Environment, Health, and Safety Specialist

Job Description

Reporting directly to the Site EHS Manager, you’ll be the go-to technical expert driving our environmental, health, and safety programs forward. The EHS Specialist collaborates with all local management leadership and associates to enhance, develop and sponsor programs intended to implement and promote the continuing EHS performance of the Sandy location with a focus on health and safety compliance.

• Be the Safety Expert: Manage and continuously improve critical programs including machine safety, LOTO (hazardous energy control), chemical safety, industrial hygiene, laboratory chemical hygiene, fire safety, HAZCOM, PPE, NFPA 70E, emergency evacuation, and confined space protocols. You’ll coordinate with external contractors and consultants to deliver top-tier training.
• Lead from the Front: Drive EHS engagement directly on the production floor by attending Tier and shift start‑up meetings, addressing associate safety concerns in real‑time, mentoring safety team representatives, reviewing Environmental and Safety Observation (ESO) submissions, and championing our behavioral‑based safety program.
• Collaborate & Innovate: Partner with the EHS Manager and Sub‑Component Teams to proactively identify risks, investigate incidents, conduct root cause analyses, and develop preventative actions.
• Investigate & Prevent: Lead accident, incident, and near‑miss investigations to uncover root causes and implement preventative and corrective actions. Track action items through completion and work closely with our Occupational Health Nurse to maintain OSHA 300 Logs, manage corporate incident reporting, and continuously improve our Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP).
• Master the Metrics: Own monthly reporting into BD database systems, tracking everything from incident data and hours worked to site headcount, ESO data, leadership metrics, and notices of violation.
• Champion Ergonomics: Help manage our site Ergonomics Program by serving as the liaison for associates requesting evaluations, conducting assessments with the EHS team and Occupational Health Nurse.
• Develop & Deliver Training: Assist in managing our EHS Training Program by delivering safety curriculum, ensuring training accuracy and assignments are up‑to‑date, generating reports, and coordinating scheduling across departments.
• Keep Programs Current: Review and update written EHS programs, SOPs, and Work Instructions to ensure they align with current regulations and BD Corporate EHS standards.
• Conduct Inspections & Audits: Perform regulatory evaluations and inspections, write detailed reports, and communicate findings to site management to maintain our compliance excellence.
• Manage Compliance Calendar: Execute verification checks on EHS compliance tasks per the site calendar, including coordinating pressure vessel inspections, eye wash stations, evacuation drills, and other critical safety activities.
• Assess & Mitigate Risks: Conduct risk assessments and process evaluations to identify needs for engineering or administrative controls, supporting management of change processes and coordinating implementation of safety and environmental controls.
• Maintain Regulatory Excellence: Ensure full compliance with all local, state, federal, and BD environmental, health, safety, and quality regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Stay Current: Keep yourself informed on compliance requirements in your area, participate in regulatory training, and proactively bring compliance questions or issues to management’s attention.
• Build Safety Culture: Implement safety awareness programs, participate in departmental safety inspections, and help identify and correct hazards before they become incidents.

• Associates Degree in Occupational Safety & Health or a related field with 2+ years experience in EHS; or
• High School Diploma or GED with 5+ years experience in EHS

• Bachelor’s in Occupational Safety & Health or a related field
• Experience working in a highly automated & large (+400 person) manufacturing environment in the United States.
• Professional certification (i.e. ASP, OHST, GSP, TSP, etc.).