Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager Reviews - Page 9

Ask everyone on your staff lots of important questions. This not only helps you learn and keep up on what's going on; it also forces those on your staff to think about what's important and anticipate your questions so they stay on top of things that are important.

Conduct your inspections and assure your facility is in compliance even when it is decided that safety is not the companies and or corporate office or the facility's priority.

Ask the right questions, be proactive, and have the required compliance processes in place.

1) You must have a "missionary" mindset; don't do this for the money, perks or pats on the back. 2) Your success and happiness is tied to upper management's desire for a good safety (ESH) culture. 3) Your role, actions and activities will be viewed as "costs" to the organization, no matter what proactive risk reducing initiatives you launch. 4) Find an organization that has a good strong safety culture and great leaders.

Stick to your morals and ethics and don't give in when you're tested to look the other way because a true safety professional is one whom sticks to the system and works at being proactive. We have to remember we can put systems in place but if we don't start with a foundation of caring about each other people will get hurt.