Environment, Health & Safety Officer

Nanoramic Laboratories is an innovative, high-tech start-up company tasked with making state-of-the-art advancements in the Energy Storage Sectors focused on Batteries for Electric Vehicles. As an organization, we place emphasis on maintaining a strong company culture that promotes employee engagement, wellness, and development. We have a system of values designed to instill trust in employees and empower all team members to share ideas and opinions. By giving our employees the power to introduce new concepts, we enable our major projects to be built from the ground up, rather than from the top down.

At Nanoramic, continuous learning and education will be an important part of your job. We invest in regular education days and build out customized development roadmaps for every employee. This allows employees to freely collaborate with their managers to build a custom map tailored to their individual interests. We are a company of smart, talented individuals who work hard, but also understand and respect work/life balance. As part of this mentality, we share a common belief that family comes first. Benefits such as flexible scheduling and a company-wide holiday from December 24 to January 1 ensure our employees can put their best foot forward in their personal lives and their professional lives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the Safety Department and support all program activities
• Introduce and implement safety initiatives
• Advise and lead employees on various safety-related topics
• Experience with battery-related safety procedures is a plus (Lithium) and design for safe lab infrastructure
• Review existing policies and procedures for compliance with industry standards/best practices including shipping protocols
• Support the build-out of new labs and upgrading current lab infostructures
• Create and enforce safety policies and preventative measures for all lab areas both externally (vendors) and internally
• Perform regular safety and 5S audits of lab areas and office
• Create action plans and lead efforts to correct safety findings and continuously improve workstation setup, cleanliness, and function (5S)
• Lead safety goals, both internal projects and with consultants
• Lead review and corrective action implementation after incidents/near misses
• Review new equipment purchases and participate in planning, installation, and commissioning to ensure safety protocols are in place for startup
• Review new material MSDSs and ensure proper safety protocols/handling procedures are in place before use
• Oversee proper handling and disposal of chemicals and hazardous waste
• Ensure compliance with building safety standards for chemical storage and capacity