Safety & Environmental Specialist (2nd Shift)

S&C Electric Company•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to join our Production & Facilities function as a Safety and Environmental Specialist. This position will work with the corporate HSE team and assist with company safety & environmental activities to ensure compliance with legal requirements using economical, effective, and efficient concepts. The specialist will work closely with leadership to provide technical consultation, support, and guidance on safety & environmental matters, ensuring smooth operations and supporting the diverse team. This role reports to the Switchgear Value Stream.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and/or Environmental, Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science, or equivalent experience.
Demonstrated sustained high-level performance in safety & environmental functions with strong oral and written communication skills.
Ability to simultaneously handle a variety of safety & environmental projects and assignments and to bring an effective approach to the solution of technical objectives.
Proven ability to design and deliver training.
Incident Investigation proficiency including risk assessment and root cause analysis, countermeasure development, and PDCA measures.
Willing to travel to other S&C locations within and outside United States.
Experience with chemical manufacturing or heavy manufacturing environment.
Experience in data analytics and finding correlations in data.
Must be able to work flexible shifts as needed.

Nice To Haves

Two to four years of experience as a Safety & Environmental professional, or equivalent experience in an engineering and manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Provide Safety & Environmental guidance and support for Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) programs, including Behavior Based Safety (BBS) programs, Location Emergency Response Plan (LERP), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Hazard Communication, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Confined Space, Ergonomics, Powered Industrial Vehicles (PIV), industrial air and noise monitoring, sustainability and waste management compliance, Department of Transportation (DOT), and other applicable OSHA compliance to reduce workplace injury.
Refine existing programs and procedures to improve effectiveness and efficiency or eliminate their need. Reviews and updates safety policies and procedures on a routine and as needed basis to assure compliance with applicable required federal, state, and local regulations and corporate standards.
Provide active support to team members by training them on requirements and assisting the site to ensure compliance with HSE programs and initiatives.
Track Federal, State and Local safety & environmental regulations and evaluates their effects on company operations.
Interface with various shareholders (e.g., Operations, technical support, etc.) to meet assigned safety & environmental objectives and drive action items to completion.
Establish and coordinate facility audits, inspections, and observations to assure all facility operations are in compliance with Local, State, and Federal regulations; follow-up with Operations to ensure corrective actions are completed and documented; Conduct audits as needed and perform systematic review of audit data entry and analysis, track/trends for all audits.
Prepare, calibrate, and use instrumentation to collect and analyze environmental, chemical, etc., samples and other monitoring as needed.
Develop suitable safety and environmental training content and delivery mode, in line with global, regional, and legal requirements, conduct gap assessment to identify competence needs, adjust curriculum to reflect site-specific demand and organize and provide appropriate training using a Learning Management System.
Perform virtual and physical ergonomic assessments and recommendations using standard ergonomic analysis tools and/or Digital Human Modeling to identify and prioritize ergonomic risk factors to comply with corporate guidelines and standards to improve operator efficiency, quality, reduce cost, improve safety and eliminate operator injury.
Collaborate with cross-functional organizations within S&C to drive environmental initiatives including – but not limited to – waste reduction, reuse, recycling, resource conservation, circularity, recyclable contents, and materials, etc.