturing Experience.
• Knowledge of Responsible Care Codes and Practices, Quality Systems, Incident Investigation, Problem-Solving, Contracts and Service Agreements, Process Safety, Business Platforms (JDE, E1, Coupa, SharePoint, Microsoft Office Suite, KMS/MOC) required.

The Value You Bring:

• Strong health and safety mindset
• Strong relationship builder – collaborative, team-builder
• Focused and results driven, transparent, and articulate
• Drives continuous improvement
• Resilient – can adapt to changing environments/technology
• Proactive – takes initiative, creative, stays ahead of the curve, enthusiastic, inspirational

What you’ll love about us!

Competitive Benefits:

We take pride in providing our employees with a competitive compensation package to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family. Here are some of the perks we offer:

• Health and Dental Benefits on Day 1
• Health Care/Wellness Spending Account
• Annual Short Term Incentive Bonus
• Staff Recognition Awards
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Paid time off
• 401k match
• Disability Insurance
• Maternity/paternity/parental leave support with top up option

Developmental Opportunity:

At ERCO we believe in continuous improvement, not just with our processes, but with our employees too! We have an excellent L&D department who create and facilitate training courses for our ERCO University platform on all topics for the development of our people. We also help cover and encourage employees to take courses and attend conferences to further their knowledge and skillsets!

ERCO Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to recruiting, developing and maintaining a diverse workforce in compliance with all applicable Human Rights legislation. We will make every reasonable effort to accommodate for disabilities made known to us by our employees and applicants. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know and we will make every reasonable effort to meet your needs. This opening is for an existing vacancy!

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