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EHS & Operations Trainer

WM
United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 May 2025
💰 $98,000/yr($83,000/yr$98,000/yr)

About the role

Job Summary
This position provides project staff support and support on training initiatives to ensure the implementation of established environmental and safety policies, programs, and processes, so that operations are managed to keep people safe and protect the environment. This includes ensuring compliance/conformance with: environmental and safety legal requirements; Corporate Environmental Protection and Safety programs and requirements; and regulatory and permit related environmental and safety requirements. Manages assigned area EHS training program(s) and information systems to achieve goals and meet company, customer, or regulatory requirements. Utilize ability to professionally interface with various levels of staff within WM and customer project site staff. Travel within Area up to 40%

This is a remote position

Duties and Responsibilities 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other ancillary duties may be assigned. 

  • Provides on-site or off-site project staff guidance/support proactively or upon request. Helps communicate expectations related to implementing or maintaining required EHS programs/processes/procedures. Assists operations in developing site-specific procedures or action plans, and training materials as needed. 
  • Assigns and Conducts remote or on-site training for safety and/or environmental compliance, and forconformance to company procedures and permit requirements. Help project staff develop corrective/preventive action and tracks any issues identified during training sessions.
  • Conducts remote or on-site safety and/or environmental assessments and audits for conformance to company procedures and permit requirements. Help project staff develop corrective/preventive action and tracks any issues identified to completion. 

 • Operations and continual improvement, including ISO 9001/14001 program

 • Safety Near Miss / Unsafe Condition and/or Peer Observation Program 

 • Online training administration (curriculum, training groups, assignments, trouble-shooting) and related materials distribution and updates

 • Rules Book Implementation and Updates

• DOT Driver compliance management (Driver Qualification Files, Hours of Service and Pre-Trip/Post-Trip Inspection)• DriveCam implementation, administration and analysis

 • Safety or Environmental special focus or training events

 • Safety or Environmental performance summaries and communications

  • Administers or uses certain databases and software (e.g., Intelex, CYCLE, , Excel, , DISA, CA DMV, SharePoint, InfoPath, etc.) to track people, assets, program conformance, regulatory compliance, and similar.
  • Maintains/updates and helps develop EHS training such as EHS Orientation training, EPA-required training and assigns and conducts such trainings for WM staff.
  • Provides environmental, and/or safety regulatory summaries and/or guidance to project staff related to typical project operations.
  • Assists in the management of incidents and injuries, including cause analysis, corrective/preventive action implementation.
  • Assists in managing EHS Recognition programs, EHS Scorecard tracking, data analysis and reporting
  • Anticipates typical problems, identifies recurring problems, and takes appropriate action commensurate with experience.
  • Assists management regarding problem resolution, EHS goal setting, and programmatic improvements needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities
No direct reports, but regularly responsible for assigning tasks and coaching project staff.

Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job. 

A. Education and Experience

  • Education: Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Safety, Environmental, or similar area of study (accredited), or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and at least 4 years of relevant work experience.
  • Experience: 5 years of hands-on and programmatic safety/compliance experience, and/or waste-related programmatic environmental/compliance experience including training experience with at least 3 years of experience (concurrent with Safety and Environmental experience) working within manufacturing and industrial operations (in addition to education requirements).

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements<

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