Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Reynolds Consumer Products LLC • Jacksonville, IL

4d • $66,000 - $90,750 • Onsite

About The Position

Reynolds Consumer Products is hiring an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist for its Jacksonville, Illinois team. The position facilitates a proactive approach to health and environmental issues by supporting effective Environmental and Health Management Systems, anticipating and controlling health hazards, contributing to problem-solving and implementation, and monitoring and improving system performance. The role supports plant safety, health, and environmental compliance, including required programs, records, training, audits, incident response, and environmental programs. It also serves as second in command to the EHS Manager within the department. The posting contains conflicting relocation information: it initially says relocation assistance is available, but later states “Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available.”

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Environmental Engineering, a technical discipline, or a related field.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to communicate with and influence people at all organizational levels.
• Self-directed, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and internal customers.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Project management capabilities, including organizing and managing multiple projects from origin through execution.
• Well-developed leadership and motivational skills, with a proven ability to influence and motivate others to achieve results.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines.
• Ability to travel 5%.
• Team-oriented, with the ability to work on collaborative, high-performance teams.

Nice To Haves

• At least 2 years of related professional health and safety experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Environmental experience.

Responsibilities

• Support development and implementation of EHS policies, procedures, and programs.
• Maintain OSHA- and EPA-required written programs and develop and conduct training as necessary under the EHS Manager’s direction.
• Assist with injury, accident, and fire investigation reporting.
• File Workers’ Compensation claims and maintain records.
• Accompany employees on initial physician visits for work-related injuries.
• Update plant safety and environmental metrics.
• Assist in implementing and managing the plant’s Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) Program.
• Manage safety incentive programs.
• Coordinate Industrial Hygiene, hearing, and respirator fit testing, as well as First Aid, CPR, and AED training.
• Maintain OSHA- and EPA-required records.
• Develop a daily toolbox talk database.
• Maintain and update the plant Safety Data Sheet database and ensure compliance with the Hazard Communication Standard/GHS.
• Participate on the plant Safety Committee.
• Develop job safety analyses (JSAs) and update standard operating procedures (SOPs) for plant processes.
• Share on-call duties for night and weekend incidents.
• Conduct safety- and environmental-related audits.
• Perform other tasks as directed by the EHS Manager and serve as second in command to the EHS Manager within the department.
• Support the plant document control program and ensure procedures align with BRC and SQP procedures and guidelines.
• Where applicable, comply with SQF and GMP practices and programs to ensure safe food packaging products, and report food safety problems to those with authority to act.
• Manage environmental programs and overall compliance with federal and state regulatory agencies.
• Facilitate root cause analysis, including TapRoot and causal mapping, for incidents.
• Follow up on safety action items.
• Use Gensuite as a key tool.
• Travel approximately 5%.
• Work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and benefits.
• Relocation assistance is mentioned in the overview, while a later notice says local candidates only and no relocation assistance is available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level