Environmental Health Safety Specialist 3

Job Designation

The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist 3 provides expertise in the development, implementation and management of effective Safety, Health and Environment programs/systems. Routinely analyzes hazardous situations and identifies alternative courses of action.

Job Core Responsibilities

• Assist with the development, documentation, improvement, and audit of site environmental, health and safety systems to ensure conformance and effectiveness.
• Determine plant environmental, safety, and health requirements and analyze compatibility with corporate practices.
• Provides expertise in the development, implementation, and maintenance of Health, Safety and Environmental programs/procedures.
• Performs audits and safety inspections of work environments, processes, and operations in compliance with government regulations and industry standards.
• Ensures all applicable registrations, permits, and licenses are in place and current;
• Lead activities in support of Kaizen, Safety Star Point Teams (Safety Committee), Emergency Response Teams, and other project teams.
• Participates in developing and implementing training programs for employees.
• Gathers data for the purpose of identifying, reducing, or eliminating sources of pollutants and/or hazards that affect the work environment and health of the employees.
• Ensure that best practices, incidents, near misses, etc., are communicated between facilities following established guidelines.
• Affiliate with regulatory-required environmental reporting, including hazardous/residual waste, air emissions, wastewater, and others.
• Working knowledge of industry safety, OSHA, EPA, and other state-specific agency regulations and environmental system standards and their application to an industrial environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate environmental, health, and safety concepts, plans, and technical data.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills to drive tasks to completion.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and database management tools.

Job Specifications

• Education requirement: Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental, Health, and Safety is preferred
• Years of experience: minimum 5+ years of relevant Health, Safety, and Environment regulations/standards experience

Required Skills

• Professionally recognized safety or environmental certification (ASP, GSP, CSP, CIH, CHMM)
• RCKA Hazardous Waste Management training in accordance with 40 CFR 262.34.
• DOT training in accordance with 49 CFR 172.700-704.
• 40 hour initial and 8-hour refresher training in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.120 (HAZWOPER).
• ISO 14001 experience.
• Knowledge of SAP, Benchmark Gensuite, HumanTech and/or other EHS-related software.