Senior Safety & Environmental Specialist

S&C Electric Company•Chicago, IL

7d•$87,758 - $116,285•Hybrid

About The Position

S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to support our Safety & Environmental Services function. This position will work with the corporate HSE team and assist with company safety and environmental activities to ensure compliance with legal requirements using economical, effective, and efficient concepts. The role involves close collaboration with leadership to provide technical consultation, support, and guidance on safety and environmental matters. The company is a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry with a 100-year history of innovation, focused on advancing a safer, more reliable, and resilient electrical grid. Products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. S&C is employee-owned and offers opportunities to directly impact the company.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and/or Environmental, Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience as a Safety & Environmental professional (preferred), or equivalent experience in an engineering and manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated sustained high-level performance in safety functions with strong oral and written communication skills.
Ability to simultaneously handle a variety of 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 engineering, R&D, laboratory 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

Professional EHS Certifications including but not limited to: ASSP, BCSP, NSC, or other accredited institutions

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), Electrical Safe Work practices (NFPA 70E), Confined Space, Ergonomics, Powered Industrial Vehicles (PIV), industrial air and noise monitoring, sustainability and waste management compliance, Department of Transportation (DOT), as well as 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 S&C Switchgear/Polymers team members by training team members on safety requirements and assisting the site to ensure compliance with HSE programs and initiatives.
Track Federal, State and Local safety & environmental regulations and evaluate their effects on company operations.
Interface with various stakeholders (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.
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.
Facilitate 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.
Collaborate with, mentor and teach others within the HSES team as well as S&C Electric company on HSES and S&C best practices and procedures.

Benefits

Medical & Prescription
Dental
Vision
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Group Life Insurance
Optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program
Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support)
Vacation Time
Sick Time
Paid Holidays
Company Shutdown days
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
Other Leaves
Paid Parental Time
Military Leave
401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component
Annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic)