EHS Specialist

Company Overview

VT Industries, Inc., is North America’s leading manufacturer of architectural wood doors for commercial and residential applications, the largest post-form laminate countertop manufacturer in the United States, as well as a leading source for butcher block countertops and other architectural wood products. VT is a family-owned company that offers a dynamic work environment and continues to invest in state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and processes, as well as growth and development opportunities for its team members. The company’s three divisions serve customers from fifteen manufacturing facilities strategically located throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Position Description

The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Specialist shares their expertise to business leaders and line managers on a wide variety of EHS-related matters affecting their business. This person will report to the CI Manager and will be responsible for a broad range of EHS activities including safety management, facility safety audits to ensure compliance, conduct safety training, participates in accident investigations, and lead plant safety programs. The EHS Specialist will work collaboratively with leaders and employees within VT Industries corporate headquarters in the development and implementation of EHS initiatives at the local level.

Essential Job Functions:

• Organizes and oversees monthly safety meetings by developing agendas, researching, and presenting topics, and maintaining standard site-specific trending reports of all relevant safety metrics.
• Assist with worker’s compensation program, review monthly incident reports, ensure plant compliance with completing OSHA 300 report & ensure plant annual posting of OSHA 300A report.
• Assist site leaders in trending near-miss incidents as leading indicators and develop action plans to address.
• Provides oversight and coordination for leaders of the Hazardous Communications Program and Policy. Ensures that Safety Data Sheet compilation and maintenance is current and complete at the site level. Guides Right-to-Know labeling compliance. Coordinates EPA/RCRA compliance as it relates to chemicals, and hazardous waste storage and disposal. Ensures alignment between the Hazardous Communication Standard, and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), as well as Tier II reports.
• Establishes plant safety teams to address ergonomic and job safety concerns, recordable/Dart and near-miss review/training, hearing protection program, PPE evaluation, LOTO.
• Maintains a Safety and Incident Database and Safety Inspection recordkeeping system.
• Acts as site safety training coordinator for VT’s Learning Management System (LMS), i.e., coordinates corporate training topics, as well as site-specific training topics. Topics includes OSHA Compliance Standard topics, e.g., Lock Out/Tag Out (LOTO), and site call-out safety training topics (“above-and-beyond” compliance; e.g., Flammable Liquids) based on site risk assessments as they are related to the OSHA General Industry Standard. LMS corporate safety coordinating includes safety content review and approval, skill auditing, recertification training as applicable per the OSHA Standard, and the safeguarding of all essential safety training records and forms.

• Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

Qualifications:

• Associate degree in safety, industrial or occupational hygiene, or related field.
• One to three years of experience in safety in a manufacturing setting.
• Good communication, influencing, and consulting skills with a proven track record in quickly gaining credibility, partnering collaboratively with business leaders; and garnering support and gaining consensus.
• Effective project management skills with high attention to detail
• Solid interpersonal skills, effective presentation and facilitation, team and leadership development, conflict resolution, and influence skills.
• Collaborative decision-making and work style and comfortable with working through gray/ambiguous areas.
• Good problem solving and ability to assess the needs of the business and design and implement the best solutions.
• Capable of working with computer programs in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and AutoCAD
• Familiar with required testing equipment (i.e., dosimeters, emissions, chemical exposure, confined space entry, etc.)
• Completed, or willing to complete, 10-hour OSHA training.

• All team members are expected to follow the Code of Conduct to the highest standards as well as to adhere to the Attendance Policy of VT Industries