Environmental Health & Safety Specialist II - Jackson

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Full Time Safety Jackson, MS, US

3 days ago Requisition

The Safety Specialist II plays a key role in supporting, implementing, and sustaining environmental, health, and safety (EHS) policies and programs to ensure a safe, healthy, and environmentally compliant workplace within the Rigging & Crating field. This position serves as a trusted safety resource across multiple sites, actively partnering with leadership, field personnel, and external regulatory agencies to foster a strong, proactive safety culture.

The Safety Specialist II is responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating workplace hazards through routine audits, inspections, job hazard analyses, and incident investigations. This role provides both technical and administrative support for EHS programs, ensuring compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, customer requirements, and internal safety standards. Through training delivery, coaching, and hands‑on field engagement, the Safety Specialist II drives continuous improvement in safety performance, reduces workplace incidents and losses, and supports operational teams in integrating safety into daily work practices.

While this position does not have direct supervisory authority, it functions as a coach, mentor, and subject matter expert, supporting site leadership and project safety personnel. The Safety Specialist II also plays an active role in incident management, regulatory reporting, and collaboration with occupational health providers and insurance partners to support injury prevention and effective case management.

• Proactively executes and maintains all MEI EHS policies, guidelines, procedures, and programs related to and in support of our safety culture, regulatory changes and new business growth.
• Support MEI sites with all customer, and OSHA required training (Site Specific, Protocol, OSHA, Forklift, Etc.).
• Provide program technical and administrative support in areas such as design‑in‑safety, risk assessment, job safety analysis, investigation and resolution, development, and programming of EHS systems, and integrating EHS practices into operations processes.
• Work collectively with Incident Review Board (IRB) and Site management to manage all incidents and accident cases through investigations and root cause analysis, including working directly with Occupational Health clinics and Insurance carriers.
• Conduct routine site audits of all Equipment, Materials, Work practices, and Procedures.
• As needed develop and prepare safety work instructions, procedures, and job hazard analyses (JHA's).
• Conduct daily audits and approval of Pre‑task plans and job hazard analyses (JHA's).
• Conduct routine inspections and evaluate the environment, equipment, and processes in working areas to ensure compliance with government safety regulations and industry standards.
• Prepare and maintain all administrative record keeping and other administrative tasks as needed, such as EHS meetings, Reports, OSHA logs, Incident Review Board (IRB) reports and Audits.
• Address and document all Safety violations by MEI personnel immediately.
• Provide ongoing safety and health related training and required certifications for existing employees and new hires.
• Reduce or eliminate occupational injuries, illnesses, deaths, and financial losses.
• Identify and assess conditions which could produce accidents and financial losses and evaluating the potential extent of resulting injuries.
• Educate team members on accident‑prevention and loss‑control systems and programs for incorporation into operational policies of the organization.
• Develop and maintain relationships with outside firms and organizations such as vendors, OSHA, fire/police departments, etc.
• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.
• Observe, coach, and help train project safety managers as…