Sr. Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF CHEMISTRY AND THE WORLD

From the frontline to the back office, every Chemours employee is part of something bigger than themselves as together we work to create a better world through the power of our chemistry.

Chemours' chemistry is a vital part of our everyday lives, enabling virtually everything people touch including many products we use every single day. From smart phones to other advanced electronics, to more climate friendly refrigerants in our homes and cars, to cool roof coatings and white PVC siding that lower energy demands—our chemistry is at work.

Chemours is seeking a Sr. Environment Health & Safety Specialist to join the Workplace Safety Center of Excellence (COE) team. This position will report directly to the EHS Manager.

The successful candidate will be an essential role within the Workplace Safety COE and serve as a global industrial hygiene subject matter expert on technical and regulatory aspects, program standards, and best practices. This is a highly visible position. This role requires strong project management skills and close collaboration with other members of the EHS COE, businesses, operating sites, research & development facilities and external partners to ensure risk management effectiveness and compliance.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide industrial hygiene services, solutions, programs, best practices and/or guidance to functional and operational teams to effectively assess and manage occupational health hazards and to mitigate risk.
• Develop and maintain Chemours EHS standards, guidance documents, training, and reference material within the area of responsibility, which includes Occupational Health Management, Chemical Exposure Assessment, Heat Stress, Ergonomics, Respiratory Protection, Chemical Protective Clothing, Ionizing and non-ionizing Radiation, Indoor Air Quality, Noise and Hearing Conservation.
• Monitor emerging issues, legislation, and regulations related to occupational health and industrial hygiene to ensure Chemours program compliance. (Certain high-profile chemicals may include EPA-TSCA 6(a) and 5(e), PFAS, OSHA Expanded Health Standard, or ECHA Substances of Very High Concern requirements).
• Provide industrial hygiene subject matter expertise including exposure assessment and controls related to new product development, registration of chemical for manufacture or import, other interaction with regulators, or support of customers or toll manufacturers.
• Work with external laboratories as needed in the development of validated exposure assessment methods, chemical protective clothing permeation testing or respirator cartridge capacity testing.
• Create, collect, measure, and analyze metrics and KPI’s to discover trends for continuous improvement or to initiate targeted prevention programs.
• Support Chemours internal corporate audit program by performing and leading audits at site locations.
• Participate in corporate and external networks to leverage best practices, share lessons learned, and drive awareness of changes.
• Engage sites through voice of customer interactions, site visits, training, exposure assessments, and incident investigations, as requested.

The following is required for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health, industrial hygiene or scientific or related engineering field.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in a chemical, petrochemical, or related industrial environment.
• Functional knowledge in areas of occupational health including respiratory protection, selection of chemical protective equipment, basics of ventilation, hazard communication, ergonomics, hearing conservation, and radiation safety.
• Ability to read and interpret complex regulations (OSHA, EPA, EU) and to collaborate with internal technical experts, site personnel and other functions to ensure compliance.
• Strong understanding of risk assessment techniques and experience in developing risk mitigation strategies.
• Experience in performing air sampling, noise monitoring, and other specialized tests to assess the level of exposure to different agents and determine compliance with regulatory and company requirements.
• Experience establishing metrics, analyzing data, and developing dashboards and reporting.
• Exceptional strategic consulting skills balanced with a drive for executio