Advanced Specialist, Environmental Health & Safety
Job in
Hopewell, Virginia, 23860, USA
Listed on 2026-10-05
Listing for:
Celanese
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-05
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Emergency Crisis Mgmt / Disaster Relief, Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Independently manage assigned site safety and occupational health programs and ensure compliance with regulatory, corporate, and site requirements.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for critical safety programs, which may include Lockout/Tagout, Confined Space Entry, Work Permitting, Respiratory Protection, PPE, Fall Protection, Electrical Safety, Industrial Hygiene, and other life-critical safety systems.
- Develop, implement, review, and continuously improve site safety standards, procedures, safe work practices, and supporting documentation.
- Evaluate regulatory and company-standard changes and lead implementation of necessary site improvements.
- Provide technical guidance to site leadership, supervisors, employees, contractors, engineering, and maintenance personnel.
- Serve as the site lead for the Emergency Response Team (ERT) program and provide overall leadership, coordination, and program management for site emergency preparedness and response.
- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the site's emergency response organization, capabilities, and readiness.
- Maintain and periodically update the Facility Emergency Preparedness Plan (FEPP) and associated emergency response procedures.
- Establish ERT staffing, qualification, training, drill, and competency requirements and ensure the team maintains appropriate readiness to respond to credible site emergencies.
- Coordinate and oversee ERT training, drills, exercises, and response evaluations, including development and tracking of corrective actions and lessons learned.
- Provide leadership and direction to ERT members and team leaders and ensure clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations are established.
- Coordinate emergency preparedness activities with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Occupational Health, Security, Site Leadership, and other applicable functions.
- Serve as the primary site liaison with local fire departments, EMS, emergency management agencies, hospitals, and other external emergency-response organizations.
- Coordinate periodic joint exercises and planning activities with external response agencies when appropriate.
- Evaluate site emergency-response risks, equipment, resources, and capabilities and recommend improvements necessary to maintain effective response readiness.
- Manage inspection, testing, maintenance, and readiness requirements for emergency-response equipment and associated resources.
- Develop and manage the ERT/emergency preparedness budget and identify resource and capital needs.
- Participate in emergency incidents as a member of the site's emergency management structure and provide safety and technical support to incident leadership.
- Lead post-drill and post-incident reviews to identify lessons learned and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
- Monitor applicable emergency preparedness and response requirements and ensure site programs remain aligned with regulatory, company, and site expectations.
- Lead and participate in workplace hazard assessments, field safety evaluations, audits, inspections, and risk assessments.
- Identify systemic safety risks and recommend practical engineering, administrative, and procedural controls.
- Participate in Process Safety Reviews, PSSRs, Management of Change activities, project reviews, and other risk-management processes as applicable.
- Evaluate work practices and operating conditions to identify opportunities for risk reduction and improved safety performance.
- Support development and tracking of corrective actions and verify effective completion.
- Lead or participate in investigations of injuries, near misses, safety events, and significant potential incidents.
- Apply structured root-cause analysis techniques to identify immediate, contributing, and systemic causes.
- Develop and track corrective and preventive actions resulting from investigations.
- Analyze safety data and trends to identify emerging risks and recommend targeted improvement initiatives.
- Communicate significant findings, trends, and recommendations to site leadership.
- Interpret applicable OSHA regulations, consensus standards, corporate EHS requirements, and site procedures.
- Conduct and support regulatory and internal compliance audits.
- Assist with regulatory inspections and development of responses and corrective actions.
- Maintain documentation necessary to…
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