EHS Specialist

Position Overview

The EHS Specialist leads the facility’s Environmental, Health, Safety, Security, and Sustainability (EHSS&S) programs, ensuring regulatory compliance, driving a strong safety culture, supporting environmental stewardship, and maintaining effective industrial hygiene and process safety programs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Safety Leadership & Compliance:

  • Implement and maintain the site’s EHSS&S management systems and corporate safety programs.
  • Audit and inspect plant operations to ensure employees have the necessary training, procedures, tools, and PPE.
  • Develop, monitor, and communicate EHSS&S goals, metrics, leading indicators, and performance results.
  • Manage emergency response programs and teams, including First Aid, HAZWOPER spill response, and Safety Committee activities.
  • Build and sustain a positive, proactive safety culture throughout the facility.
  • Collaborate with corporate and global EHSS&S teams to implement company-wide programs, initiatives, and best practices.

• Environmental Compliance & Sustainability:

  • Manage environmental permits and regulatory programs, ensuring ongoing compliance, audit readiness, timely reporting, and permit modifications as required.
  • Coordinate environmental inspections, sampling, recordkeeping, and submissions required by federal, state, and local regulations.
  • Support sustainability initiatives and reporting requirements.
  • Conduct facility inspections and identify opportunities for housekeeping, environmental, and safety improvements.
  • Customize and implement corporate environmental programs to meet site-specific operational needs.

• Industrial Hygiene & Exposure Management:

  • Develop and maintain employee health risk assessments, approved chemical inventories, and the site Chemical Hygiene Plan.
  • Assess chemical and physical hazard exposures through workplace observations, process hazard reviews, and evaluation of process or product changes.
  • Conduct or coordinate industrial hygiene monitoring activities, document findings, and communicate recommendations for exposure control improvements.
  • Recommend and support implementation of engineering, administrative, and PPE controls to reduce employee exposures.
  • Serve as a resource on chemical and physical hazard recognition, exposure assessment, and control strategies.

• Process Safety & Continuous Improvement:

  • Support Process Safety Management (PSM) programs, including HAZOP reviews, process hazard assessments, engineering controls, and Management of Change (MOC) activities.
  • Review capital projects and process modifications to ensure EHSS&S considerations are incorporated into facility design and operations.
  • Maintain relationships with local medical providers, emergency responders, and regulatory agencies as needed.
  • Support additional EHSS&S, security, and sustainability initiatives as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, or a related field.
• Experience with or working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, NFPA, DHS, Responsible Care, Risk Management Programs (RMP), Process Safety Management (PSM), and related regulations.
• Experience developing and delivering EHS training programs.
• Experience conducting accident and incident investigations and implementing corrective actions.
• Strong project management, leadership, communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of U.S. security regulations and compliance requirements.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to travel up to 10% to support other facilities and corporate audit activities.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in chemical manufacturing or another highly regulated industrial environment.
• Experience with industrial hygiene assessments and exposure monitoring programs.
• Experience supporting environmental permitting and sustainability initiatives.
• Familiarity with HAZOP, MOC, PSM, and regulatory compliance audits.
• Familiarity with SWPPP, SPCC, NAD Stormwater management, CSP, ASP, CIH, CHMM, or similar professional certification preferred.