Safety Specialist

About the role

The Plant H&S (Health and Safety) Specialist is a key position at Johns Manville, a global leader in insulation and roofing solutions. This role is based in Penbryn/Berlin, NJ, where the candidate will play a crucial part in driving continuous improvement in safety and health performance.

Responsibilities

• Supports and promotes safe practices in alignment with company commitments, policies, and compliance requirements.
• Acts as an OSHA regulatory compliance resource.
• Led or participates in incident investigations and root cause analysis.
• Establishes and drives continuous improvement in safety monitoring and recordkeeping systems.
• Develops action plans for safety activities and coordinates the Safety Committee team.
• Facilitates safety and health training for all plant personnel.
• Ensures compliance with all safety and health policies, procedures, and programs.
• Supports plant initiatives towards Lean, Kaizen, Cost Reduction, 5S, and other facility improvements.
• Assists in workers compensation cases.
• Serves as training coordinator for all H&S-related trainings.

Requirements

• One of the following: Associates degree (Safety and Health or Environmental preferred), Professional certificate in Occupational Health & Safety, Recognized professional certification in Occupational Health & Safety, or Industrial Hygiene.
• Prior Safety Specific Training (OSHA 30 Hour, Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health, etc.)
• Two years’ experience in a safety role in an industrial or manufacturing setting or four years of relevant industrial or manufacturing experience in a JM facility.
• Comfortable working in a plant environment.
• Working knowledge of federal safety and health laws (e.g. OSHA, EPA, etc.).
• Ability to work with respective outside agencies and contracted employees.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Ability to use a variety of software applications to analyze, monitor data, create reports, and presentations.
• Ability to climb stairs, ladders, extensive walking, confined spaces, wear a respirator (if applicable) and handle exposures to hot/cold environments.
• Excellent communication, training and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated Root-Cause analysis skills (RCCA, 5-Why).
• Leadership skills to direct personnel, implement initiatives, supervising teams, and performing follow-up activities.
• Analytical ability to assess complex situations and apply problem-solving strategies.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to be on call, as needed 24/7.
• Ability to travel up to 5%.

Qualifications

• Professional Certifications in Safety, Environmental or Occupational Health (e.g. ASP, CSP, CIH, OHST, SMS, CEM, CHMM, etc.)

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plans, dental plan, vision plan, wellness program, and critical illness insurance.
• 401(k) plan with a sizeable company match.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.
• Basic life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.
• Vast educational opportunities and a company-wide mentoring program.
• Soft and hard skills training facilitated by internal and external presenters.

Pay

$71,300.00 - $98,000.00 Annual

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week.