Environmental Health & Safety Specialist II

Description

The Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Specialist II is an experienced professional-level role responsible for independently owning and administering assigned EH&S programs to ensure regulatory compliance, operational risk reduction, and continual improvement. This position applies working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, RCRA, state/local environmental requirements, and ISO 14001-aligned management systems to interpret requirements, conduct field evaluations, lead corrective actions, and support effective implementation across operations.

The EH&S Specialist II works with limited supervision, exercises independent judgment within established company policies, and serves as a technical resource for supervisors, employees, contractors, and cross-functional project teams.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Independently own, maintain, and improve assigned EH&S programs such as Hazard Communication, Lockout/Tagout, PPE, ergonomics, respiratory protection support, contractor safety, emergency preparedness, hazardous waste, universal waste, used oil, chemical management, stormwater, wastewater, or other assigned compliance areas.
• Plan, lead, document, and close EH&S inspections, audits, risk assessments, and workplace evaluations; identify regulatory, procedural, and risk-control gaps and determine practical corrective actions.
• Perform routine interpretation of OSHA, EPA, DOT, RCRA, state/local requirements, company procedures, permit conditions, and ISO 14001/QEMS expectations within assigned program areas.
• Lead incident, near-miss, hazard, spill, and nonconformance investigations; gather facts, identify root and contributing causes, assign corrective/preventive actions, and verify completion and effectiveness.
• Administer hazardous waste and chemical-management activities, including waste determinations, container/labeling/closure requirements, accumulation-area inspections, waste profiles, vendor coordination, and shipment documentation support.
• Maintain SDS and chemical inventory systems; evaluate GHS labels, storage compatibility, chemical approval information, and employee communication requirements.
• Support environmental compliance activities including air, stormwater, wastewater, waste, spill prevention, and chemical reporting obligations; review monitoring data, inspection findings, and records for completeness and compliance.
• Develop, update, and implement EH&S procedures, work instructions, forms, checklists, visual controls, and training materials within assigned scope.
• Design and deliver EH&S training and onboarding content for employees, supervisors, contractors, and temporary personnel; evaluate training effectiveness through field verification and feedback.
• Coordinate and conduct basic industrial hygiene screening such as noise, dust, VOC, ventilation, or ergonomic observations; recognize when advanced assessment or consultant support is needed.
• Support QEMS and ISO 14001 processes by maintaining controlled records, participating in internal audits, supporting corrective actions, and contributing to management-system improvement projects.
• Prepare, review, and validate EH&S metrics, compliance calendar items, inspection records, incident data, training records, and regulatory submissions within assigned scope.
• Partner with operations, engineering, maintenance, quality, facilities, supply chain, and People Operations to integrate EH&S controls into daily work, projects, process changes, and contractor activities.
• Participate in emergency response planning, drills, and event evaluations; support spill response, evacuation readiness, emergency equipment checks, and corrective action follow-up.
• Provide coaching to employees and supervisors on EH&S expectations and escalate significant risks, recurring issues, or resource needs to EH&S leadership
• Report immediately all suspicious and hazardous conditions to a supervisor.
• Understand and observe all safety guidelines and assure quality and safety guidelines by complying with all appropriate Click Bond policies and procedures.
• Assist in maintaining clean, orderly and hazard-free work areas.
• Able to work with minimal supervision, be a…