ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANT

About the role

As an Environmental Assistant at Superior Tire & Rubber Corp., you will be supporting and maintaining a safe work environment by assisting with the implementation and monitoring of environmental programs and policies. You will be responsible for ensuring that our facilities are environmentally safe. You will need to be highly detail and task oriented, as well as have great organizational and documentation skills. It is also important that this position maintains a positive demeanor to help the EHS department build strong relationships with all other departments of this Company.

Responsibilities

• Works with EHS Department to ensure compliance with all EHS policies and procedures and improve safety operations and procedures.
• Execute tasks as assigned that ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Participate in EHS inspections and audits of the workplace to identify hazards, unsafe conditions, and non-compliance with safety & environmental standards as directed.
• Report findings to the EHS Department.
• Identify and report potential hazards, safety violations, and areas for improvement.
• Report unsafe and/or potentially dangerous situations to the EHS Department as appropriate.
• Has knowledge of emergency response plans for environmental incidents.
• Participate in spill training and exercises to test emergency preparedness.
• Manage cardboard recycling, wood or plastic pallets, IBC totes, and metal drums.
• Collect trash from receptacles for disposal.
• Has knowledge of EPA standards to assist in the safe handling, storage, and disposal of residual, hazardous, and non-hazardous waste streams as trained and directed.
• Safety Data Sheet (SDS) knowledge and understanding.
• Recycle empty propane bottles & aerosol cans throughout the facility.
• Condense/transfer waste oil & coolant from storage containers.
• Has knowledge of proper waste labeling.
• Respond to spills.

Qualifications

• Highly detail and task oriented
• Great organizational and documentation skills
• Positive demeanor to build relationships across departments
• Knowledge of emergency response plans for environmental incidents
• Knowledge of EPA standards for handling, storage, and disposal of waste streams
• Safety Data Sheet (SDS) knowledge and understanding
• Knowledge of proper waste labeling
• Ability to participate in spill training and exercises
• Ability to manage recycling and waste streams (cardboard, wood/plastic pallets, IBC totes, metal drums, propane bottles, aerosol cans, waste oil, coolant)