Health and Safety Continuous Improvement Specialist

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

PCC Aerostructures is a leading supplier of complex components and assemblies to the global aerospace industry.

PCC Aerostructures now includes more than 35 plants in the U.S, Europe and Asia with over 5500 employees and has ambitious growth plans. Plant's locations include Washington, Utah, California, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, Canada, Mexico, the UK, and China.

Location Profile:

Progressive was founded and incorporated in 1971 in Arlington, Texas. Heroux-Devtek Inc. purchased Progressive in 2004 who helped to expand the site which has doubled its manufacturing footprint and more than doubled sales and employee base. In August 2012, Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) acquired Progressive. In January 2022 Progressive merged with ADI, Aerospace Dynamics Inc. and now ADI Progressive is one of the largest footprints within the Aerostructures Division of PCC.

Predominantly, a provider for large, highly complex machined parts, kits and assemblies for OEMs and large Tier One providers for both military and commercial market segments. Progressive is a 140,000 square foot facility.

Position Summary:

The Health and Safety/Continuous Improvement Specialist inspects and evaluates the environment, equipment and processes in working areas to ensure compliance with government safety regulations and industry standards. Their chief goal is to protect the employees, customers and the environment. The HS CI Specialist identifies potentially hazardous mechanical, biological, chemical and radiological materials and collects samples of them for analysis. They also recommend changes to protect workers, educate employees on how to prevent health problems with the use of safety training programs, and investigate accidents to identify their causes and find ways to prevent them in the future. The HS CI Specialist supports functional areas with lean and CI training, process definition and optimization, facilitation of proposed lean and CI initiatives, and implementation and metrics planning. In addition, recommends changes to encourage and achieve efficient horizontal and vertical integration of Division top-down goals, along with 'best-practices' gathered from bottom-up review.

Reporting Relationships:

The Health and Safety/Continuous Improvement Specialist will report to the Plant Manager.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Health and Safety:

• Understand, adhere, and demonstrate to the company's commitment to QUALITY and SAFETY!
• Administer environmental, health, and safety programs to meet regulatory requirements and company goals.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise with regard to risk assessment activities so to minimize EHS related risk (e.g. fire, environmental releases, injuries and illnesses, etc.).
• Develops and implements facility-wide policies, procedures, and HS training programs to ensure compliance with applicable state/country regulatory requirements and industry standards on a country, regional and global basis.
• Conducts accident and incident investigations.
• Actively promotes health, and safety activities, participates in committees and meetings, emergency response teams, and provides miscellaneous services.
• Promote positive relationships with government agencies.
• Lead Worker's Compensation case reporting and follow-up.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify opportunity and manage additional or lean and continuous improvement (CI) projects, training, initiatives, and issues
• Develop and maintain continuous improvement processes, policies, and procedures; Insure effectiveness through teamwork and statistical methods
• Motivate direct and indirect reporting staff to achieve desired results.
• Communicate effectively with site management and employees.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Self-starter; ability to identify opportunities, recommend and implement solutions independently
• Experience with Safety and Industrial Hygiene practices and environmental compliance
• Proven experience using different ERP systems, databases, etc.
• Experience developing and deploying safety programs in a plant environment
• Excellent communication skills.
• Knowledge in OSHA regulations and environmental safety regulations.
• Knowledge, understanding, and prior experience implementing Toyota Production System/JIT/Lean in a manufacturing environment
• Experience conducting lean/CI workshops or similar cross-functional brainstorms
• Familiar with ISO/AS9100 Quality requirements
• Good blueprint reading and manufacturing/inspection related math skills
• Strong understanding of the concepts and capabilities that pertain to Aerospace manufacturing
• Strong leadership, relationship building, teaming, and communication skills
• Ability to affect changes from non-reporting personnel
• Willingness to observe, train others, and find 'win-win' type recommendations
• Demonstrates prioritization and planning skills.

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of Health and Safety and/ or engineering experience in the manufacturing environment
• Experience in the aerospace or automotive industry is preferred
• Lean/Six Sigma certification desirable.

Level of Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental, Health, and Safety or related field is preferred.

Physical Demands & Working Condition:

• May be required to move items up to 35 pounds.
• Daily duties may require sitting, standing, bending, squatting, reaching, pushing, pulling, operating, and manipulating hand tools.
• Daily duties may require extended duration of walking.
• Exposed to a Manufacturing setting with heavy machinery.