EHS Professional

Responsibilities

Howmet Aerospace has an immediate opening for an Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Professional at our Martinsville, VA location. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to start a career in EHS, as the position provides a platform for potential future growth to the successful candidate. Our passionate commitment to EHS provides the successful candidate with an excellent environment in which to work and the leadership commitment and support to deliver results.

• EHS Engineer will be the face of Safety and Environmental oversight to staff and is expected to be on the plant floor regularly. Will make occasional plant visits on off shifts, including nights and weekends.
• Assume the day-to-day functions of safety training and train all new employees.
• Lead the FSI weekly and monthly internal meetings and reviews; assist with location fatality prevention efforts including helping to lead deployment and execution of key fatality prevention elements and coaching location leaders.
• Analyze injury and incident data and assist line management in the implementation of focused injury reduction efforts. Provide expertise to proactively address injury reduction efforts.
• Participate in injury/incident investigations to assist in identifying root cause analysis and provide recommendations to prevent recurrence.
• Aid in the facility’s industrial hygiene program including execution of IH sampling plans, the administration of IH databases and employee exposure records, hazardous material management, ergonomics oversight.
• Manage all environmental issues, regulatory reports and permits as related to following disciplines: Air, Wastewater, Storm Water, Chemical, and Waste Disposal/Recycling. Lead environmental permit review requirements to maintain compliance and interface with regulatory agencies.
• Maintain all records and documents as necessary.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
• At least 1 year of environmental, health or safety experience in a manufacturing environment.

Essential Skills

• Demonstrated professional with passion for change and relentless focus on execution.
• Knowledge of applicable Federal and State EHS related regulations and procedures.
• Strong communication skills, analytical skills, problem solving and human relations skills.
• Ability to make difficult decisions with sometimes an incomplete set of data.
• Critical skills include: Execution, attention to detail, initiative, conflict resolution, customer focus, collaboration, building ownership and commitment, establishing a direction, drive for change, gaining organization support and tenacity.