Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator

Covia•Menomonie, WI

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Covia responsibly provides minerals solutions for a better tomorrow. As a leading provider of diversified minerals, our products support a variety of industrial markets, including glass, ceramics, coatings, metals, foundry, polymers, construction, water filtration, and sports and recreation. Long-standing relationships with a broad customer base enable Covia’s market-inspired approach to innovation to enhance solutions and customer benefits. Underpinning these strengths is an unwavering commitment to safety and to sustainable development, further enhancing the value that Covia delivers to all its stakeholders. Covia is looking for a dynamic Environmental Safety & Health Coordinator who will have a positive impact on the Operations team at its Menomonie, WI location. The Environmental Safety & Health Coordinator will supervise and administer the Safety & Health and Environmental Programs in a manner consistent with Corporate and governmental standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, engineering, physical science, or related field preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience required
EHS or Safety & Health experience in Mine and Mineral Processing preferred
Experience with nonmetallic mining air and water permits preferred
Must have strong communication, interpersonal skills, and able to influence people at all levels
Must have strong process skills for standardization, continuous improvement, and program management
Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, SharePoint and knowledge of ERP

Responsibilities

Establish and implement plant safety programs consistent with Corporate Safety and Health policies that incorporate required regulatory training, including MSHA New Miner Training, Annual Refresher Training, Site Specific Contractor Training, First Aid, CPR & AED training.
Monitor and perform regularly scheduled audits and inspections for plant program adherence to all policies, processes, equipment and work areas
Participate and log incident and near hit investigations
Manage employee physicals and audiograms
Perform industrial hygiene sampling for both personal and work areas relating to dusty, heavy metals and noise categories to meet corporate sampling and health objectives
Submit reports for all safety, including man-hours worked, and MSHA injury reports
Perform various activities to maintain in compliance with state, local, federal laws and all associated permit regulations including: NPDES Water Sampling and Reporting, air quality monitoring and annual EIQ, storm water inspection planning and maintenance
Work with reclamation plans and disturbance reporting
Ensure training as required by environmental permits is complete
Maintain liaison with Corporate Safety and Environmental Departments
Assist with Safety/QC related functions to ensure quality-related functions are being completed per site-specific quality control manual
Other Duties as assigned