EHS Specialist

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Benefits: Dental Insurance, Medical Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement, Paid Time Off, Other.

Must-Haves:

• MUST HAVE Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline or other scientific program applicable to the safety field.
• 3 plus years experience in the EHS field-manufacturing/industrial HIGHLY preferred.
• Ability to work non-traditional hours or shifts and travel as required.
• Professional certification is desired (ASP-Associate Safety Professional OR GSP-Graduate Safety Practitioner).

General Description of Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create synergy and support the Environmental Safety & Health and Lean culture. Develop and monitor effective EHS management strategies, provide recommendations and technical expertise on regulatory compliance.
• Provide direction and support the safety culture through risk analysis, injury free events (IFEs), safety interactions, human performance principles, hazard identification/elimination, work practice controls, employee engagement and other company directive preventive safety initiatives.
• Audit and monitor activities to ensure all safety and health regulatory requirements are being met. Provide effective safety communication and liaison support between employees, facility management, and federal, state, & local regulatory agencies.
• Drive and execute a comprehensive multi-year strategy to continue the company's drive of the culture of zero.
• Lead and oversee the Kaizen Optimizer – Lean Optima, operational audit programs to assure compliance in EHS.
• Conduct and or coordinate EHS inspections and assessments to assure compliance with regulatory requirements, Key Performance Measures (KPIs) expectations, identify opportunities for improvement and provide recommendations based on findings.
• Procure and maintain records, data, or information necessary to prepare internally or externally required reports, respond to agency requests. Prepare and submit timely reports and responses to informational requests.
• Conduct incident investigations including root cause analysis for corrective action. Train management, personnel on incident investigations and proper documentation.
• Measure plant performance, benchmarking against best-in-class manufacturing.
• Provide industrial hygiene support to evaluate employee noise and other health exposures.
• Responsible for initiating, formalizing and providing EHS various training programs for plant personnel.
• Further develop, implement, and sustain a systemized environmental, safety & health program that ensures the Corporate Safety location meets company standards and initiatives.
• Support the Corporate Safety location in the development and maintenance of EHS systems, OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), ISO and similar.

Qualifications and Experience Requirements:

• Working knowledge of the VPP process and various safety regulations or standards (OSHA, NFPA, ANSI, NEC, etc.)
• Requires basic knowledge of OSHA General Industry standards, to include ergonomics, machine guarding, electrical hazards, LOTO, etc.
• Ability to work non-traditional hours or shifts and travel as required.
• Must have excellent verbal, written skills and interpersonal skills along with ability to make presentations comfortably and professionally to large groups.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Adept at resolving complex problems encountered in a fast-paced environment
• Skilled at managing multiple projects at once and providing feedback to managers.
• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline or other scientific program applicable to the safety field is required.