Senior EHS Specialist

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Regular Full-Time Lake Orion, MI, US

4 days ago Requisition

The Senior Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist will provide health, safety, and environmental accountability, leadership, and subject matter expertise for American Battery Solutions’ (“ABS”) dynamic and rapidly growing facility. This position will be responsible for creating and continuing a safety culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and ownership. The Senior EHS Specialist will evaluate working conditions, develop and execute site-wide EHS strategies, and lead the EHS initiatives of the site, while ensuring compliance with government and company regulations.

This role serves as the primary EHS contact for the facility, influencing organizational decisions, driving risk reduction initiatives, and partnering with leadership to achieve operational excellence through proactive safety and environmental performance.

• Prepare, review, and oversee facility compliance reporting requirements, including the preparation and submission of Tier II Reports.
• Lead the strategic management, continuous improvement, and audit readiness of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 Environmental Management System. Must be able to develop and review Environmental Operating Procedures.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of policies, procedures, programs, training, and implementation tools to maintain a safe work environment and strong environmental stewardship.
• Provide oversight for the maintenance and accuracy of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) logs, medical records, training records, and all other safety and environmental records.
• Lead and ensure site-wide compliance with corporate EHS requirements while driving continuous improvement initiatives to exceed compliance standards.
• Analyze, benchmark, and drive improvement of organizational and facility-specific EHS Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), providing recommendations and performance updates to leadership.
• Lead and facilitate injury case management, providing strategic oversight to ensure appropriate care, regulatory compliance, and positive outcomes for the facility.
• Lead comprehensive evaluations of operations and equipment to identify hazards, develop risk mitigation strategies, recommend proper controls, and ensure effective implementation of corrective actions.
• Lead and facilitate safety incident/mishap investigations to ensure root causes are identified and corrective actions are implemented, while identifying systemic trends and driving long-term risk reduction initiatives.
• Partner with EHS leadership, safety committees, and external providers to oversee and ensure completion of all required medical monitoring and testing.
• Work in partnership with leadership teams to ensure all safety control measures and regulations are included in capital projects, facility expansions, process changes, and equipment installations.
• Lead and facilitate safety communication actions for plant-wide distribution, ensuring consistent messaging that supports employee engagement and a proactive safety culture.
• Provide strategic direction for accomplishing an injury-free culture and advancing organizational EHS performance objectives.
• Lead and facilitate contractor safety expectations and training, including oversight of contractor compliance and risk management activities.
• Lead the Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) evaluations, hazard assessments, new equipment safety assessments, and review work instructions to establish effective…