Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Title: Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Location: Cuba, MO

Position Type: Full time

Requisition : R0013909

Sonaca North America is driven by a passion for innovation and a commitment to excellence. As a leading provider of aerospace and defense solutions, we are dedicated to making air and space travel safe and sustainable. We have 11 locations across North America and our engineering expertise and operational excellence set us apart from the competition.

Since the beginning in 1948, we have a proven track record of delivering high-quality products and services that are reliable, safe, and efficient. Our team of experts is dedicated to staying ahead of the curve in the aerospace and defense industry, utilizing the latest technologies and processes to ensure that we deliver the best possible solutions to our customers.

Join our team as an Environment, Health, and Safety Specialist! You'll take charge of coordinating and ensuring compliance with EHS policies and procedures. From conducting training to leading improvement initiatives, your passion for environmental health and safety will make a significant impact. If you have a strong EHS background and are committed to helping a facility operate at a high level in the aerospace field, come join us.

• Create and maintain work instructions, forms, and site specific programs and procedures.
• Coordinate and administer all employee EHS training, as required.
• Make recommendations for compliance with federal and state EHS regulations.
• Devise and implement EHS processes to prevent, correct or control environmental conditions.
• Complete all required weekly, monthly, and annual facility inspections as required, including, but not limited to, fire extinguisher, eye wash, emergency light inspections, and AED.
• Conduct regular EHS inspections plant-wide on all shifts and administer appropriate corrective actions for violations of EHS procedures and regulations and permits.
• Lead and facilitate all monthly on-site Safety Committee meetings.
• Maintain EHS postings; including EHS metrics, safety committee meeting minutes, annual OSHA requirements, hazard communication, etc.
• Maintain site EHS SharePoint page.
• Attend all corporate monthly and/or weekly EHS meetings.
• Conduct EHS audits on a routine monthly basis to ensure compliance to company and regulatory requirements and return results to corporate in a timely manner.
• Oversee the reporting, investigation, and documentation of all accidents and near miss incidents, following up with supervisors and employees on those incidents and determining and managing corrective actions.
• Lead and encourage all employees to follow EHS expectations and behavior, communicate employer EHS policies and goals to employees, respond to and/or review employee EHS concerns.
• Organize and maintain occupational exposure and industrial hygiene programs on an annual basis, making sure that compliance is being met at all times.
• Oversee SDS maintenance requirements and assist with chemical information requests.

• Participate in company-wide EHS events and awareness programs.
• Work alongside facility supervisors and leads, Quality Manager, and HR to ensure that all on-site facility job specific training is being conducted, documented, and tracked.
• Assist HR in Workers' Compensation actions including treatment, investigation, documentation, and drug/alcohol testing.
• Research and write permit applications / renewals to be compliant with permit reporting requirements.
• Prepare and maintain emissions inventory for each emission point in the facility on a monthly basis, if applicable.
• Review monthly/quarterly wastewater reports, if applicable.
• Manage hazardous waste within the facility: facilitates hazardous waste pickups, maintains hazardous waste shipping records to prepare and submit quarterly and biennial hazardous waste generator reports.
• Conduct storm water sampling and report to appropriate environmental agency.
• Escort representatives of all agencies conducting safety, health, environmental, fire, and physical security audits of the facility.
• Examine plans and specifications for new processes,…