Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Specialist II

Job Summary

The EHS Specialist is to provide company-wide EHS strategy, planning, policy, standards, practices, processes, and systems to ensure regulatory compliance and protect employees, communities, and the environment.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• To assist in driving the EHS vision, mission, policy, and strategies by performing EHS compliance applicability reviews, EHS risk assessments, and implementing effective programs, procedures, processes, and systems to ensure regulatory compliance and protect employees, communities, and the environment.
• To assist in site-wide audits to identify systemic EHS management gaps, develop targeted corrective measures, and implement solutions to sustain compliance with EHS strategies, policies, or standards.
• To leverage lessons learned and develop continuous improvement EHS programs.
• To provide EHS service, solutions, programs, best practices, and technical guidance to business management and support functions to effectively and efficiently manage compliance assurance and EHS risk mitigation.
• To assist in management of EHS incident investigations to determine and implement root cause corrective actions.
• To actively engage with production employees on the floor.
• To develop company-wide employee safety and injury prevention programs.
• To conduct various environmental auditing, record keeping, and regulatory reporting as required.

Education, Experience, Licenses and Certifications

• BS or MS in environmental, health, safety or relevant scientific or engineering field, preferred.
• 3-5 years’ experience in an EHS program, operations, quality, or engineering functions.
• Mechanical experience preferred.
• Experience prioritizing and managing multiple & technically complex assignments concurrently.
• Experience leading and motivating cross-functional teams in a fast-paced and diverse environment.

Skills and Abilities

• Tactical and strategic regulatory leadership and direction.
• Work well with limited supervision while being responsible for project management, compliance assurance, risk mitigation, injury prevention, and environmental management.
• Organized, analytical, detail-oriented, problem-solver, project management skills, and focus on results.

Schedule and Required Availability

Selected candidates must be available to work one of the following shifts:

• 2:30pm-1:00am, Monday through Thursday (off Friday through Sunday)
• 7:00am-5:30pm, Thursday through Sunday (off Monday through Wednesday)

Scheduling flexibility to support business needs, required.

Benefits Highlights

• Healthcare: Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage; virtual health solutions for physical therapy, menopause, and diabetes; company-paid basic life insurance; additional life & AD&D insurances are available; on-site wellness clinic.
• Paid Benefits: Competitive compensation; 401(k) program with company match 75% up to 8% plus 1% employer contribution; company-paid time off (vacation and sick); paid parental leave; adoption assistance; fertility and family building assistance.
• Additional Benefits: Flexible work schedules available based on position (9/80 schedule providing every other Friday off, 5/8s, 4/10s, 3/12s); lifestyle spending account; perks at work; generous employee referral program; tuition reimbursement; voluntary benefits available: longer-term care, legal, identity theft, pet insurance, and many more options.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Travel and Physical Requirements

• Minimal to no travel required.
• The physical demands describe here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.
• The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and vibration.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions in the plant.
• The noise level in the work environment may be loud.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, talk, and communicate, use hands/fingers, feel, and reach with arms.
• This position requires the ability to lift, bend, or stoop as necessary up to 20 lbs.

Company Information

• Sparton is an innovative defense contractor headquartered in DeLeon Springs, Florida, with a rich heritage dating back to 1900. Renowned for our exceptional manufacturing capabilities, we specialize in producing high-quality sonobuoys critical to the United States' undersea warfare arsenal, enhancing national security against current and future adversaries.
• We are problem solvers. Our team of dedicated engineers and skilled professionals tackle some of the most challenging issues in defense technology. Our expertise includes advanced research systems, maritime solutions, sophisticated sensor technologies, and payload delivery capabilities.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Accessibility

• Sparton DeLeon Springs, LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.

Disclaimer

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.