Specialist, Environmental Health and Safety

Job Summary

Cabinetworks Group has an opening for an Environmental/Health & Safety Specialist in the Middlefield, Ohio location.

Principal Functional Responsibilities

• Develop and upkeep a documented safety process to include safety committees, training programs, and personal protective equipment selections.
• Maintain an emergency evacuation plan and response station within a vertically integrated manufacturing facility.
• Implement and govern all agency mandated training, report generation, data collection, and required testing procedures to meet requisite schedules ensuring compliance.
• Cookordination with all employees communications related to preventative safety, health, and environmental issues.
• Ensure compliance for all activities including permit mandates related to environmental and maintenance of ISO certifications.
• Cookordinate all activities to establish best practices in work place safety.
• Provide training necessary to demonstrate compliance needs as well as safe operations of the facility.
• Cookordinate investigations for work place accidents, injuries, and managing the documentation filing process for workers compensation as established by state regulations.
• Negotiate employee’s satisfactory return to normal work.
• Document the employee’s ability to perform work, and monitor progress if unable to work.
• Design and implement an ergonomically efficient work place in a cost effective manner.
• Communicate and interact with members of both the production and leadership team to understand the importance of equipment, process, and work-flow design to ensure employee safety and efficient production.
• Prioritize and implement corrective and preventative measures.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor degree in a technical, scientific, or related field.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) certification.
• 3-5 years of related experience with increased responsibility in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles.
• Experience with principles of ISO quality standards.
• Proven experience with continuous improvements and start-up operations.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Experience working in a manufacturing setting.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organizational skills, including ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.