Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Overview

WIN Waste Innovations is seeking an EHS Specialist responsible for routine operations support, assistance, and coordination. The Specialist performs routine inspections, responds to EHS events, and helps assigned sites with administrative environmental and safety systems, reports, and submissions.

• Training and Meetings
  • Implement safety and environmental training programs for facilities. Arrange, coordinate and perform training, including new employee (on-boarding) orientation and ongoing training programs. Aid the Environmental and Safety Managers with evaluation of training methods and presentations used by facilities.
  • Establish, assist, and participate in EHS meetings, incident review calls, operations calls, site Safety Committee and other meetings as assigned.
  • Complete on-boarding training programs within the prescribed time frame, and request support from corporate EHS staff when necessary.
  • Assist the site team with completing observations and help the local management team assess performance.
  • Aid site, safety, and environmental leadership in coaching employees based on performance and needs.
  • Attend and participate in facility meetings to evaluate the team's commitment, function, and effectiveness. Provide input on environmental compliance and safety matters, continuous improvement projects, share best practices; stay informed on current facility issues.
  • Periodically meet with Plant Manager/General Manager and/or Operations Manager to discuss open environmental compliance and safety issues, requests for information, regulatory interpretations, change management, etc.
  • Participate in school programs, tours, and other public presentations as appropriate.
  • Support and travel to 5-7 locations within the local geographic footprint.
• Inspection, Monitoring, and Reporting
  • Develop, implement, and maintain monitoring programs for solid waste generation and water discharges to meet federal and state regulations, laws and corporate environmental, health and safety policies.
  • Enforce company policies and procedures to ensure an environmentally compliant, safe workplace for all employees, contractors, and visitors.
  • Establish and maintain a routine site visit calendar and communicate to facility operations teams to maximize effectiveness of site visits.
  • Monitor and complete EHS inspections for each assigned facility for compliance with permits. Prepare and submit reports to Operations and EHS with findings and recommended actions.
  • Provide on-site stack test observation and stack test support.
  • Assist with Air program compliance reporting.
• Incident Response
  • Act as, respond to, or assist as an Emergency Coordinator for the facility in the event of a significant environmental or safety event.
  • Serve as the main point of contact for communication, documentation and reporting to environmental and safety regulatory agencies as assigned.
  • Assist the Safety, Environmental, and Operations team with initial reporting for each environmental compliance or safety incident. Aid the Operations, Safety, and Environmental team with root cause analysis, gathering evidence, aid with any required reporting, interviewing employees, and ensuring all actions occur within the required time frame.
• Administrative and Site Support
  • Provide operations team support with maintaining compliance with FMCSA regulated Driver and Vehicle files.
  • Assist Operations with planning, execution, and evaluation of emergency drills.
  • Maintain accurate filing system for environmental compliance and safety records.
  • Be the primary point of contact and provide administration for safety and environmental computer systems such as Lytx, Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEM), SharePoint, PI, Velocity and Tag Link.
  • Support other projects as directed such as PMO (Project Management Office), VPP Preparation (OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program), Clean Sweeps, etc. Evaluate employee performance and provide feedback to plant management.
  • Perform outage scaffold inspections as needed.

• Bachelor of Arts/Science in Safety, Engineering, Environmental or equivalent experience in a technical position
• Math skills sufficient to complete required job functions
• Working knowledge of computers and ability to learn new EHS software systems
• Initiative to work independently
• Ability to travel between WIN facilities
• Interface with front line employees and site management
• Communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing; clear communication whether using intercom system, two-way radio or face to face
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Noise in work environment
• Maintain positive work environment by acting and communicating in a manner that fosters good relations with customers, clients, vendors, co-workers and management.

• Stand
• Sit for prolonged periods
• Walk
• Handle tools, equipment, fine motor skills
• Reach with hands and…