Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Sonaca North America•Cuba, MO

58d

About The Position

Join our team as an Environment, Health, and Safety Specialist! You'll take charge of coordinating and ensuring compliance with EHS policies and procedures. From conducting training to leading improvement initiatives, your passion for environmental health and safety will make a significant impact. If you have a strong EHS background and are committed to helping a facility sore high in the aerospace field, come join us.

Requirements

Occupational Safety & Health and/or Environmental Bachelor’s degree preferred, high school diploma or equivalency required. Experience may be substituted for bachelor’s degree.
Required use of considerable independent judgment, discretion, and initiative in carrying out daily operations.
Must have knowledge or demonstrate the ability to learn EHS regulations, issues, procedures, processes, reporting requirements, and other compliance requirements with federal, state, and local legislation governing the environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Programs including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word required.
Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.
Ability to work effectively in a team based environment and interact professionally with co-workers and vendors, understands internal customers, and strives to maintain good relations with others.
Responds quickly to inquiries and follows up, as needed.
Must have the ability to bend, twist, and stretch arms above head and walk or stand for long periods of time.
Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
Must be able to lift and move heavy objects, up to 40 pounds safely.
Must have a standard visual acuity (correctable by prescription glasses or contacts meets the requirement) and have the ability to distinguish colors.
Ability to distinguish with or without correction occupational noise exposure.

Nice To Haves

Associate Safety Professional Certification preferred.
Customer Service focused with previous experience in EHS or HR preferred.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain work instructions, forms, and site specific programs and procedures.
Coordinate and administer all employee EHS training, as required.
Make recommendations for compliance with federal and state EHS regulations.
Devise and implement EHS processes to prevent, correct or control environmental conditions.
Complete all required weekly, monthly, and annual facility inspections, as required. Including, but not limited to, fire extinguisher, eye wash, emergency light inspections, and AED.
Conduct regular EHS inspections plant-wide on all shifts and administers appropriate corrective actions for violations of EHS procedures and regulations and permits.
Lead and facilitate all monthly on-site Safety Committee meetings.
Maintain EHS postings; including EHS metrics, safety committee meeting minutes, annual OSHA requirements, hazard communication, etc.
Maintain site EHS SharePoint page.
Attend all corporate monthly and/or weekly EHS meetings.
Conduct EHS audits on a routine monthly basis to ensure compliance to company and regulatory requirements and return results to corporate in a timely manner.
Oversee the reporting, investigation, and documentation of all accidents and near miss incidents, following up with supervisors and employees on those incidents and determining and managing corrective actions.
Lead and encourage all employees to follow EHS expectations and behavior, communicate employer EHS policies and goals to employees, respond to and/or review employee EHS concerns.
Organize and maintain occupational exposure and industrial hygiene programs on an annual basis, making sure that compliance is being met at all times.
Oversee SDS maintenance requirements and assist with chemical information requests.
Participate in company-wide EHS events and awareness programs.
Work alongside facility supervisors and leads, Quality Manager, and HR to ensure that all on-site facility job specific training is being conducted, documented, and tracked.
Assist HR in Workers’ Compensation actions including treatment, investigation, documentation, and drug/alcohol testing.
Research and write permit applications / renewals to be compliant with permit reporting requirements.
Prepare and maintain emissions inventory for each emission point in the facility on a monthly basis, if applicable.
Review monthly/quarterly waste water reports, if applicable.
Manage hazardous waste within the facility: facilitates hazardous waste pickups, maintains hazardous waste shipping records to prepare and submit quarterly and biennial hazardous waste generator reports.
Conduct storm water sampling and report to appropriate environmental agency.
Escort representatives of all agencies conducting safety, health, environmental, fire, and physical security audits of the facility.
Examine plans and specifications for new processes, machinery or equipment to determine if all safety, health, and environmental issues are addressed and if required reporting or permitting is authored/amended.
Perform hazard assessments to ensure hazards are recognized and addressed and that employees have and are utilizing proper PPE.
Familiar with AS9100 Quality System requirements and comply accordingly.
Participate in kaizen or R3 events focused on EHS improvements.
Familiar with all DOT regulations and requirements and ensure all driver personnel meet mandatory requirements to transport hazardous materials and company products; conducts any necessary DOT training and maintains all employee driver records.
On-call at all times to respond to EHS related issues and must be available to work extended hours and overtime, when required, including weekends.
Document and enforce company policy (verbal and written warnings).