Environmental Health and Safety Specialist
About The Position
The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist develops, implements, and maintains environmental and safety programs, ensures compliance with regulatory changes, inspects equipment and processes against business and regulatory standards, and helps train employees on departmental procedures. The position provides site support for facilities in Madison and Verona, Wisconsin, and ensures adherence to safety guidelines. The role supports regulatory compliance and reporting, emergency preparedness, ISO programs, employee training, incident investigations, ergonomic and risk assessments, EHS metrics, and site inspections. It also oversees hazardous-material shipping and hazardous-waste storage, may move materials using equipment such as a forklift or drum dolly, maintains EHS equipment, and collects samples for industrial hygiene verification. The work involves exposure to highly potent or hazardous materials and use of personal protective equipment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, or another EHS discipline; alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology, or another life science discipline.
- At least 3 years of experience in a pharmaceutical, chemical, or manufacturing environment.
- Ability to work with highly potent or hazardous materials.
- Ability to climb, bend, and walk, work in different temperature environments, and lift up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to manually move full 55-gallon drums with a drum dolly.
- Ability to wear PPE, including emergency response equipment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience and knowledge in environmental health and safety compliance.
- Knowledge of laws and regulations enforced by OSHA, USEPA, and WDNR.
- Experience with industrial hygiene sampling and monitoring, hazardous materials, and chemistry laboratory work.
- Proficient oral and written communication.
- Mechanical and technical aptitude.
- High degree of internal motivation.
- Ability to multitask while paying close attention to detail.
Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, CAA, RCRA, CWA, SPCC, DOT, and HAZWOPER requirements and corporate safety and efficiency guidelines.
- Support regulatory reporting for air, stormwater, wastewater, hazardous waste, TRI, and Tier II.
- Manage emergency preparedness and response training for fire, chemical, medical, and natural events.
- Assist with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 programs.
- Train employees in departmental processes.
- Conduct incident investigations, ergonomic and risk assessments, and site metric reporting.
- Monitor EHS materials and practices, including PPE, ergonomics, air quality, fire safety, and waste disposal at designated locations.
- Promote a sustainable safety culture through hazard recognition and risk-reduction programs.
- Oversee compliance in shipping hazardous materials, including packing, labeling, and documentation.
- Organize and maintain hazardous-waste storage and move materials to storage or designated areas in a timely manner.
- Conduct site inspections and audits, maintain EHS equipment, and collect samples for industrial hygiene verification.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Retirement contributions
- Other perquisites
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Job Type
Full-time
