Senior Safety & Environmental Specialist - Full-time / Part-time

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Global Health, Safety & Environmental (GHSE) team, this position assists with company health, safety & environmental activities to assure compliance with legal requirements utilizing economical, effective, and efficient concepts.  This position will work closely with Maintenance and Operations to provide technical consultation, support, and guidance to Leadership and Team Members on health, safety & environmental matters.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Coordinate health, safety & environmental training for current and new team members.
• Maintain training records and documentation across the various shifts.
• Refine existing programs and procedures to improve effectiveness and efficiency, or eliminate their need.
• Maintain documents showing compliance with programs and procedures.
• Track Federal, State and Local health, safety & environmental regulations and evaluates their effects on company operations.
• Interface with Operations, Engineering, Human Resources, Technology, Quality, Purchasing, Legal Affairs and others to meet assigned safety & environmental objectives.
• Establish and coordinate facility audits and inspections to assure all facility operations are in compliance with Local, State, and Federal regulations and corrective actions are completed and documented.
• Provide safety oversight, safety & environmental guidance and advice for existing operations, programs and procedures. These may include but are not limited to:  Behavior Based Safety (BBS) programs, Location Emergency Response Plan (LERP); Electrical Safety, Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures Plan (SPCC); Hazard Communication and GHS, Safety Data Sheets, TSCA, fire prevention. LOTO, Confined Space, Ergonomics, PIV, Asbestos, industrial air and noise monitoring, sustainability and waste management compliance, waste minimization, pollution prevention, air emissions, wastewater discharge and monitoring, ERT, Safety Action Teams (SAT), DOT, OSHA requirements and proactive incident prevention and injury reduction.
• Prepare, calibrate, and use instrumentation to collect and analyze environmental, chemical, etc.; samples and other monitoring as needed.
• Review contractor’s site-specific health and safety plans to ensure contractors understand the associated hazards of their work and have appropriate mitigation strategies in place in addition to interfacing with the contractor management system ISNetworld

To select this job as one of interest to you, at a minimum, you must have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of experience in a related field such as Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Engineering/Science, Chemical Engineering/Chemistry, or other Life Sciences.
• 5-7 years of experience as a Health, Safety & Environmental Coordinator, or equivalent experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated sustained high-level performance in safety & environmental functions with strong oral and written communication skills including the implementation of both leading and lagging metrics.
• Ability to simultaneously handle a variety of health, safety & environmental projects and assignments and to bring an effective approach to the solution of technical objectives.
• Proven ability to design and deliver training
• Incident Investigation proficiency including risk assessment and root cause analysis, countermeasure development and PDCA measures.
• Ability to work off hours occasionally and travel to other S&C Locations
• Previous experience with working Health, Safety & Environmental data management software (Intelex, Enablon, Cority, etc.)

Qualifications considered:

• Occupational Safety & Health Technician (OHST) certification or Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certifications by the Board of Certified of Safety Professionals

MAJOR PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• This job may require periodic travel by car and/or airline to S&C locations and perform in-person inspections and investigations in a wide variety of factory and office environments or attend off site seminars and training activities for continued safety and/or environmental development. 20% or less.
• Activities such as standing, extensive walking, climbing stairs / ladders, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, bending, reaching, handling and may be exposed to hot/cold temperatures will occasionally be required.
• Frequent use of computers and office equipment is required.
• Ability to support on call and work after hours as needed.