Senior EHS Specialist
Posted
- Provide strategic leadership and work with management to identify EHS issues, recommendations, and opportunities to foster continuous improvement of our EHS performance.
- Lead and provide expert hands-on technical involvement on issues, programs, and processes to ensure compliance with EHS standards, policies, and interpretation of Federal, State, and local regulations.
- Evaluate and engage in projects that will reduce overall risk and assist in implementation of improvements.
- Facilitate accident investigations, by ensuring all accident/incidents and serious near misses are fully investigated and produced detailed reports with identified root causes and measures required to mitigate or control the hazards.
- Manage workers compensations for site; includes handling confidential information with great sensitivity.
- Conduct and document EHS new hire orientation and annual training for employees.
- Perform compliance audits and implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Maintain required records, logs and inspections documentation associated with EHS compliance.
- Prepare and submit required reports including but not limited to OSHA, SARA, and TIER II reporting.
- Organize, and facilitate monthly employee safety committee meetings.
- Facilitator for site Emergency Response Operations Team.
- Manage interactions and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, outside support teams, consulting groups, and regulatory agencies.
- Participate in management staff meetings and other relevant in-house and outside meetings and seminars.
- Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects with various deadlines and objectives.
- Leading role at assisting EHS Manager with the development of EHS Interns and less senior EHS Specialists
- Perform other duties as assigned.