Safety Specialist

Job Summary:
 

The Safety Specialist is the primary site-specific safety training resource for their regional facilities, and works closely with the regional SHE team on larger region and company-wide initiatives. Responsibilities within their area includes: 

Essential duties and responsibilities:
 

Requirements:
 

• Promote SHE awareness by building on existing culture and program strengths, contributing communication with all level employees, and promoting positive reinforcement of safety and health rules and regulations.
• The Safety Specialist must maintain a strong focus in multiple industrial settings ensuring compliance with OSHA, EPA as well as state and local standards.
• Assist Facility Managers and site personnel with implementation and execution of site, corporate, and regulatory requirements
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on site, corporate, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct formal and informal site audits, job audits, and routine facility audits as needed or as directed.
• Assist SHE/Operations teams in the execution of SHE procedures documenting findings, corrective actions, and tracking of closure items identified.
• Support facility Site Safety Team.
• Provide site specific safety orientation, personnel training, and manage database to track current training within designated terminals.
• Manage storm water discharge permit applications and storm water pollution prevention plans.
• Implement and maintain SPCC and Federal, State, and Local Response Plans.
• Support third party contractors to ensure compliance with the federal and state requirements.
• Maintain environmental programs, procedures and policies.
• Effectively communicate changes to environmental procedures and policies to affected parties.
• Track environmental compliance measures and trends.
• Train terminal employees on environmental program requirements.
• Audit environmental programs, identify gaps, and work with environmental team to implement corrective actions.
• Assist with environmental agency inspections and investigations.
• Complete regulatory tasks on time with appropriate closure status.
• Work with facility personnel to identify solutions to arising SHE issues and audit findings.
• Perform other duties as required and requested.

Experience / Specific Knowledge:

• Proficient in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• 3+ years of Safety experiences in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of regulations and standards and hazard recognition injury management skills and written and verbal communication skills as they pertain to OSHA, NFPA, NEC, ANSI, state and local standards.
• Basic knowledge of environmental regulations, permitting, tracking and reporting.
• Position may require up to 50% local travel.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

• Valid driver’s license.
• Professional safety and/or IH certifications highly desired but not required.

Competencies, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to deal effectively with people and resolve conflicts and problems.
• Ability to identify possible root causes of problems and develop and implement corrective actions for resolution of problems
• Ability to make decisions and/or take action based on logical assumptions derived from factual information gathered.
• Self-motivated with ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize tasks.
• Successful completion of background check and post-offer and random drug screens.
• Ability to speak and understand English
• Ability to work with others, and take direction from supervisor(s), focused attention on details, and follow work rules.
• Ability to work with a team, take direction from supervisor(s), focus attention on details, follow work rules and adhere to established work schedules.
• Capable of performing SHE on-call duties.
• Ability to manage a demanding workload and work under minimal supervision.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate permitting requirements to EMR personnel.
• MS Office Skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to network within the EMR organization to support SHE effort.
• Maintain valid driver license.

Education/Experience/Knowledge:

• A BS degree in a technical discipline, such as environmental science or engineering, or equivalent job experience is required.
• Working knowledge of Federal, State, and Local/City occupational safety, health, waste, storm water, air, and wastewater regulations.
• Technical experience in evaluating multi-media environmental regulations and developing company specific procedures and guidelines that meet the intent of those regulations.

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