EHS Specialist

EHS Specialist

Identify, evaluate, and analyze work environments to create and manage programs and procedures that eliminate or control workplace hazards while helping to build a proactive safety culture. Will conduct and drive safety training, audits, policies, procedures, and safety culture initiatives for front-line leadership and line staff.

Team member must be able to work in a team oriented and safety conscious environment. Responsible for driving safety at the site level for all locations in their regional node.

Identify hazardous conditions and practices. Identify potential hazards in existing equipment, machinery, facilities, or processes while partnering with key stakeholders to drive risk reduction and finding closures

Develops and help enforce a plan to eliminate hazards, conducting training sessions for management, supervisors, and workers on health and safety practices and regulations, as necessary

Inspect and test machinery and equipment, such as lifting devices, machine shields, or scaffolding, to ensure they meet appropriate safety regulations

Monitors personal protective equipment use in workplaces to ensure compliance with regulations and expectations

Communicate with workers and front-line supervision to drive a proactive safety culture through positive behavior recognition, while using key safety tools to improve site safety awareness, culture, and communications

If a safety incident occurs, investigate possible root cause make corrective action recommendations

Analyzes data and prepares reports for Health and Safety Metrics to include:
Site Scorecard, Trend Analysis, Observations & Behaviors, uses the data to provide Leading & Lagging Indicators Reports

Develops occupational health and safety systems; including policies, procedures, and manuals

Document safety inspections, citing dangerous areas/procedures and recommending corrective procedures. Makes recommendations on appropriate PPE and safety equipment inventory at sites

Perform safety audits, visits, projects, and deliverables. Recognize and reinforce positive behaviors

Order suspension of activities that pose threats to workers health and safety

Must maintain a consistent and good attendance record in accordance with Company policy

Must maintain positive customer and employee relations

Supports and manages the Case Management of occupational injuries. Report to management on the status of occupational health and safety programs

Regular travel is required and will be based primarily throughout the regional node and business needs. Average time spent traveling will likely exceed 50% and be based on business needs

Manages safety training and education programs; demonstrate the use of safety equipment

Facilitates new employee health and safety orientations and manages/develops the material for these training classes

Has the ability to fill in for the Safety Manager and/or Director in times of need;
Consultation with customer, physicians, work comp personnel & legal may be required

Prepare and calibrate scientific equipment in order to measure and control hazardous substances, or conditions such as noise or radiation levels

Perform assigned tasks in a safe, effective, and efficient manner

Possess a college degree in Environmental, Health, and Safety Management or similar field and OSHA 30-hour Contractor Safety Course completion and/or OSHA 30-hour General Industry Safety Course

Possess a minimum of three years' experience in the industrial maintenance, distribution, manufacturing, or construction fields;
Demonstrates proficiency in creating / working with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for long periods of time, climb flights of stairs and work from elevated areas. Job requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination sufficient to operate hand tools. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision,…