Specialist Environmental Health Safety (Night Shift)

Summary/ Objective:

Assist HSSE Management with daily plant operations in the areas of Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental. This position will be responsible for performing field inspections, designing employee training programs, preparing detailed reports, and analyzing test samples. Our ideal candidate will be a qualified expert with an excellent understanding of environmental and natural sciences. All candidates will demonstrate outstanding communication skills, with an aptitude for understanding and interpreting data. The goal will be to ensure our compliance with federal, state, and local regulations related to hazardous environments.

Essential Environmental Functions (but are not limited to):

• Ensures safety of self and others by following all Safety Policies/Procedures and wearing all required PPE.
• This position is required to work night shift. 
• Oversee field examinations and report hazardous locations and materials.
• Maintain management information systems that identify the location of hazardous sites, chemical inventories, and complaint investigations.
• Develop and recommend solutions to eliminate pollution and environmental hazards.
• Design and implement effective employee training programs.
• Collect and analyze test samples of soil, water, and air.
• Perform research and report your findings on the current environmental conditions.
• Prepare clear and detailed written reports about field inspections.
• Implement spill prevention programs and hazardous waste regulations.
• Conducts inspections of plant machinery and equipment to ensure environmental compliance.
• Carry out industrial hygiene field measurements to verify levels of pollution at a workplace.
• Keep management informed of the findings of all industrial assessments.
• Carry out investigations to evaluate adequacy of ventilation, lighting, and other conditions required for employee safety.
• Carry out research to identify corrective actions for indoor air pollution.
• Counsel employees on proper ways to adjust workstations to meet ergonomic standards.
• Attend educational programs and conferences to increase job knowledge and skill.
• Developing policies/procedures relating to HSSE; to include ensuring our organizational policies align with regulatory requirements.
• Develop and drive activities with focus on key business metrics such as injury avoidance and regulatory compliance, with a strong emphasis on environmental.
• Coordinating a Safety Committee, to include monthly/weekly walk-throughs of the plant site.
• Maintains regulatory postings, i.e., OSHA 300 Log.
• Create and maintain a safety Dojo, working closely with the training and HR teams.
• Lead workplace HSSE culture strategies and actions by ensuring safety of self and others by following all Safety Policies/Procedures. This includes reinforcement of safe work practices with Team Members.
• Responsible for the administration, maintenance, and operation of safety programs in a manufacturing environment.
• Conduct hazard prevention analysis, to include submission and implementation of risk control countermeasures.
• Develop communication systems with department managers for day-to-day EHS activities.
• Capable of cross-functional communication with manufacturing leaders and Process Engineering to resolve safety and environmental issues in all areas.
• Participate in incident investigations and root cause analysis; facilitate the completion of reports; analyze incident trends; implementation of corrective actions; assure lessons learned are shared and preventive actions are closed and documented.
• Conduct effective and appropriate HSSE training in compliance with regulatory training requirements.
• Regular attendance is required.

Other Duties:

Must be flexible to work in all areas of your department to further develop your career and assist in accomplishing YKTA Goals and objectives.

Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience:

1. BS degree in Industrial Safety or related field or equivalent experience.
2. Must be able to work night shift.
3. 5+ years industrial or manufacturing experience.
4. Knowledge of US environmental, health and safety regulations.
5. Requires independent judgment on problems, identifying alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, a