Environmental Health & Safety Technician

Summary

The Environmental Health & Safety Technician is responsible for actively creating and promoting a safe work culture and environment in a way that engages people in a positive manner in order to achieve our vision of an injury-free workplace.

Essential Job Duties

• Responsible for the adherence to site-specific environmental health and safety programs and ensures compliance with Federal, State, and Local regulatory agency
• Audits site location against company EHS policies and standards as needed, reports and works to address the observed gaps.
• Leads the site safety committee and presents sound solutions for raised safety concerns.
• Administers new hire safety training as well as ongoing employee safety training program.
• Administers the site's workplace hazard / near miss reporting system and works with the site's team to ensure adequate and timely closure.
• Identifies safety risks and collaborates with the management team to devise recommendations or improvements to effectively mitigate risks.
• Creates and completes documents such as inspections, pre-job hazard analysis, job hazard analysis, LOTO Procedures, confined space permitting, toolbox talks, and other safe work instructions.
• Leads accident/incident investigations, manages root cause and corrective actions, and completes "Lessons from Incident."
• Maintains environmental compliance records and permits.
• Prepares all applicable environmental reports for submission as required by Federal and state entities, including EPCRA, air emissions, hazardous waste, and stormwater pollution prevention planning.
• Interface with State and Federal environmental and safety entities as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications - Required qualifications to effectively perform the job. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered. (Additional requirements may be designated by position.)

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of two (5) years of environmental, health & safety experience in a manufacturing work environment.
• Basic understanding of compliance with regulations from the Office of Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Associate's or bachelor's in safety, industrial hygiene, or related field is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - May be representative, but not all-inclusive, of those knowledge, skills and abilities commonly associated with this position.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to engage others and effectively lead teams.
• Critical thinker with exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to effectively organize and prioritize work as well as concentrate on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to develop and maintain business relationships.

Work Environment - Environmental or atmospheric conditions commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job.

• Work is performed in a variety of environmental conditions, both indoors and outdoors with exposure to wide temperature variations, noise, odors, and dust. Must be able to wear personal protective equipment as required for each site or job task.

Physical Abilities - Activities that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job. The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Required to use close vision and be able to focus.
• Regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to sit, stand and bend at the knee and waist, and walk.
• Must be able to have repetitive wrist, hand and/or finger movement to type and work on computer.
• Must have finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination to work on computer, telephone, and related office equipment.
• Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.

Fairbanks Scales Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets

DISCLOSURE REGARDING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

Fairbanks Scales Inc. may obtain information about you from a third-party consumer reporting agency for employment purposes. Thus, you may be the subject of a "consumer report" and/or "investigative consumer report" which may include information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and/or mode of living, and which can involve personal interviews with sources such as neighbors, friends, or associates, The reports may contain information regarding your credit history, criminal history, social security verification, motor vehicle records ("driving records"), verification of your education or employment history, or other background checks. Credit history will only be requested where such information is substantially related to the duties and responsibilities of the position for which you are applying.

NOTIFICATION OF PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREENING

Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post-offer, pre-employment drug testing for all roles prior to being hired into any role as part of our Drug Free Workplace Policy. In addition, Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post-offer, pre-employment drug testing under the authority of the U.S. Department of Transportation prior to being hired for any role or transferred into a safety-sensitive role.