Senior Environmental Health & Safety Specialist, EHS, Manufacturing, Leader

Senior Environmental Health & Safety Specialist, EHS, Manufacturing, Leader

Ruston, LA.

Competitive Salary [about $110K] Bonus, Full Benefits, World Class Corporation

Seeking Candidates: Plant Senior EH&S (Environmental, Health and Safety) Specialist to join our team in Ruston, LA. The applicant needs to be a high-energy individual that is self-motivated to drive continuous improvement and excellence in Safety and Environmental performance.

The Plant Senior EHS Specialist will focus on plant EHS initiatives, rollout safety policies, and think outside the box to help take the EHS program to the next level. Will work with the plant operations team and corporate Safety team to embrace our goal of a 'zero harm workplace'. If you enjoy rolling out programs, multi-tasking, being creative, influencing decisions and helping drive our EHS goals to the next level, we want to hear from you. This position reports to the Plant Manager, but will also work closely with the Divisional Safety Manager and Regional Environmental Manager for direction/guidance.

Summary: Acts as an OSHA and EPA regulatory compliance resource.

• Leads or participates in incident investigations (injury, property damage, near-hit, environmental deviations, etc.) and root cause analysis, and works with the plant operations team to determine appropriate corrective/preventative action.
• Perform risk and hazard assessments/inspections to determine employee risk/exposure and suggest/drive actions to mitigate/reduce them.
• Establish and drive continuous improvement in the facility's safety monitoring and recordkeeping systems to ensure compliance with policies and federal regulatory requirements.
• Develop action plans for safety activities, coordinate the plant Safety Committee team, perform follow-up on these activities, and report status to the Plant Manager.
• Compile and track all documentation for compliance with all safety and environmental policies and required activities (Work Notifications, Inspection Records, OSHA 300, etc.).
• Support plant initiatives towards Lean, Kaizen, Cost Reduction, 5S.
• Ensure that all industrial process wastewaters are properly managed and discharged from the plant in a manner that protects ground waters and surface tributaries from contamination and is in compliance with the plants operating discharge permit (if applicable).
• Ensure the proper onsite management and offsite disposal of solid, universal, and hazardous wastes and lead a plant-wide effort to eliminate these by correcting the eliminating the root causes and/or reducing wastes, reusing, and recycling various materials
• Serve as training coordinator for all EHS-related trainings through SafetySkills and other computer-based training (CBT).

Required: Bachelors’ degree in Safety and Health, Environmental or equivalent degree.

• Prior Safety Specific Training (OSHA 30 Hour, Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health, etc.)
• Seven (7) or more years of experience in a safety and/or environmental role in an industrial setting. Comfortable working in a plant environment.
• Must meet one or more of the following criteria:
• Has served as the EHS Leader of the site for a minimum of three years.
• Is recognized by the Company as a Subject Matter Expert in a specific EHS discipline (e.g. Fall Protection, Machine Safeguarding, Process Safety, etc.), and is called upon to share his/her expertise with other locations within the Company.
• Professional Certifications in Safety, Environmental or Occupational Health (e.g. CSP, CIH, OHST, SMS, CEM, CHMM, etc.)
• Working knowledge of federal safety and environmental laws (e.g. OSHA, EPA, etc.)
• Excellent communication, training and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated Root-Cause analysis skills (RCCA, 5-Whys).
• Leadership skills to direct personnel, implement initiatives, supervising teams, and performing follow-up activities.
• Ability to be on call, as needed 24/7.

Skills and Certifications [note: bold skills and certification are required]

Bachelors’ degree in Safety and Health, Environmental or equivalent degree.

7 or more years of experience. Candidate Details: 7 to 10 years experience/Seniority Level - Mid-Senior. Management Experience Required – No/Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree

Ideal Candidate: The Ruston, LA plant manufactures high temperature industrial insulation. It's 100% humidity steam activated chemistry. Non-union facility - 70 employees

Plant operates 20 hours a day 4 days a week

It’s very important that the vibe/culture fit of the candidate fits with the team. Needs to want to be a part of the team and invested in them. A lot of the employees are bought into the safety culture - there is still a needle that needs to be moved – energetic and needs to be ready to work, know the stuff & influence the people. (PPE/Forklift training, etc.). Self-starter – understand safety/EHS deliverables.

Credible – emphasis on relatable – need to be able to walk the walk – you know what the right thing to do is. Relative experience: Positive influencer of change - sweeping up dust – muck out of tanks – pallet moving, they will jump in and help – collaborate & be a influencer.

When people see you coming people feel like things will get better. This person is dependable and will be there to help. Need for environmental experience and understanding.

The person who takes this role needs to be able to impact our site and influence our culture to embrace Safety. We have a great safety record and we do have employees who are completely bought into safety, but we need someone who is energetic and can think outside the box to make an impact.

We are successful only when our employees and customers thrive. We are passionate, we care about people, we perform at a superior level, and we protect others and our environments.

CONTACT/SEND RESUME:

Bill Marek - CEO

407.541.7816

bmarek@vprecruiters.com

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