What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Health Safety Specialist position at The Judge Group?
As an EH&S Consultant, you will be responsible for maintaining the health and safety of our workforce and environment. Your role involves monitoring and evaluating health and safety conditions, ensuring compliance with applicable policies, procedures, and governmental standards, and maintaining our EH&S programs. Your primary objective is to create a safe and incident-free work environment through methodologies, initiatives, and strategies that promote safe operations, safety awareness, training, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities :
- Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and performance standards.
- Develop, implement, and maintain safety programs to meet OSHA and client requirements.
- Oversee regulatory compliance audits / inspections and associated record-keeping (EPA, OSHA, and other regulatory bodies).
- Deliver EH&S programs to train employees in work site safety practices, promoting a culture where safety is a core value.
- Establish baseline measures for company losses from illness, injuries, and accidents by major location.
- Collaborate with employees to identify and implement solutions to safety issues identified in inspections and investigations to eliminate incidents and prevent recurrence.
- Drive effective, sustainable implementation of corporate EH&S initiatives, strategies, programs, and procedures through hands-on leadership, coaching, and teamwork.
- Facilitate, train, and coach employees from onboarding to OSHA-required annual training, safety audits, and other safety-related topics to ensure compliance with mandated training.
- Analyze EH&S programs, conditions, and behaviors, recommending changes to continuously improve company-wide EH&S performance.
- Assess the company's position relative to health and safety needs and document the requirements for the company and its vendors.
- Ensure compliance with regulations and company policies by routinely interacting with employees.
- Provide key support with all sites' environmental policies and procedures.
- Offer EH&S functional and technical expertise / coaching as needed in all areas and initiatives.
- Effectively coach and develop facility site managers and coordinators to be effective EH&S leaders / coaches.
- Support HR and Insurance with worker’s compensation claims in partnership with HR.
