Environmental Health & Safety Supervisor

Covia responsibly provides minerals solutions for a better tomorrow. As a leading provider of diversified minerals, our products support a variety of industrial markets, including glass, ceramics, coatings, metals, foundry, polymers, construction, water filtration, and sports and recreation. Long-standing relationships with a broad customer base enable Covia's market-inspired approach to innovation to enhance solutions and customer benefits. Underpinning these strengths is an unwavering commitment to safety and to sustainable development, further enhancing the value that Covia delivers to all its stakeholders.

Covia is looking for a dynamic Health, Safety, and Environmental Supervisor who will have a positive impact on the Operations team at its Fort Smith AR location. As an HSE Supervisor, you will supervise and administer the HSE programs in a manner consistent with corporate and governmental standards.

The successful candidate will have the following Key Accountabilities:

• Assume responsibility for plant safety, health, and environmental programs.
• Inspect the plant monthly and submit a written report to the plant manager, superintendent, and all supervisors.
• Develop and maintain a regular area inspection program involving all employees at the plant.
• Maintain and direct an active safety training program, including MSHA Training and Monthly Safety Meetings.
• Maintain and update monthly a prioritized list of safety items requiring attention from data gathered from plant inspections, safety meetings, shift reports, and MSHA inspections.
• Administer record keeping for all employee task training, safety training, corporate safety procedures, and plant specific procedures and policies. Maintain all environmental, health and safety activities in designated information systems.
• Accompany Safety, Health, and Environmental inspectors during onsite inspections.
• Perform sampling, measuring, reporting for corporate and government agencies as required to maintain compliance for all water withdrawal and discharge policies and permits.
• Direct the plants' Hearing Conservation Programs.
• Investigate and prepare reports of accidents/injuries that occur on plant property, including employee personal injury, property damage, and near-miss accidents.
• Monitor and restock supplies in plant first-aid centers.
• Monitor the fire extinguisher program to ensure appropriate and adequate equipment is installed and maintained in work areas and mobile equipment.
• Prepare and submit the MSHA quarterly report.
• Prepare and submit (in the time frame allowed - 10 days) the MSHA Form 7000-1 (Accident, Injury, and Illness Report) when a reportable accident occurs.
• Perform various activities to maintain compliance with required local, state, and federal laws and all associated permit regulations including: NPDES Water Sampling and Reporting, air quality monitoring and annual storm water inspection planning and maintenance.
• Prepare maintain a record of all employee safety training including MSHA Form 5000-23 (Certificate of Training).
• Maintain communications with the Corporate Safety, Health, and Environmental Department.
• Maintain current working knowledge of all applicable MSHA and Covia safety and health policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Make all arrangements for drug testing pursuant to company policy. Provide transportation for any persons deemed unfit to operate a motor vehicle.
• Administer the safety boot and eyeglass program as per plant policy.
• Support/lead activities to support all ESG criteria.
• Other duties as assigned

The successful candidate will have the following Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related field required.
• 3+ years of relevant experience is required
• MSHA experienced preferred or OSHA experience considered
• Strong presentation and leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & SharePoint.

Commitment to Our Culture

Our core values - Safety, Team, Customers, Growth, and Courage-guide our work every day and will help us achieve our vision: Covia is the leading minerals solutions provider, and through the passion and commitment of our people, we enable customer success-ensuring a sustainable future for our company.

All Covia Team Members are expected to:

• Live the Life-Saving Rules
• Build high-performing work teams
• Focus on customers
• Demonstrate a growth mindset
• Do the right thing, always

At Covia, we strive for and support a diverse workforce as we firmly believe this lays the foundation of our success. Our compelling culture supports inclusion, individuality, and respect within the workplace. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to the most qualified candidate based on work-related factors and without regard to non-work-related factors including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or military service or reserve or veteran status.

The organization offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits.

Benefits:

• Excellent Healthcare Benefits - medical, vision, dental
• 401K with company matching
• Vacation + Paid Holidays
• Disability, Life / AD&D, and Long-Term Care Insurances
• Employee Assistance Program

At Covia, we strive for and support a diverse workforce as we firmly believe this lays the foundation of our success. Our compelling culture supports inclusion, individuality and respect within the workplace. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to the most qualified candidate based on work-related factors and without regard to non-work-related factors including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or military service or reserve or veteran status.

The organization offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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