EHS Specialist III

100% ONSITE WORCESTER MA

PAY: $51-$56/HR

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s Degree (EHS related, Engineering) plus 5 – 12 years of EHS related experience or master’s degree (EHS related, Engineering) plus 5 – 8 years of EHS related experience. EHS related experience in manufacturing or laboratory environments is required.
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) certification is preferred but not required.
• Working experience performing qualitative and quantitative occupational hygiene risk assessment and exposure monitoring including, but not limited to developing monitoring strategy, issuing technical reports, and generating recommendations to reduce risk.
• Working experience in implementing EHS regulations, conducting risk assessments, root cause analysis, incident investigations, interacting with regulatory agencies and external organizations and managing cross functional teams.
• Development of practical, applicable standards and/or policies that meet business objectives. Technical expertise in the EHS functions as well as technical writing and business communications.
• Ability to actively listen, build and maintain effective working relationships with internal/ external colleagues and stakeholders, and resolve conflicts.
• Ability to successfully manage projects and programs.

Job Description:

The primary responsibility of this site-based role is to develop, coordinate, and implement environmental, health, and safety improvement programs, elevating facilities to best practice standards and promoting safety throughout the organization within the scope of responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements robust EHS programs, training initiatives, and policies to reduce incidents and ensure compliance with regulations and company requirements.
• Provide EHS leadership and direction for management, professional, technical and support staff in area of responsibility.
• Ensure systems are in place to enable area of responsibility to operate in legal and ethical compliance regarding EHS issues.
• Leads efforts to educate employees on best practices, precautions, and established procedures.
• Provide business perspective, strategic and tactical direction to develop and implement EHS initiatives for the EHS Long range plan.
• Authority to represent the company externally on matters related to EHS with external regulatory agencies and non-government organizations.
• Maintain a broad understanding of local, regional and global EHS regulations and practices for area of responsibility.
• Leads efforts to educate employees on best practices, precautions, and established procedures.
• Leads efforts to educate employees on best practices, precautions, and established procedures. Ensures compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulatory requirements which include but are not limited to OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (29 CFR 1910.119) and EPA's Risk Management Planning (RMP) rule (40 CFR 68), Mechanical Integrity programs, PCI, DOT, EPA etc.
• Creates a safety culture by setting directions to reduce or eliminate operations-related injuries or accidents, damage/loss of product or equipment, and unnecessary costs by ensuring that all equipment and facilities are maintained consistently with safety, security, hygiene and standards set by the company.