Health and Safety Rep

About the role

Clean Harbors in Linden, NJ is seeking a Health and Safety Representative to join their safety-conscious team. This position involves providing health, safety, and environmental advice, promoting a positive safety culture, and driving corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Coach supervisory teams to enhance safety responsibilities, performance, and leadership.
• Support management and employees with compliance demands of the corporate health and safety program, client's safety program, and occupational health and safety regulations.
• Audit training records to ensure minimum training requirements are met.
• Facilitate in-house training programs covering topics like new hire orientation, WHMIS, TDG, CSTS, air-purifying respirator fit testing, etc.
• Maintain safety program administrative records suitable for audit purposes.
• Provide periodic safety performance reports to health and safety management.

Qualifications

• Willing to work in the field 90% of the time.
• High School + specialized training or 1 year college.
• Experience in Health and Safety environment for 5 to 7 years.
• Confined Space Training/ Experience.
• Valid Drivers License; TWIC card preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and oral/written communication and presentation skills.
• Understanding of employee/employer personal information privacy obligations.
• Excellent listening skills; Customer focus; Ability to manage multiple tasks; Strong time management and work prioritization skills; Detail oriented; Ability to work under time pressure while ensuring worker safety is always given first priority; Ability to work and make decisions independently or in groups; Strong change management skills; Ability to work with little or no direct supervision and as a member of a team; Attention to detail; Investigative process skills; Basic safety training skills; Occupational Safety and Health standards knowledge; Excellent Health and Safety Leadership and Motivational skills; Basic math skills; Basic mechanical ability and knowledge of associated safety equipment; Broad managerial skill set; Ability to provide effective recommendations based on legislation, education, training, and industry best practices; Ability to make safety conscious decisions when asked for safety information.
• Excellent knowledge of Federal and State/provincial safety and health regulations; Specialized training COSS (Certified Occupational Safety Specialist) - USA operations NCSO (National Construction Safety Officer).
• PC Skills: MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills; Technical and safety-related skills are critical.
• Knowledge of respective Federal (i.e., OSHA), Provincial and/ or State Occupational Safety and Health Regulations.
• Ability to work day shifts or night shifts.

Benefits

Competitive wages, comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full-time employment, group 401K with company matching component, own part of Clean Harbors with our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, generous paid time off, company-paid training and tuition reimbursement, positive and safe work environments, opportunities for growth and development for all stages of your career.

Pay

The posted salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for this role. Final compensation may vary based on factors such as location, experience, skills, and business needs.

Schedule

Day shifts or night shifts available.