Plant EHS Specialist

• · Supports and promotes safe practices in alignment with company commitments, policies, and compliance requirements.
• · Acts as an OSHA and EPA regulatory compliance resource.
• · Leads or participates in incident investigations (injury, property damage, near-hit, environmental deviations, etc.) and root cause analysis, and works with the plant operations team to determine appropriate corrective/preventative action.
• · Perform risk and hazard assessments/inspections to determine employee risk/exposure and suggest/drive actions to mitigate/reduce them.
• · Establish and drive continuous improvement in the facility's safety monitoring and recordkeeping systems to ensure compliance with all policies and federal regulatory requirements.
• · Assist the plant operations team and Corporate Safety to evaluate and determine appropriate proactive safety strategies for projects that may have an impact on the facility or employees.
• · Develop action plans for safety activities, coordinate the plant Safety Committee team, perform follow-up on these activities, and report status to the Plant Manager.
• · Facilitate safety, health and environmental training for all plant personnel.
• · Compile and track all documentation for compliance with all safety and environmental policies and required activities (Work Notifications, Inspection Records, OSHA 300, etc.).
• · Support plant initiatives towards Lean, Kaizen, Cost Reduction, 5S and other facility improvements.
• · Assist in driving continuous improvement in the facilities environmental monitoring and recordkeeping data management systems to ensure compliance with all policies and federal, state, and local regulatory requirements
• · Ensure that all industrial process wastewaters are properly managed and discharged from the plant in a manner that protects ground waters and surface tributaries from contamination and is in compliance with the plants operating discharge permit (if applicable).
• · Ensure the proper onsite management and offsite disposal of solid, universal, and hazardous wastes and lead a plant-wide effort to eliminate these by correcting the eliminating the root causes and/or reducing wastes, reusing, and recycling various materials
• · Assist Corporate Environmental to evaluate and determine appropriate permitting and abatement strategies for projects that may have an impact on existing air quality permits.
• · Ensure compliance with all safety and environmental policies, procedures, and programs.
• · Ensure all safety, health and environmental metrics and reports are completed and communicated in a timely manner.
• · Assist in regard to workers compensation cases.
• · Serve as training coordinator for all EHS-related trainings through SafetySkills and other computer-based training (CBT).

• · Bachelors' degree in Safety and Health, Environmental or equivalent degree.
• · Prior Safety Specific Training (OSHA 30 Hour, Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health, etc.)
• · Seven (7) or more years of experience in a safety and/or environmental role in an industrial setting. Comfortable working in a plant environment.
• · Must meet one or more of the following criteria:
• · Has served as the EHS Leader of the site for a minimum of three years.
• · Is recognized by the Company as a Subject Matter Expert in a specific EHS discipline (e.g. Fall Protection, Machine Safeguarding, Process Safety, etc.), and is called upon to share his/her expertise with other locations within the Company.
• · Professional Certifications in Safety, Environmental or Occupational Health (e.g. CSP, CIH, OHST, SMS, CEM, CHMM, etc.)
• · Working knowledge of federal safety and environmental laws (e.g. OSHA, EPA, etc.)
• · Ability to work with respective outside agencies and contracted employees.
• · Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook). Ability to use a variety of software applications to analyze, monitor data, create reports, and presentations.
• · Ability to climb stairs, ladders, extensive walking, confined spaces, wear a respirator (if applicable) and handle exposures to hot/cold environments.
• · Excellent communication, training and organizational skills.
• · Demonstrated Root-Cause analysis skills (RCCA, 5-Whys).
• · Leadership skills to direct personnel, implement initiatives, supervising teams, and performing follow-up activities.
• · Analytical ability to assess complex situations and apply problem solving strategies.
• · Ability to work independently.
• · Ability to be on call, as needed 24/7.
• · Ability to travel up to 5%
• · Skills and Certifications [note: bold skills and certification are required]
• · Bachelors' degree in Safety and Health, Environmental or equivalent degree.
• · 7 or more years of experience

• · 100% humidity steam activated chemistry
• · Non-union facility - 70 employees
• · Plant operates 20 hours a day 4 days a week
• · PPE/Forklift training, etc.
• · Self-starter - understand safety/EHS deliverables.
• · Positive influencer of change - sweeping up dust - muck out of tanks - pallet moving, they will jump in and help - collaborate & an influencer.

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