Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator

Thompson Pipe Group•Grand Prairie, TX

5d•$65,000 - $75,000•Onsite

About The Position

Thompson Pipe Group Rialto, CA is currently looking for an EHS Coordinator. The EHS Coordinator is responsible for upholding all safety policies and work practices to ensure a safe working environment for all employees and for notifying operations management of violations of the policies and practices so management can enforce them.

Requirements

Six or more years of experience as safety professional in a heavy industrial role.
Knowledge of various industry Safety training (Energy Isolation, Fall Protection, Confined Space, Hazard Communication, etc.).
General knowledge of federal, state and local safety and environmental regulations.
Understands requirements with OSHA record keeping requirements and other regulatory and company requirements.
Fluency in both English and Spanish (required)
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to make oral presentations on various safety related topics.
Good computer skills including Microsoft® Office® software, especially Excel®, Word® and PowerPoint®.
Ability to multi-task and be highly organized.
Environmental & Industrial experience with classification, planning, and evaluation of specific permitting processes
Must pass Pre-employment Physical and alcohol/drug testing
Based in the United States, applicants must be eligible to work in US without restrictions for any employer at any time; be able to pass a drug screen and background check.

Nice To Haves

Certification as an OHST, CHST, CSHO, SHEP, CSP, or equivalent
OHST, CHST, CSHO, or SHEP (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Trains and assists, as necessary, Plant Managers, supervisors and HR in preparing the required incident notification, reporting and investigation reports to ensure that all appropriate documentation is completed in accordance with company-established incident reporting requirements.
Assists with Root Cause Analysis and other on-site investigations of all injuries / incidents.
Tracks injured employees (in conjunction with management) and their medical rehabilitation as well as developing appropriate light duty assignments.
Provide support and guidance with worker compensation claims.
Maintain compliance with operational permits to include stormwater, wastewater, operational air, and other state and federal regulations.
Checks to ensuring plant have adequate safety equipment and necessary PPE.
Enforcing and promoting safety regulations, policies and procedures, scheduling mandatory safety training for all personnel.
Maintains the plant safety training matrix and creates reports to management to show completion rates.
Keeps the EHS Management updated and informed of issues within assigned area of responsibility at all times; escalates situations as needed to reach desired resolutions
Provides guidance to management and employees on local, state and federal safety regulations and DOT compliance.
Provide support to plant leadership to foster a safe and effective working atmosphere.
Performs monthly safety meetings with the plant safety committee.
Develops Monthly safety topics for managers to share with employees.
Creates lessons learned report to share plant EHS issues with plant management.
Performs quarterly facility inspections.
Performs Hazard Assessments on equipment and tasks.
Performs annual hearing and respirator fit testing.
Posts all plant areas with necessary EHS requirements.
Performs annual EHS audit of plant.
Develops EHS procedures to support plant operations.
Assists with other plants and sites as required.