EHS Technician - 1st Shift

Eaton's ES AMER ARS PDCAD division is currently seeking a EHS Technician - 1st Shift.


The hourly rate for this position is $23 per hour.

The shift hours are 7:00am - 4:00pm.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.


What you'll do:

This EHS Technician supports environmental, health, safety, and security efforts at the site under the direction of the EHS Manager and/ or EHS Lead Analyst. Incumbent is accountable for leading and supporting EHS activities at his/her location including: maintaining EHS systems and processes such as monitoring and measuring systems, becoming trained and executing duties related to reporting regulatory information, reporting and communicating EHS metrics, collecting and organizing EHS action items, leading/supporting EHS training initiatives, leading and supporting EHS teams comprised of non-EHS employees, leading / supporting incident investigations, supporting site internal risk and performance assessment activities.

In this function you will:
• Assist EHS Manager to implement (Safety, Security and Health initiatives) and utilize tools to drive local improvements.
• Conduct workstation risk assessments at the location to identify critical EHS hazards and aspects.
• Support tracking of appropriate leading and lagging indicators to track EHS performance.
• Support subject matter champions, and facilitate their engagement in ownership of the MESH elements.
• Support and promote zero incident EHS culture throughout site.
• Work with EHS Manager and MESH Element Champions to complete an annual evaluation of compliance for EHS federal, state, and local regulations.
• Create training matrices and leads training sessions to ensure that assigned training is defined, completed, and tracked in accordance with an annual plan.
• Complete training and execute duties as assigned to ensure site compliance to various regulatory requirements

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• High school diploma or G.E.D. from accredited institution is required
• Previous experience of MS Office Software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Previous experience using an internal reporting system
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of the work location will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Previous manufacturing experience
• Previous experience coordinating and leading training, making presentations and talking in front of groups.
• Previous training related to Environmental, Health and Safety.
• Previous experience leading projects related to Environmental, Health and Safety.
• Associate Degree two (2) or progression towards four (4) year degree in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, environmental discipline or technical field.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Position Criteria:
• Understanding of industry, state and county EHS requirements.
• Production facility environment with Personal Protective Equipment requirements including safety shoes, protective eyewear, and high visibility vest. Closed non-temperature-controlled environment.
• Able to lift 35lbs. per person and 70lbs. with a buddy lift; bend, twist, grab, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, use both hands to lift and lower materials, and perform all other essential duties with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Able to work flexible shift hours
• Able to communicate to a wide audience EHS related topics and facilitate cross functional teams.
• Able to work independently to carry out Eaton requirements and problem solve as needed.

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You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

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