EHS Engineer

Requisition Number: 76840

 

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Corning’s Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications around the world.

 

Scope of Position:

 

The EHS Engineer promotes a safe, healthy, and compliant work environment for employees, visitors, and contractors by integrating environmental, health, and safety programs into plant strategy and daily operations. This role develops, implements, and administers EHS programs; drives continuous improvement in EHS performance; supports proactive prevention systems; and ensures compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and corporate requirements. The position requires strong technical knowledge of EHS principles, regulatory requirements, risk assessment methods, the hierarchy of controls, and human and organizational performance. Working under general direction, this role plans and executes work against defined objectives while providing technical support and coordinating projects with internal and external stakeholders.

 

 

Day to Day Responsibilities:

 

• Report to the EHS Manager on site EHS performance, priorities, risks, corrective actions, and progress against objectives.
• Support and improve site EHS management systems, including ISO 14001, ECC, GSS, regulatory compliance programs, and corporate EHS expectations.
• Develop, administer, and implement assigned environmental, health, and safety programs in accordance with governmental, corporate, and facility requirements.
• Monitor pollution prevention activities, compliance activities, audits, inspections, and corrective action effectiveness.
• Review environmental documents, permits, project specifications, purchases, and proposed process or equipment changes to determine EHS impacts and communicate requirements to engineering, operations, and leadership.
• Evaluate processes and equipment for environmental impacts, health and safety risk, compliance implications, and opportunities for improved controls using risk assessment and hierarchy of controls methods.
• Support plant process and permit changes by preparing or contributing to environmental documentation, impact assessments, and compliance evaluations.
• Interact with federal, state, and local regulators, consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders to resolve compliance matters and support audits, inspections, and permit requirements.
• Analyze processes, trends, and situations to create information, identify improvement opportunities, and develop proactive prevention systems for anticipating and responding to events.
• Provide EHS expertise, advice, information, and tools that enable effective safety and environmental management across the site.
• Lead or support incident reviews, self-assessments, internal and external audits, and investigations, including corrective action development, ownership alignment, and closure tracking.
• Serve as site owner, as assigned, for EHS compliance reporting, documentation, records, and recurring program reviews.
• Develop and deliver EHS training, communications, and recurring reviews such as ISO reviews, incident reviews, contractor safety discussions, and program updates.
• Represent EHS as a prime contact on projects and coordinate across functions when significant matters require alignment between organizations.
• Support workers’ compensation, medical provider interactions, and return-to-work coordination as needed.

 

 

Travel Requirements: Mi