EHS Specialist

Essential Functions

- Job Duties:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, knowledge, physical demands, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Proactively designs, develops, and implements strategies, policies, programs, processes, systems and governance that ensure EH&S compliance, enhance EH&S performance.

Responsible for the continuous development of environment, health, and safety policies and procedures as well as effective implementation.

Maintain safety standards and initiatives that improve performance, reduce risk, mitigate incident frequency and severity, and meet regulatory/compliance requirements.

Assess and drive implementation of optimal health & safety organizational structure, tools, training, programs, governance, and accountability models.

Ensure appropriate health & safety related internal controls, oversight, governance, and measurement systems are in place to meet compliance requirements.

Engage with leadership and stakeholders across operations to drive program effectiveness.

Administers the company's worker's compensation program.

Coordinate effectively with Human Resources on leave administration and the corrective action process relative to work‑related illnesses and injuries.

Investigate all accidents, identification of root causes and develop effective programs to prevent recurrence.

Conduct (or coordinate) on‑site safety reviews and audits to ensure compliance with safe working operations as specified and required by State and Federal OSHA standards, company policy and procedure.

Responsible for a thorough analysis of accident trends and for the development and implementation of strategies to effectively resolve actual or perceived safety issues.

Monitor and ensure compliance with regularly scheduled safety meetings, facility inspections, and emergency drills at all locations.

Provides regular written and/or oral reports to leadership on the safety program's successes and challenges.

Ensures compliance with all environmental, health, and safety standards enforced by local, state, and federal agencies.

Manages the application, renewal and reporting process for environmental permitting within business units.

Leads the development and deployment of an environmental program, including policies, audit program and risk mitigation.

Conducts and/or coordinates internal/external safety and environmental audits to monitor facility compliance.

This position will require the supervision of three (3) safety professionals.