Environmental Health and Safety Technician

EHS Technician

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities?

Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world.

EHS Technicians perform technical duties related to Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS). The EHS Tech will assist the EHS Leader in implementing loss control and accident prevention activities to help ensure compliance with company, local, state, and federal regulations. This position will also be responsible for developing and implementing safety programs, strategies, policies, training, and procedures. This position will establish and promote maintenance of a safe, accident-free, and healthy workplace environment at the office level and production level by performing the following:

• Perform initial management of change (MOC) evaluations and work with project managers to ensure tasks are prioritized and completed on time.
• Assist in development of Job Safety Analysis' (JSAs).
• Institute team-based care initiatives through engagement of front-line leadership and department employees.
• Develop critical inventories of RRI, lifting procedures, and department risk assessments.
• Facilitate cross functional ergonomic assessments and identification of workstation improvements.
• Assist team with driving EHS excellence as a core value and promotes an enthusiastic safety culture at all levels.
• Coordinates EHS improvement projects to ensure business continuity.
• Perform EHS preventative maintenance and inspection audits in accordance with the business and regulatory requirements.
• Provide EHS recommendations to drive metric improvements and reduce hazards and risk for facility-wide initiatives.
• Execute daily plant walks using existing and new skills, knowledge, and abilities to provide basic EHS compliance guidance, hazard recognition, and identify opportunities for improvement to site employees.
• Design and implement workplace processes and procedures using EHS standard work from our Business Operating System (BOS) and other appropriate resources.
• Conduct routine environmental and safety inspections and maintain oversight of hazardous and special waste staging areas and take corrective actions when necessary to maintain regulatory compliance and best practices.
• Develop and deliver effective EHS related training to small groups for compliance, employee development and awareness.
• Assists with project management and oversees contractors/staffing for site projects.
• Complete required documentation relating to business or regulatory requirements.
• Support and collaborate with all other support departments as assigned.
• Lead and participate in on-site safety teams and/or committees.
• Assist with development and training of the EHS Management System (Gensuite), and Ergonomics and Behavior Based Safety (BBS) programs. Collect, input, and analyze EHS data to determine actions that help ensure compliance and continuous improvement.
• Lead and maintain Management for Daily Improvement (MDI) meetings and board requirements.
• Assist supervisors with conducting cross functional incident and near miss investigations to establish a root cause and determine temporary and permanent containment solutions using the Hierarchy of Controls. Follow up on those corrective and preventative actions to drive on time closure of incident investigations, concerns, and findings.
• Monitor compliance and assist EHS Leader with Emergency Action Planning including evacuation, shelter, and active shooter drills.

Degree/Certification/License:

High School Diploma/GED Required

Associates Degree in a Science or Technical field of study or specialized EHS Certificates preferred

Wastewater operator license preferred

Qualification Requirements:

Must be willing to…