EH&S Associate

About the role

The Site Health and Safety Professional will provide both tactical and leadership support to the Health and Safety (HS) programs at the Pittsburgh Equipment and Assembly manufacturing location. With strategic guidance from both the central EHS function and local plant manager, this hands-on position will:

• Ensure local legislative compliance
• Be a floor presence to inspect the workplace regularly
• Develop an autonomous HS culture
• Manage Industrial Hygiene programs
• Establish HS standard operating procedures
• Provide HS training
• Develop risk identification and reduction awareness and methods

Responsibilities

This individual works to ensure safe behavior, machinery, and regulatory compliance for HS at the site. This role requires expertise in fabrication and/or construction industries.

• Oversee the filing of all internal, corporate, and required government reporting relating to regulatory compliance
• Maintain a HS compliance calendar, audits compliance system routinely, and ensure compliance gaps are corrective
• Perform/schedule industrial hygiene surveys and ensure needed actions are implemented
• Deliver all HS regulatory training including crane/slings/rigging, forklift, respirator, hearing, hazard communication, LOTO, hot work, and machine guarding
• Conduct internal self-assessment on the health of regulatory compliance
• Work regularly on-site to become a technical expert on the site process technologies
• Gauge and correct the execution of site EHS programs through inspections, audits, SMATs, cold-eye reviews
• Coach, mentor, and support the development and guidance of line management on EHS topics
• Navigate complex regulations and company standards
• Identify and champion impactful initiatives seeking continuous improvement in safety and health performance and compliance
• Establish a site high consequence program to manage severe incidents with fatality (SIF) and ensure flawless execution of site life critical programs
• Lead high quality incident investigations, track corrective actions and monitor data for at-risk trends
• Monitor EHS results as a KPI across the site and establish accountability channels to ensure that all levels of the organization delivers EHS results
• Work closely with the Regional Center of Excellence leaders to verify quality of programs and processes via audit and self-assessment tools

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.), or equivalent from four-year college or university is required
• Master's degree (M.A.) or equivalent is preferred
• ASP Certification is required
• 2-3 years Strong EHS background in 29 CFR 1910 is required
• 2-3 years Experience in a manufacturing or heavy industrial environment is required
• 3-5 years Experience in Health and Safety is required
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate both horizontally and vertically is preferred
• Has the ability to identify change, communicate the need for change, and monitor integration for success is preferred
• Must have demonstrated abilities as an effective leader/trainer/coach is preferred