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Safety & Health Manager (7/12/10)

McCormick & Co., Inc., a world leader in the spice, flavor & seasonings industry, is seeking a full time Safety and Health Manager in its Consumer Products Hunt Valley Plant (HVP) located at 11000 McCormick Road in Hunt Valley, MD. This Safety and Health Manager will report to the Human Relations Manager.

As an employer recognized for our exceptional commitment to employees, McCormick & Co., Inc. offers a wide variety of benefits, programs and services which address the needs of employees and their families. Benefits include, but are not limited to tuition assistance, medical & dental, disability, group life insurance, 401(k), pension plan, paid holidays and vacations.

The Safety and Health Manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with all Federal, State, and Local Regulations, Standards, Codes and Company Policies for the Hunt Valley Plant (HVP). This role has three major areas of responsibility which include a behavior based injury prevention process, worker’s compensation management including medical case management, and regulatory compliance. This Safety and Health Manager must apply the principles of the McCormick High Performance, Daily Management, and Health and Safety methodologies to sustain a management system and culture that drives continuous improvement to prevent incidents, accidents, and related losses for a population of 700 people, 3 major businesses and all support functions including packaging, processing, warehousing, materials management, distribution, etc. This manager must fully integrate Health & Safety into the facility’s daily operations to achieve the business objectives while maintaining a healthy and safe workplace. This Safety and Health Manager must also keep abreast with “best in class” industry standards.

Other Responsibilities:

Develop and manage a comprehensive behavior-based safety program insuring safe practices, injury/illness prevention processes, regulatory compliance, OSHA compliance, and emergency preparedness and contingency planning, Inclusive of this are programs for all contract employee’s who work at the Hunt Valley Plant. Prepare and manage an OSHA preparation and response program designed to train staff should an OSHA inspector arrive at the Plant. Must consistently advance the behavior based process of safety observations and develop preventative action plans.
Develop, formalize and implement health & safety provisions/processes in all functions at the Hunt Valley Plant by employing process hazard analysis, job safety analysis and safe job procedures and risk assessment.
Oversee and audit all plant safety training activities, including monthly department and business unit safety audits tied to the scorecard. Develop safety measures for plant scorecard to drive performance improvements.
Identify historical loss experience and statistical improvement goals for both short term and long term action planning.
Collaborate with the Plant Manager on the development and execution of the annual strategic safety plan for the site which engages and empowers the leadership team through technician levels. The safety plan must include identification of champions for each safety component, timelines, deliverables, and training.
Develop, communicate, and sustain hourly safety committees. Developing the purpose and processes is part of this role. Additionally, this role is responsible for the development of the safety expanded leadership technicians.

Qualifications:

BS or BA in Industrial Hygiene or Safety, Physical or Life Sciences, Engineering or related field required; Masters Degree preferred
ertified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist strongly preferred
Minimum 10 years of current experience in industrial health and safety in the manufacturing industry required
Minimum 5 years of management level experience in a large manufacturing plant with a moderate to high degree of variation in processes
Knowledge and proven experience with OSHA and State safety regulations required with emphasis in areas of dust collection/management, machine guarding, lock out/tag out, hoists, explosion safety, and radiation management
High level of development/proficiency in strategic leadership, personal and team leadership, managing complexity, and technical knowledge/experience required

If interested, please visit www.mccormickcorporation.com and apply for position #18109.

Certified Safety Professional (12/30/09)

Location: Bethesda, MD

The Louis Berger Group, Inc., a top 25 ENR firm, with offices in Washington, DC. is a multidisciplinary architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firm with rewarding opportunities available in our Washington, DC office for qualified candidates.

Certified Safety Professional certification required for this position.

We are seeking a CSP Safety Manager with 10+ years of experience, some federal construction experience and ideally someone who has worked on Hospital Construction. The project is located in Bethesda MD, a 1 Billion dollar hospital renovation reconstruction project. Duration is at least 1 year, and could extend to 3.

For working on federal projects, US Citizenship or Green Card is necessary.

Requirements include:

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Safety, or Engineering from an accredited university. Current OSHA certifications OSHA 30-hour construction safety, OSHA 1910.120 HAZWOPER and Certified Safety Professional.
US Citizenship or Green Card and ability to work in a federal facility required.
Live or relocate within commuting distance to Washington DC.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, and other industry related software.
Excellent interpersonal skills, team work, and communication skills, both written and verbal in English.
Prior experience in hospital construction preferred. 10 + years construction safety. Prior federal facility work a plus. LEED AP, or other licenses a plus.

This opportunity is a high priority position, and resumes must be received no later than January 12, 2010.

To apply, please visit www.louisberger.com, employment, current opportunities and apply to that job, tagging the job when you upload the resume. Please format your resume as a .doc, .rtf. or .pdf with your name and no other characters in the filename. Other formats will not upload to the candidate tracking system on www.louisberger.com. Please include salary history/requirements when responding.

The Louis Berger Group, Inc. offers a competitive compensation package including Medical & Dental plans, Life Insurance, Cafeteria Plan, Dependent Care, 401K with match, Paid Vacation and Holidays. EOE M/F/D/V