EHS Specialist, LA (Manufacturing)

Job Description:

Position Summary:

Implement safety, health and environmental (SHE) programs and procedures within the facility in pursuit of a zero-incident culture. Maintain best practices designed to enhance and improve regulatory compliance, as well as minimize industrial injuries/illness, workers compensation costs, property damage and other general liability losses.

Core Functions:

• Implement organization Safety programs to ensure a safe, healthy and zero-incident work environment, including ensuring compliance with company safety policies by all staff, contractors and visitors.
  
• Communicate safety issues, concerns & policy changes to all plant personnel, including conducting safety and/or regulatory training for facility personnel, visitors and/or contractors.
  
• Inspect assigned facility area(s) to ensure compliance with SHE policies and procedures and applicable local, state/provincial and federal rules and regulations.
  
• Provides documentation and oversight with site-specific regulatory programs, including but not limited to those deemed necessary by OSHA.
  
• Responsible for the collecting, maintaining, and organizing regulatory records.
  
• Track injuries and equipment damage events.
  
• Assist management with accident investigations to identify causes and to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future.
  
• Support environmental sustainability throughout the assigned facility.
  
• Provides support in enforcing policies and procedures to reduce or eliminate high potential exposures.
  
• Provides support to the Loss Prevention Control inspection process at the facility, with emphasis on fire prevention and fire protection equipment.
  
• Executes responses plans in the event of an environmental emergency.
  
• Supports the implementation of Process Safety Management (PSM) programs at the assigned location with solvents, hydrogen, ammonia, and chlorine.
  
• Coordinates worker s compensation claims in conjunction with insurance companies or service companies.
  
• Implements fire protection and security systems to protect property from loss.
  

Skill/Experience Requirements:

• Associates degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental/Health Science, or closely related degree, or equivalent work experience required
  
• 2+ years of safety or environmental experience required
  
• Demonstrated experience with improvements in safety, productivity, teamwork
  
• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills required
  
• Demonstrated success in the application of safety standards, compliance with safety regulations, and the promotion of a safe working environment
  
• Good working knowledge of PC applications such as Word and Excel