Senior EHS Specialist

• Provide strategic leadership and work with management to identify EHS issues, recommendations, and opportunities to foster continuous improvement of our EHS performance.
• Lead and provide expert hands-on technical involvement on issues, programs, and processes to ensure compliance with EHS standards, policies, and interpretation of Federal, State, and local regulations.
• Evaluate and engage in projects that will reduce overall risk and assist in implementation of improvements.
• Facilitate accident investigations, by ensuring all accident/incidents and serious near misses are fully investigated and produced detailed reports with identified root causes and measures required to mitigate or control the hazards.
• Manage workers compensations for site; includes handling confidential information with great sensitivity.
• Conduct and document EHS new hire orientation and annual training for employees.
• Perform compliance audits and implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
• Maintain required records, logs and inspections documentation associated with EHS compliance.
• Prepare and submit required reports including but not limited to OSHA, SARA, and TIER II reporting.
• Organize, and facilitate monthly employee safety committee meetings.
• Facilitator for site Emergency Response Operations Team.
• Manage interactions and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, outside support teams, consulting groups, and regulatory agencies.
• Participate in management staff meetings and other relevant in-house and outside meetings and seminars.
• Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects with various deadlines and objectives.
• Leading role at assisting EHS Manager with the development of EHS Interns and less senior EHS Specialists
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in safety or a related discipline (years of experience may be considered in lieu of education requirements)
• 3 - 5 years of Safety experience in manufacturing
• Obtain OSHA 511 General Industry & 501 OSHA Outreach Trainer within six months of accepting the position.
• Experience and technical expertise in Environmental Compliance preferred.
• Must be hands on and able to work closely with all employees
• Must be self-motivated and able to work flexible hours
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to understand and apply relevant EHS standards and regulations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in explaining technical and/or regulatory issues and concerns to a varied audience
• Travel as necessary less than 10%