Associate ES&S Technician

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About you and this role

The ES&S Technician will provide hands-on security role and emergency services activities at the Elizabethtown site. This position also shares with the EH&S Specialist the responsibility for the implementation of the ES&S management system (work processes, standards, procedures) in order to meet business objectives and to maintain the license to operate.

Requires established basic ES&S skills to perform a range of routine work activities using existing standard ES&S procedures. May act as an informal resource for team members with less experience.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for covering the role of a security guard
• Monitor security cameras
• Monitor gatehouse alarms and respond appropriately
• Monitor weather and make severe weather announcements as needed
• Notify on-call contacts for incidents and alarms
• Maintain gate access system and make badges for employees
• Maintain perimeter gates and fence line
• Works with all security personnel in the preparation of secure asset plans and the development of operating discipline to execute secure asset tasks.
• Verify background check, drug screen, and other access requirements
• Receive, orient, indoctrinate, and assist visitors, delivery and pickup drivers
• Make and issue permanent badges to employees and nested contractors
• Coordinate accountability for evacuations and shelter in place events
• Communicate incident notifications as required (phone and email)
• Responsible acting as an emergency responder in the event of an incident
• Provides coverage as the incident commander across the site
• Trained and responsible for confine space rescue and hazmat responses
• Adhere to case management practices provided by site nurse
• Respond to incidents, determine responses, and notifications (fire, spill, injury, etc.)
• Investigate alarms (panic, man down, intruder, fire, smoke, O2 alarms, etc.)
• Investigate odor reports and conduct on scene root cause identification
• Use Lower explosive limit/Volatile organic compound (LEL/VOC) meter to monitor for leaks and/or exposure concerns
• Act as site rep/contact for ES&S equipment contract technicians
• Report ES&S equipment failures via work notification system
• ES&S inspections (deluge systems, fire apparatus, fire doors, fire extinguishers, monitor nozzles, portable eyebaths, PIV’s, curb valves, and medical equipment
• Operates emergency response equipment
• Enacts emergency response plans
• Executes the applicable scenarios from the emergency response plan or the alternate response plan and use operating discipline to complete the response to the emergency

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent is required.
• Able to work overtime as needed.
• Must have a valid, current US Driver’s License
• Must be able to rotate shifts between nights and day  
• 18 years of age or older.
• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States.  No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Physical Requirements
Able to meet the following physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations:

Lift, push, and pull.

• Frequent bending, reaching, and lifting
• Stand and walk for extended periods of time
• Work at heights, climb stairs and ladders.
• Work in tight and closed in spaces.
• Wear all required personal protective equipment, including but not limited to a full-face respirator, SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 or more years of experience working in a security role. 
• Relevant military experience.
• Experience as an emergency responder or EMT.
• Certified in CPR, First Aid, & AED.
• Confine Space Rescue training or certification.

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