Health Safety and Environment Representative

Nicholson Construction Company•Canonsburg, PA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Environment, health, and safety (EHS) representative advise on, develop strategies for, and lead workplace safety and health management. They work to eliminate fatalities, injuries, occupational illnesses, property damage, and environmental harm.

Requirements

Communication skills. EHS engineers must be able to interpret federal and state regulations and their intent so that they can propose proper designs for specific marine energy sites or product manufacturing environments. Health and safety engineers also prepare and present training materials to marine energy workers and must be able to describe new regulations and procedures to a variety of audiences.
Creativity. EHS engineers produce designs showing potential health and safety problems and remedies for them. They must be creative, in order to deal with situations that are unique to a project.
Critical-thinking skills. EHS engineers must be able to identify hazards to humans and property in the workplace before those hazards cause material damage or become a health threat.
Observational skills. EHS engineers must observe and learn how marine energy operations function so that they can identify risks to people and property. This requires the ability to think in terms of overall processes within an organization. Health and safety engineers can then recommend systemic changes to minimize risks.
Problem-solving skills. In designing solutions for entire organizational operations, EHS engineers must take into account processes from more than one system at the same time. In addition, they must try to anticipate a range of human reactions to the changes they recommend.
Bachelor's degree in science-related fields, such as chemistry, biology, environmental science, engineering, fire protection, or environmental health and safety. It is common to find EHS professionals with other bachelor’s degrees as well.
5 years of experience in heavy industrial safety work

Responsibilities

Maintain and apply knowledge of current environment, health, and safety policies, regulations, and industrial processes
Review plans and specifications for new machinery and equipment to make sure that they meet safety requirements
Identify and correct potential hazards by inspecting facilities, machinery, and safety equipment
Evaluate the effectiveness of various industrial control mechanisms
Ensure that facilities and job sites comply with health and safety regulations
Guide the installation and testing of safety guards, devices and interlocks
Review employee safety programs and recommend improvements.