What are the responsibilities and job description for the EHS Specialist position at Granges Americas?
Position: EHS Specialist
Reports To: Site EHS Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Date: 4/1/2025
Our Company
Gränges Americas Inc. is a leading producer of value-added primary aluminum products and rolled aluminum coils in North America. Gränges is the parent company who is a global aluminum company focused on rolled products for the heat exchanger industry. Our vision is to help create smaller, lighter, and more designable rolled aluminum products to increase economic efficiency and reduce environmental impact. We have operations all over the world including production facilities located in Sweden, Poland, United States, and China. We currently have an opening for a Sr. EHS Specialist at our Huntingdon, Tennessee location. Visit us at www.granges.com
Purpose
This employee is responsible for ensuring EHS compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local regulations.
Job Description
- Provide strategic leadership and work with management to identify EHS issues, recommendations, and opportunities to foster continuous improvement of our EHS performance.
- Lead and provide expert hands-on technical involvement on issues, programs, and processes to ensure compliance with EHS standards, policies, and interpretation of Federal, State, and local regulations.
· Evaluate and engage in projects that will reduce overall risk and assist in implementation of improvements.
· Facilitate accident investigations, by ensuring all accident/incidents and serious near misses are fully investigated and produced detailed reports with identified root causes and measures required to mitigate or control the hazards.
· Manage workers compensations for site; includes handling confidential information with great sensitivity.
· Conduct and document EHS new hire orientation and annual training for employees.
· Perform compliance audits and implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Maintain required records, logs and inspections documentation associated with EHS compliance.
· Prepare and submit required reports including but not limited to OSHA, SARA, and TIER II reporting.
· Organize, and facilitate monthly employee safety committee meetings.
· Facilitator for site Emergency Response Operations Team.
· Manage interactions and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, outside support teams, consulting groups, and regulatory agencies.
· Participate in management staff meetings and other relevant in-house and outside meetings and seminars.
- Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects with various deadlines and objectives.
· Perform other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
Qualifications
· Bachelor's degree in Safety or a related discipline (years of experience may be considered in lieu of education requirements)
· 1-3 years of Safety experience in manufacturing
· Experience and technical expertise in Environmental Compliance preferred.
· Demonstrated proficiency in software applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
· Ability to understand and apply relevant EHS standards and regulations.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills in explaining technical and/or regulatory issues and concerns to a varied audience.
· Travel as necessary less than 10%
Gränges Americas is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) 3% Match
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- On call
- Overnight shift
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person