Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist

About the role

ERM is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist to support at client facility and laboratories in San Jose/Milpastos CA. This is a full-time, fixed-term hybrid position (3-5 days onsite) with a duration of 12 months and possibility of renewal.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and provide guidance on client operations for compliance with EHS and other relevant requirements.
• Provide technical resources and interpretations of EHS regulations to client and provide instruction regarding compliance activities.
• Respond to requests for information regarding client EHS management systems.
• Support client in liaison with local, state, and federal governmental EHS agencies.
• Prepare local compliance documents, submittals, authorizations and regulatory submission and notifications as relevant to client operations when needed, as directed by client to comply with all local, state, and federal EHS regulatory requirements.
• Collect information on the environmental and occupational health aspects of client facility operations such as chemical usage, storage, disposal, air emissions, hazardous waste management, electrical safety, indoor air quality, and occupational noise for reporting to client’s EHS Department.
• Develop, review, and update accordingly EHS compliance training content for various locations such as risk assessment, manual handling, health and safety committee training, OHS management system, spill prevention, control, and counter-measures activities, laboratory safety management, chemical/hazardous waste handling, contractor safety and hearing conservation. Deliver such trainings as required by EHS Department.
• Act as “appointed agent” for client EHS department during hazardous and universal waste pickup event from United States client facilities where ERM Regional staff are dedicated to being onsite and in conjunction with regulatory agency certified waste disposal vendors(s).
• With confirmation from the relevant client EHS Theater Leads, act on behalf of client EHS when liaising with third parties such as insurance companies, competence vetting and pre-qualification agents, regulatory bodies, etc.
• General assistance to the client EHS team: supporting CAPA tracking and closure, facilitating site access for other ERMers, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in environmental safety or similar is preferred. Master’s is a plus.
• 3 to 8 years of experience in environmental permitting, EHS in lab environments, technology or data center safety management is desired.
• DOT Hazmat Shipper training preferred.
• California EHS permit administration.

Pay

For the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $84,570-$124,245, $40.00/hr – $59.73/hr USD, limited-term, non-exempt. An employee’s pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. We also may have instances where employee’s fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above. This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/Flexforce employees are NOT bonus eligible).

Benefits

• A comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life & disability insurance to benefits eligible* employees.
• Fixed-Term employees (including Flexforce) who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours a week or more are eligible for a limited benefits package.
• Casual employees are NOT benefits eligible.

Application

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, determinable, and payable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law. You can apply for this role through https://www.erm.com/careers/apply/ or through the internal careers portal if you are a current employee.