Health & Safety Specialist

Continental•Mount Vernon, IL

20h•$70,686 - $90,801•Onsite

About The Position

The Health & Safety Specialist will be responsible for the development and maintenance of the ESSH Management System and Process Governance Framework. This role involves documenting, mapping, and improving ESSH business processes, translating regulatory requirements into structured processes, and collaborating with stakeholders to clarify responsibilities and requirements. The specialist will also manage compliance planning, obligation tracking, data governance, performance reporting, document control, and audit readiness. Additionally, the role coordinates corrective and preventive action tracking to ensure continuous improvement of the management system and operational excellence, ensuring all ESH procedures, policies, and legal requirements are implemented and monitored.

Requirements

Associate's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Environmental Science, Engineering, Industrial Technology or related field
3 years of safety experience in manufacturing or heavy industrial environments
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
No relocation assistance is offered for this position

Nice To Haves

5 years in manufacturing, industrial operations or construction safety
Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Environmental Science, Engineering, Industrial Technology or related field

Responsibilities

Support the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the ESSH Management System.
Assist in the development and administration of management system standards, procedures, tools, and governance practices.
Coordinate management system reviews, assessments, and improvement initiatives.
Help evaluate management system effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve consistency, efficiency, and sustainability.
Support the standardization of ESSH management system practices across the organization.
Maintain management system documentation and supporting records.
Support development and maintenance of the ESSH Process Governance Framework.
Document, map, maintain, and improve ESSH business processes, workflows, procedures, and work instructions.
Translate regulatory requirements, organizational commitments, and business objectives into structured, repeatable, and sustainable processes.
Develop and maintain process maps, workflow diagrams, responsibility matrices, and process documentation.
Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify process responsibilities, workflow requirements, escalation protocols, and performance measures.
Evaluate existing processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, redundancies, and opportunities for improvement.
Facilitate process improvement initiatives that enhance consistency, accountability, operational effectiveness, and management system maturity.
Support integration of ESSH requirements into business operations and organizational processes.
Promote process governance practices that improve visibility, repeatability, accountability, and long-term sustainability.
Develop and maintain ESSH compliance calendars, schedules, and recurring activity tracking systems.
Support identification and tracking of regulatory requirements, permits, inspections, certifications, reporting obligations, and organizational commitments.
Maintain compliance obligation registers and related management system records.
Monitor completion status of recurring activities and provide visibility into upcoming, completed, overdue, and at-risk requirements.
Support preparation of materials for management reviews, compliance reviews, and leadership updates.
Assist in developing reporting tools that improve visibility into compliance status and associated risks.
Support development and maintenance of ESSH performance metrics, dashboards, scorecards, and reporting tools.
Help establish practices that promote data quality, consistency, accuracy, and reliability.
Conduct routine data validation and quality assurance activities.
Analyze trends and provide insights that support performance improvement efforts.
Assist in preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual ESSH performance reports.
Maintain processes for data collection, validation, analysis, and reporting.
Administer the ESSH document control program.
Maintain controlled policies, procedures, standards, forms, manuals, and related management system documentation.
Coordinate document reviews, revisions, approvals, distribution, and archival processes.
Ensure controlled documents remain current, accessible, and properly maintained.
Support records retention and regulatory recordkeeping requirements.
Maintain organized and audit-ready documentation systems.
Support preparation for internal audits, external audits, regulatory inspections, customer assessments, and certification activities.
Coordinate collection and organization of audit evidence and supporting documentation.
Maintain audit schedules, findings logs, action item trackers, and related records.
Assist with management system assessments, compliance reviews, and gap analyses.
Support development, tracking, and documentation of corrective and preventive actions.
Promote ongoing audit readiness through effective documentation, recordkeeping, and governance practices.
Coordinate corrective and preventive action tracking processes.
Monitor actions resulting from audits, inspections, incidents, assessments, and management reviews.
Support root cause analysis, lessons learned activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Assist with documentation and evaluation of corrective action effectiveness.
Identify opportunities to strengthen management system performance and process effectiveness.
Support projects that advance ESSH management system maturity and operational excellence.
Ensure all ESH procedures, policies and legal requirements are implemented and monitored.