Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter. Whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. Discover the many reasons the world’s most talented people are choosing to work  Join Us | DuPont Careers Introduction The  DuPont Michigan Operations (MIOPS) site has an opportunity for a self-motivated individual as an Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist to join our dedicated team in Midland, MI.  

Together with our many partners, we’re helping to invent a better now. We offer a competitive benefits package that is effective on the first day of employment. This includes medical, dental, vision, 401k, vacation, holiday and a bonus plan.

Role and Responsibilities This EHS Specialist role is responsible for maintaining the environmental license to operate for the site including but not limited to air, waste, water, and reporting requirements. The position requires coordinating, implementing, and executing tasks to support and maintain regulatory environmental compliance requirements using of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) management systems, work processes, standards and procedures to meet business and site objectives.

The EHS Specialist will work closely with facility personnel and members of the site EHS Team to ensure excellent EHS performance and full compliance with regulations and requirements.

Key Responsibilities Leads implementation of EHS management systems and programs, create operating discipline, and complete tasks to achieve and maintain compliance with regulatory and company requirements, particularly in the space of Environmental (Air, Water, Waste, Reporting).Manages environmental regulatory air permits including submittal of permit applications for new and modified equipment, requests for permit changes, and permit renewal applications for submittal to state regulatory agency.

Prepare environmental regulatory compliance documents for submittal to Federal and State regulatory agencies, including environmental reports.

Performs/coordinates certain Environmental data collection, analyzing and reporting for chemical manufacturing plants.

Understand existing environmental regulations and continually review new and proposed regulations as they relate to industrial chemical manufacturing processes at the site.

Local subject matter expert of all environmental regulatory, permit, and company requirements for areas of responsibility while providing technical leadership on complex regulatory issues.

Represent the site and maintain effective relationships with regulatory agencies and Industrial Park partners on a variety of environmental regulatory compliance topics. Collaborate with chemical process manufacturing staff to create and complete regulatory documentation (i.e. air deviation and emissions reports, etc) for submittal to regulatory agencies.

Provide operational guidance, coaching, and serve as a resource to EH&S Staff and manufacturing team members while championing best practices solutions.

Lead project teams to provide timely, exceptional quality project deliverables related to environmental permitting and compliance.

Complete self-assessment audits and implement corrective actions from audits, assessments and incident investigations.

Preferred Qualifications Understanding of Federal and Michigan environmental regulations affecting complex industrial chemical manufacturing facilities.  Extensive skill set and demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas:
Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA),…