Environmental, Health, and Safety Specialist

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain compliance with OSHA, EPA, DEP, DOT, RCRA and applicable environmental regulations.
• Aid with regulatory inspections and third-party audits.
• Prepare and submit regulatory reports including OSHA, EPA, DEP, TRI, TURA, hazardous waste, and other environmental compliance reports and permits, as applicable.
• Cook up ISO 14001 Environmental Management System activities.
• Maintain environmental objectives, KPIs and action plans.
• Support sustainability initiatives including waste reduction, recycling, VOC reduction and greenhouse gas reduction projects.
• Monitor environmental performance indicators.
• Coordinate hazardous waste management, inspections, manifests and vendor activities.
• Manage recycling and universal waste programs.
• Develop, deliver and update EHS training, including applicable procedures and work instructions.
• Conduct risk assessments and Job Hazard Analyses.
• Manage PPE assessments and coordinate industrial hygiene monitoring.
• Perform ergonomic evaluations and lead routine workplace inspections.
• Support contractor safety.
• Lead incident investigations involving injuries, near misses, environmental events, and property damage.
• Perform root cause analysis and track corrective actions to completion.
• Maintain OSHA injury logs and workers' compensation documentation.
• Analyze injury trends.
• Maintain and update controlled documents, training records, procedures and work instructions.
• Manage chemical approval processes, SDS reviews, and chemical inventory.
• Review new equipment, processes, and facility modifications to ensure EHS compliance and risk mitigation.
• Cook up emergency response drills.
• Maintain emergency equipment inspections.
• Cook up occupational health programs, including First Aid/CPR, AED, and medical emergency preparedness.
• Serve as a member of the Emergency Response Team and coordinate emergency preparedness activities.
• Develop, analyze, and communicate EHS performance metrics and key performance indicators to leadership.
• Participate in Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives to improve environmental performance and workplace safety.

Management Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and EHS leadership across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Facilities, and other functional departments.
• May lead cross-functional teams in support of EHS initiatives and regulatory compliance projects.

Physical Attributes

• Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
• Sit for extended periods of time.
• Utilize dexterity abilities to perform typing, operate a computer and other office equipment, to perform filing, and related job responsibilities and attention to detail competence.
• Spend significant time reading both on paper and on a computer.
• Frequent exposure to manufacturing operations involving machinery, chemicals, compressed gases, and moving equipment.

Work Environment

• General office and manufacturing environments.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.