EHS Specialist

EHS Specialist Job Description

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Environmental/Health/Safety Trainer

• Conducts onboarding training for all new employees on a weekly basis
• Conducts refresher training for all employees per yearly training schedule
• Conducts additional clarification training for all employees as required due to incidents/violations
• Develops/modifies training programs to address existing and new EHS issues

Environmental/Health/Safety Employee Outreach

• Promotes and manages Near-Miss program throughout facility, including being point-source for collection and coordination of corrective actions
• Attends individual department meetings as representative for EHS
• Regularly surveys/monitors production floor for employee EHS concerns and addresses with supervision
• Develops and promotes EHS health outreach programs in conjunction with external health agencies, including but not limited to local medical liaisons (lunch & learn, health fairs, etc.) and insurance providers
• Develops and promotes fire and emergency safety outreach programs in conjunction with external agencies, including but not limited to local fire and emergency response agencies and property insurance providers.
• Coordinates emergency evacuation drills (fire, adverse weather, etc.), monitors for effectiveness and recommends corrections/improvements
• Chooses and initiates weekly safety talks and bulletins for individual departmental start-up meetings
• Develops and posts monthly employee EHS information throughout the facility
• Develops and posts employee safety alerts as required throughout the facility
• Oversees employee safety committee, including membership, training, and monthly meetings
• Oversees employee first responder program, including membership and training

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Control and Monitoring

• Responsible for PPE distribution and availability to all employees
• Responsible for proper PPE determination based on job hazard analysis
• Primary liaison with PPE vendor to ensure optimum pricing and availability
• Oversees vendor management of safety shoe store and employee provision based on company policy for time and type
• Oversees PPE stocking control and product evaluation including addressing any PPE quality issues

Primary Duties and Responsibilities (cont.)

Cost Savings Generation and Reporting

• Examines potential in projects for cost savings generation
• Gathers data to clarify/justify cost savings reporting
• Reports cost savings as monthly KPI for EHS Department

Incident Response

• Trained for EHS incident response, including but not limited to COVID/Bloodborne Pathogen decontamination, non-hazardous spill response, and injury triage
• Primary EHS employee relations communication source for incident information
• Participates in incident investigations/reviews to determine root-cause analysis
• Communicates corrective actions for incidents to all departments/employees

EHS Project Work

• Coordinates proper non-hazardous waste disposal methods with employees, sets up collection areas as required
• Coordinates recycling programs with all employees, including but not limited to oil pads, batteries, and office paper
• Coordinates additional project work and issues as directed under the guidance of the EHS Engineer and the EHS Manager

Education/Experience

Associate degree or higher requested

• Equivalent work experience acceptable as determined by the EHS Manager
• Background in science-related field, esp. EHS, preferred

Additional certifications are also preferred

• ASP
• OSHA 10 or 40-hour certification
• OSHA Trainer certification
• Teaching/Supervision

Willingness to pursue continuing education is preferred, either formal or self-taught

Competency in standard MSOffice applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, is required.

Work Structure

Reports to EHS Manager

Standard hours 7 am until 3:30 pm

Work hours will vary with some OT required

Requirement to schedule time spent on all shifts and weekends to drive outreach to all employees

Work organization is mainly self-determined with oversight as deemed necessary by the EHS Manager; must be a self-starter who can drive results without prompting