EHS Specialist

Primary Purpose of Position :

Responsible for ensuring facility compliance with the documented Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) system, including but not limited to; government regulations, corporate requirements, and facility policies, contributing to a safe working environment and the prevention of injuries and accidents. Supporting all personnel, processes, and equipment on-site to ensure work is performed in a safe, healthy and environmentally compliant manner.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities :

• Drives the facility's implementation and monitoring of the EHS system.
• Directly supports leadership in the evaluation of compliance to the EHS system through audits, observations, and other monitoring methods.
• Executes tracking, trending, and reporting of EHS key performance indicators (KPIs) to leadership.
• Recommends solutions and take action to drive KPI improvements to reduce hazards and risk.
• Plans and implements training programs for all EHS training of the Safety and ERT Teams.
• Leads the facility Safety and ERT teams through scheduled meetings, projects, actions, and improvements in the compliance to the EHS system.
• Evaluates processes and equipment to identify EHS related concerns, acting on identified improvements.
• Maintains facility SDS system.
• Supports Leadership in the development of annual EHS goals, plans, objectives, and budgetary input as directed.
• Leads Incident Investigations, Worker Comp Claims, EHS Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA), EHS Gemba walks, and New or Modified Process / Equipment Reviews, (Risk Assessment and Job Safety Analyses).
• Maintains training content for the facility per the EHS annual training schedule and any identified spot training required, including but not limited to, powered industrial vehicle operation, including forklifts, articulating lifts, tuggers, and scissor lifts (see annual schedule for related topics).
• Leads annual facility evacuation and take cover drills.
• Creates and presents safety material (Monthly chalk talks, orientation) to comply with OSHA regulations working closely with Leadership and HR.
• Conducts new hire orientation safety (EHS) training.
• Responsible for ensuring all PPE equipment is available and ready for use.
• Provides occasional after-hours support to assist site personnel with emergency situations.
• Supports and collaborates with EHS Manager on tasks assigned.
• Lives Company values daily.
• Poses no direct threat to the health or safety of themselves, of others, or to property. Defined as a significant risk of substantial harm that cannot be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level by reasonable accommodation.
• Requires regular attendance to perform essential elements as contained herein between the assigned start and end times for work.
• Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the Corporation and the community; and maintains the professional competence, knowledge and skill necessary for the satisfactory performance of all assigned responsibilities.

The Stow Company may temporarily assign any team member with duties outside of their normal responsibilities. Such assignments may be warranted due to a variety of specific requirements, conditions and / or the capabilities of available personnel. Management will determine the nature and duration of those assignments.

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PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORK ENVIRONMENT :

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)