Health Safety and Environment Compliance Specialist
Summary
Ensures workplace safety and environmental compliance by inspecting sites, developing safety programs, and maintaining regulatory records in a logistics/warehousing environment.
Position Description
HSE Compliance Specialist
Department: Operational Health, Safety & Environment
Job Status: Full-Time
FLSA Status: Salary-Exempt
Reports To: Health Safety and Environment Regional Manager
Location: Leetsdale, PA
Amount of Travel Required: 10-15%
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (On call weekends)
Positions Supervised: N/A
AIP Level: Level 6
POSITION SUMMARY: HSE Coordinator ensures a safe, healthy work environment and maintains environmental ordinances. To achieve this, a HSE Coordinator must perform inspections to assess the risks that may threaten workers' safety and health while on the job. They will also need to recommend and support company safety controls and safety programs that reduce accident/incident frequency and reduce other losses while embracing the safety philosophy and culture.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (The following duties and responsibilities are all essential job functions, as defined by the ADA, except for those that begin with the word "may.")
- Evaluate hazards on location for safety, health, and environmental risks.
- Strategically organize the day to complete administrative obligations and to have a presence during field operations.
- Supports crew in all efforts to safely perform their jobs by ensuring we are approaching safety through engineering, administration, and using personal protective equipment as a last line of defense.
- Develop health and safety procedures and programs for all departments and monitors safety compliance to reduce risks.
- Maintains contingency plans, including fire prevention, procedures for controlling hazardous spills in accordance with government regulation, insurance company requirements, and emergency action plans.
- Supervises maintenance of material safety data sheets, which are always accessible according to regulations.
- Develop inspection policies and establish regular inspection schedules.
- Monitor leading indicators through reporting system to build trends for proactive safety engagement.
- To maintain EPA records of hazardous waste, air emission permitting, and water pollution discharge, as well as industrial health monitoring and records of employee hazard exposure according to OSHA regulations.
- Monitors professional literature and attends seminars to stay current with governmental compliance requirements.
- Effectively communicate and work with leadership on location and customer personnel.
- Performs other related duties as assigned to assist with successful operations and business continuity.