EHS Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Overview:

We are looking for an EHS Specialist / EHS Manager for an advanced manufacturing company in McDonald, TN. This person will lead environmental, health, and safety programs in a high-hazard manufacturing facility focused on metal powder alloy blending and production.

We are looking for someone with strong EHS experience in a manufacturing environment who can identify hazards, assess risk, lead HAZOP work, maintain compliance, and drive practical safety improvements on the production floor. The ideal candidate has experience in a foundry, metal powder, combustible powder, chemical, furnace, or other high-hazard manufacturing environment.

This role is responsible for helping protect employees, the community, and the environment while ensuring compliance with OSHA, EPA, NFPA, state/local regulations, and internal company standards.

Shifts: First shift

Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain EHS programs across a high-hazard manufacturing facility

• Lead hazard identification, risk assessments, HAZOP reviews, incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions

• Manage safety programs for metal powders, alloy blending, furnace processes, combustible dust, chemical exposure, and high-temperature operations

• Develop and enforce combustible dust and dust explosion prevention controls, including NFPA 484-related requirements

• Oversee industrial hygiene programs, including air monitoring for heavy metals, respirable dust, chemical exposure, and related hazards

• Manage required safety training, including PPE, lockout/tagout, confined space, hot work, forklift, respiratory protection, and emergency response

• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, NFPA, state, local, and internal EHS requirements

• Manage environmental compliance programs, including air permits, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, stormwater, wastewater, SPCC, EPCRA, TRI, and RCRA requirements

• Maintain EHS policies, procedures, documentation, inspection records, permits, and regulatory reports

• Serve as a point of contact for OSHA, EPA, local fire marshal, state agencies, and other regulatory or safety organizations

• Lead EHS audits, inspections, emergency drills, crisis planning, and internal first responder team activities

• Partner with production, maintenance, engineering, quality, and leadership to integrate safety into daily operations

• Drive continuous improvement through proactive, practical, floor-focused safety leadership

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of EHS experience in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred

• Experience in a foundry, metal powder, combustible powder, chemical, furnace, or other high-hazard manufacturing environment strongly preferred

• Strong HAZOP experience required

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field preferred

• Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, NFPA, and environmental compliance requirements

• Experience with combustible dust, metal powders, furnace processes, chemical exposure, industrial hygiene, or high-temperature manufacturing preferred

• Familiarity with NFPA 484, OSHA combustible dust standards, ISO 14001, or ISO 45001 preferred

• Experience managing safety training, audits, inspections, incident investigations, corrective actions, emergency response, and regulatory documentation

• Environmental compliance experience preferred, including air permits, hazardous waste, stormwater, wastewater, SPCC, EPCRA, TRI, or RCRA

• Ability to work closely with production, maintenance, engineering, quality, leadership, and external regulatory agencies

• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence employees at all levels of the organization

• Comfortable spending regular time on the production floor in an environment with dust, noise, heat, metal powders, and required PPE

• Must be willing to wear required PPE, including respirators when needed

• CSP, CHMM, First Aid/CPR, or HAZWOPER certifications preferred