Health and Safety Manager

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients- that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don't settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients' lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Your role:

The Health and Safety Manager will develop, implement, and administrate all applicable health, safety and industrial hygiene support programs and policies. Provide compliance with all federal, state and local safety and health regulations. Act as primary liaison with external regulatory agencies.

Your team

Vantive strives to create quality products for our customers each day. Delivering life-saving products is about getting them right, and attention to detail is how we make sure we meet that challenge. We are a team that supports each other throughout each shift. Working together in a supportive and open culture makes our processes evolve for the better and engages our workforce.

You'll be offered extensive training, and the tight-knit working environment within the Manufacturing team means employees get additional training from their direct manager and peers when needed.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop, implement, manage, and/or ensure compliance for Health, Safety, and Industrial Hygiene compliance programs.
• Develop plant wide safety related training.
• Evaluate and act upon new safety regulations.
• Maintains Vantive health and safety requirements.
• Advises management of safety audit nonconformance and corrective action required.
• Serves as the leader for the plant safety team.
• In collaboration with management, assist in developing and implementing site policies concerning health and safety issues.
• Provide management assistance in maintaining ISO 14001 & ISO 45001 certified status and setting goals and targets for all EHS programs having significant impact.
• Serve as the local administrator for Benchmark (Vantive's EHS Management System Software)
• Conduct safety inspections to ensure compliance to regulations and company policy.
• Review and update all safety programs and procedures as needed.
• Perform industrial hygiene monitoring for the site using OSHA/NIOSH methods to determine employee occupational health and safety.
• Provide technical information on safety issues on new equipment, method of performing work, with equipment, and risk to employee health.
• Conduct or participate in audits for compliance with site programs and policy, reporting the results to the site Environmental, Health and Safety Associate Director.
• Provide non-routine problem solving to engineering and research and development groups through participation in committees.
• Prepare and/or assist with composing Regulatory & Agency (OSHA and EPA), Corporate, and Divisional reports.
• Interface with regulatory agencies on compliance issues under the direction of the Site Environmental, Health and Safety Associate Director.
• Provide specialized training required by OSHA and company requirements to employees.
• Interpret industrial hygiene data to insure conformance with requirements.
• Make decisions concerning compliance with OSHA regulations and company polices.
• Knowledge of basic statistics to interpret data is required.
• Interfaces daily with employees to explain safety requirements and to answer questions.
• Communicates with corporate, and plant management personnel in solving problems, developing corrective action, and training.
• Maintains open communications with city and county fire and rescue departments.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in safety, industrial hygiene, engineering or physical sciences curriculum required
• Demonstrated knowledge of OSHA regulations and compliance with experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 5 to 10 years of experience
• Strong understanding of chemicals and chemical safety.
• Experience performing ergonomic evaluations of workstations
• Strong communication skills are required.
• Demonstrated ability to absorb technical information and put into use.
• Demonstrated ability to use a personal computer with current available software (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.).
• Demonstrated skill in setting objectives and managing projects.
• Prefer professional certification in Safety and/or Industrial Hygiene such as CSP, ASP, CIH.
• Prefer radiation/laser officer certification.

Physical / Safety Requirements

• Duties may require overtime work, including nights and weekends
• Use of hands and fingers to manipulate office equipment is required
• Position requires standing and walking for extended periods of time
• Majority of work is indoors with a minor amount outdoors.
• Outside inspections of the grounds and the facility roof is required frequently.
• Some overnight travel is required using commercial airlines and company automobiles.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a base salary range of 104,000 to 156,000. The above range represents the expected base salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

US Benefits at Vantive

This is where your well-being matters. Vantive offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Aon Pooled Employer Plan ("Aon PEP"), Vantive's 401(k) retirement savings plan, to help you prepare for your future. The Aon PEP is designed to help improve retirement outcomes by providing retirement resources more efficiently. The plan offers a robust set of investment options, financial education, and a suite of resources to support your retirement goals.

We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees.For additional information regarding Vantive's US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Vantive

Equal Employment Opportunity

Vantive is an equal opportunity employer. Vantive evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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