This is a hybrid role based out of our HQ office near Portland, Oregon. The expectation is for employees to be in-office 3 days or more per week, depending on business need. This in-office expectation is subject to change at business discretion.
OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD? COME PLAY IN OURS.At Columbia, we're as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide, we're proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest, where natural wonders are our playground.
Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: "It's perfect. Now make it better." As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving.
We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.
And we believe in you.
ABOUT THE POSITION Columbia Sportswear Company's People Strategy & Operations team plays an important role in partnering with the business and management to design and deploy programs that mitigate risk, while effectively responding to ongoing changes and shifts in dynamics.
The Sr Environmental Health and Safety Program Manager plays a leading role in Columbia's efforts to create, manage, and implement safe workplace protocols for Columbia's retail stores and corporate offices for all Columbia Sportswear Company brands. This role will leverage knowledge of environmental compliance and workplace health and safety to create, train and lead program development to ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements governing environmental protection and occupational safety and health standards.
HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE - Develop a strategy for the evolution and implementation of a health and safety culture and standards for Retail Stores and corporate/brand headquarter offices.
- Provide technical expertise and leadership to support operational compliance with governmental safety standards.
- Develop and write regulatory safety programs and procedures to ensure compliance with current occupational safety regulations and other applicable environmental, health, or safety legislation impacting operations. Follow up with the implementation of audit processes and procedures to measure compliance.
- Implement and integrate written safety programs into the operational fabric of the business. Create, facilitate, and support safety training and orientations to maintain compliance with standards and improve the safety and health of employees.
- Develop and disseminate key safety performance metrics to track and monitor the overall health of the company's safety program.
- Develop and implement location inspection and risk assessment tools to help identify safety, health, and environmental risks. Work with locations to identify and implement corrective actions.
- Monitor environmental compliance and assure timely internal and external reporting.
- Manage waste and hazardous materials and ensure regulatory compliant disposal where necessary.
YOU ARE - Proactive, information seeking, with the ability to take complexed governmental standards and digest them into actional programs for managers, supervisors, and employees
- A partner, building strong working relationships across the organization to help support environmental health and safety efforts
- Familiar with Windows-based platforms and have the computer and data management skills to effectively manage those systems to communicate, create reports, build written programs, and create training tools
- An analyst to your core, driven to probe complex problems quantitatively and qualitatively
- Always accountable, working independently with limited direction and a high degree of professionalism
YOU HAVE - Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Safety, or related field required
- 4+ years of experience engaged in safety management or related a function
- Proven experience working and leading large scale projects and programs with cross-functional teams
- Experience developing and delivering presentations on environmental health and safety compliance topics to all levels of management and employees
- A proven track record of work, consistently meeting elevated standards and deadlines
- A Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification or equivalent is desired
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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.
Columbia Sportswear is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster The pay transparency policy is available here: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.
At Columbia Sportswear Company, we're proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical, social/emotional, financial, career and community. Benefits that can protect your family's financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services). In addition, Columbia offers EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits, employee discounts and a generous time off program available.
If you need an accommodation/adjustment to successfully complete and submit your application, please reach out to AskHR@columbia.com with the Subject: Applicant Assistance Requested.
