Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

WIN Waste Innovations is currently seeking an EHS Specialist that will be responsible for routine operations support, assistance, and coordination. The Specialist performs routine inspections, responds to EHS type events, and helps each assigned site with administrative environmental and safety systems, reports, and submissions.

What You'll Do...

Training and Meetings

• Implement safety and environmental training programs for facilities. Arrange, coordinate and perform training, including new employee (on-boarding) orientation and on-going training programs. Aid the Environmental and Safety Managers with evaluation of training methods and presentations used by facilities.
• Establish, assist, and participate in EHS meetings, incident review calls, operations calls, site Safety Committee and other meetings as assigned.
• Completes on-boarding training programs within the time frame prescribed, and requests support from corporate EHS staff when necessary.
• Assist the site team(s) with completing Observations and help the local management team assess performance.
• Aid site, safety, and environmental leadership in coaching employees based on performance and needs.
• Attend and participate in facility meetings to evaluate the team's commitment, function, and effectiveness. Provide input on environmental compliance and safety related matters, continuous improvement projects, share best practices; keep abreast of current facility issues.
• Periodically meet with Plant Manager/General Manager and/or Operations Manager to discuss open environmental compliance and safety issues, requests for information, regulatory interpretations, change management, etc.
• Participate in school programs, tours, and other public presentations as appropriate.
• Support and Travel to 5-7 locations within the local geographic footprint.

Inspection, Monitoring, and Reporting

• Develops, implements, and maintains monitoring programs for solid waste generation and water discharges to meet the requirements of federal and state regulations, laws and regulations, and corporate environmental, health and safety policies.
• Implements, follows and assists in enforcement of company policies and procedures to assure an environmentally compliant, safe workplace for all employees, contractors, and visitors.
• Establishes and maintains routine site visit calendar and communicates to facility operations teams to maximize effectiveness of site visits.
• Monitors and completes EHS inspections for each assigned facility for compliance with all federal, state, county and local operating permits. Prepares and submits reports to Operations and EHS on findings and recommended actions.
• Provide on-site stack test observation and stack test support
• Assist with Air program compliance reporting

Incident Response

• Act as, respond to, or assist as an Emergency Coordinator for the facility in the event of a significant environmental or safety event.
• Serve as the main point of contact for communication, documentation and reporting to environmental and safety regulatory agencies as assigned.
• Assist the Safety, Environmental, and Operations team with initial reporting for each environmental compliance or safety incident. Aid the Operations, Safety, and Environmental team with root cause analysis, gathering evidence, aid with any required reporting, interviewing employees, and ensuring all actions take place in the required time frame.

Administrative and Site Support

• Provides operations team support with maintaining compliance with FMCSA regulated Driver and Vehicle files.
• Assist Operations with planning, execution, and evaluation of emergency drills.
• Maintains accurate filing system for environmental compliance and safety records.
• Be the primary point of contact and provide administration for safety and environmental computer systems such as Lytx, Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEM), SharePoint, PI, Velocity and TagLink.
• Support other projects as directed such as PMO (Project Management Office), VPP Preparation (OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program), Clean Sweeps, etc. Evaluates employee performance and provides feedback to plant management
• Performs outage scaffold inspections as needed

Who You Are...

• Bachelor of Arts/Science in Safety, Engineering, Environmental or experience in a technical position
• Math skills sufficient to complete required job functions
• Working knowledge of computers and ability to learn new EHS software systems
• Initiative to work independently
• Ability to travel between WIN facilities
• Interface with front line employees and site management
• Communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing; as well as communicate clearly whether using intercom system, two-way radio or face to face
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)

Work Environment:

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Noise in work environment
• Maintain positive work environment by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, vendors, co-workers and management.

Physical Demand:

• Stand
• Sit for prolonged periods of time
• Walk
• Handle tools, equipment, fine motor skills
• Reach with hands and arms
• Climb and walk on heights often greater than 4 feet
• Stoop, kneel, bend, push, pull, crawl
• Ascend and descend stairs and stationary vertical ladders as part of normal work activity and emergency egress situations
• Lift 50 lbs.
• Move about all areas of the plant, including catwalks, deck grating, and uneven surfaces
• Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, corrected or otherwise
• Operate a 1.5-inch fire hose operating at 125 psi line pressure to the extent required to extinguish fire
• Operate fire extinguishing equipment ranging from handheld extinguishers to 200 lb portable units
• Access confined spaces and pressure vessels through standard 12" by 16" manways

WIN Waste Innovations is a waste management company committed to delivering essential waste management solutions to customers and communities supported by our team of 2,300 employees. We believe in preserving our environment for future generations while providing for today's needs. WIN Waste Innovations is a vertically integrated business with a platform of 50 strategically located collection, transfer, and disposal assets. These include waste-to-energy facilities, transfer stations, ash monofills, landfills, and fleets of rail cars and collection vehicles. We process more than 11 million tons of waste annually, converting 6.7 million tons of waste into clean, renewable energy that powers 340,000 homes. We recycle more than 234,000 tons of plastic, paper, and metals from the waste stream.

At WIN Waste Innovations, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability. As well as Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled.