Sr Environ Health & Safety Specialist

Job Location:  Robinson, IL 

 

Summary:

  

The Hershey Company Robinson plant is a non-union plant producing products such as PayDay, Heath, Skor, Milk Duds, Whoppers & Reese’s Pieces in a high-speed complex environment.

 

Under limited supervision, the Sr Specialist Environmental Health & Safety provides leadership and direction for development of safety programs to ensure compliance with regulations and company policy. 

• Develop and implement plant-wide safety policies and programs
• Conduct EHS assessments and provide guidance to Business Unit Managers, Supervisors, and other functional teams
• Develop and deliver safety training programs to all levels of management and employees
• Participate/provide leadership on multifunctional teams to provide safety support and guidance
• Work with numerous internal customers
• Interact with local, state/provincial, and federal level regulators. Mentor lead and guide Supervisors, Business Unit Leaders through Safety Incident Management, Safety Management System, Audits, Training, Workers Compensation, Industrial Hygiene and Projects as the subject matter expert in safety
• Cover for the EHS Manager in their absence, development of the Safety Specialist and leading safety committee teams

 

Responsibilities:

 

Compliance

• Provide coaching, mentoring and leadership for development, implementation of specific EHS policies and programs.  Maintain technical proficiency in key safety areas.  Serve as plant resource for specific program areas.  Develop and deliver EHS training programs to all levels of management and employees.  Provide technical guidance on specific EHS issues to BU Managers, supervisors, and other functional teams to ensure compliance.  Working knowledge base of ergonomics to make modification to process to improve ergonomic position and reduce ergonomic risk.

 

Auditing:

• Perform or coordinate department/plant-wide inspections of safety procedures, equipment, and programs to ensure compliance with appropriate regulatory requirements and risk reduction management.  Report on findings and work with plant management to develop action plans to address deficiencies.  Support plant management and other staff to ensure action plans are implemented and follow up occurs. 

 

Incident Management: 

• Independently execute investigations and analyze incidents to identify trends in people safety information.  Initiate corrective and preventative action plans and communicate findings as appropriate.  Assist BU Managers and Supervisors to determine resolution and implement corrective actions.  Use various computer support systems (ex. SAP EH&S, SharePoint) to document data. 

 

EHS Management System & Continuous Improvement: 

• Assist with the development, implementation and monitoring of EHS Management System aspects and written program documentation.  Conduct regular written program reviews and prepares updates.  Perform regular internal audits, document and report findings and follow-up on non-conformances.  Participate/lead verification and validation activities for EHS Management System aspects and EHS regulatory compliance.

 

Workers Compensation 

• Apply working knowledge of Workers Compensation Management Processes to assist with workers compensation through detailed investigation and follow up.  Provide updates and guidance to plant leadership.
• Assist in the case management within the plant.

 

Industrial Hygiene

• Leverage basic Industrial Hygiene Fundamentals & Instrumentation to setup and gather data from sampling equipment and analyze industrial hygiene reports to make recommendations.

 

Project / Business Unit Support 

• Drive continuous improvement through utilization of Safety program elements such as Safety Teams, Near Miss Program, Corrective and Preventive Action initiatives, Behavior-based safety methodologies, work orders, QDR, Pre-start up and Stage Gate reviews for engineering projects, and other risk reduction programs.  Lead Safety Teams and prepare documents as necessary.  Lead and/or participate on multifunctional improvement teams to provide safety guidance and safety problem solving.  Interact with project/tech assurance managers to ensure safety issues are identified early in the project design and development process and are evaluated and addressed. 

 

Training

• Create and implement training programs and informational materials as required to convey safety policies and procedures for new hire orientation, on-going regulatory requirements, and specialized training.   

 

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to success