Senior EHS Professional

Our client is well established and is looking for a passionate and strong site leader who can manage EHS programs and drive the safety culture.  If you are a high energy leader who enjoys updating EHS programs and working with site leadership to drive continuous improvement, then this could be the role for you.

The Senior EHS Professional 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 and guidance.

Your Day to Day:

• Supports and promotes safe practices in alignment with company commitments, policies, and compliance requirements
• 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 all company policies and federal regulatory requirements.
• Assist the plant operations team and company Corporate Safety to evaluate and determine appropriate proactive safety strategies for projects that may have an impact on the facility or employees.
• 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.
• Facilitate safety, health and environmental training for all plant personnel.
• 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 and other facility improvements.
• Assist in driving continuous improvement in the facilities environmental monitoring and recordkeeping data management systems to ensure compliance with all company policies and federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
• 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.
• Assist company Corporate Environmental to evaluate and determine appropriate permitting and abatement strategies for projects that may have an impact on existing air quality permits.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and environmental policies, procedures, and programs.
• Ensure all safety, health and environmental metrics and reports are completed and communicated in a timely manner.
• Assist in regard to workers compensation cases.
• Serve as training coordinator for all EHS-related trainings through SafetySkills and other computer-based training (CBT).

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Jennifer Wojcik at jwojcik@cps4jobs.com.

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Salary

$95,000 - $120,000

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, Wellness Program and Critical Illness Insurance.  401(k) which includes a sizeable company match.  Paid vacation, paid sick and parental leave for eligible employees.  Life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage.  Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well.  The company also offers a variety of tax saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account.  Also offers a tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.

What You Bring to the Team:

• Bachelor’s 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 Certification 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.).
• Ability to work with respective outside agencies and contracted employees.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook). Ability to use a variety of software applications to analyze, monitor data, create reports, and presentations.
• Ability to climb stairs, ladders, extensive walking, confined spaces, wear a respirator (if applicable) and handle exposures to hot/cold environments.
• 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.
• Analytical ability to assess complex situations and apply problem solving strategies.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to be on call, as needed 24/7.
• Ability to travel up to 5%.

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Jennifer Wojcik at jwojcik@cps4jobs.com.

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