Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

We have an opening for an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist at our nVent Greenville, Pennsylvania campus (formerly ILSCO Extrusions), that specializes in extruded and fabricated aluminum componentry for intercompany and external third-party customers. Reporting to the Plant Manager, this position will focus on the development, maintenance, and execution of EHS programs at the facility, to provide a safe and sustainable work environment while maintaining compliance with regulatory obligations.

IN THIS POSITION, YOU WILL:

• Facilitate EHS objectives by providing clear and continuous direction for the site.
• Maintain a strong shop floor presence and be considered the key point of contact for safety, health, and environmental-related inquiries.
• Utilize proactive safety methodology and deploy improvements as needed.
• Monitor applicable EHS regulatory requirements and risk initiatives; analyze potential impacts; provide information to operations leadership as appropriate; work with other safety compliance resources as required.
• Coordinate and engage plant employees and other personnel in the identification, development, and implementation of EHS goals that positively impact and add value to the organization.
• Manage EHS documents, vendor contracts and permit administration.
• Working with human resources, legal, and a medical panel of physicians, assist with workers compensation cases.
• Facilitate incident reporting, participate in incident investigation, and root cause analyses.
• Facilitate EHS training to ensure all regulatory and company obligations are met.
• Provide monthly internal reporting requirements (water consumption, municipal discharge, waste details, indirect energy, etc.) according to a prescribed schedule.
• Submit necessary reporting metrics to external agencies (local/state/federal).
• Continuously drive EHS culture transformation with EHS Lean.
• Monitor progress towards campus safety objectives.
• Identify needed support from outside consultants; develop scope of work and manage issuance of contracts and permits pertaining to OSHA and environmental compliance.
• Coordinate behavior-based safety and ergonomic improvement activities.
• Monitor the activities of all EHS department team members.
• Champion Social Responsibility & Sustainability initiatives across the site.

YOU HAVE:

• Background in Safety, Industrial Engineering, Health Science, or Environmental Management, working in an industrial/manufacturing, heavy metal facility. Preference given to a degree in one of these areas.
• 5+ years of progressive experience leading safety management systems and processes.
• Excellent computer skills including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and other relevant systems such as Intelex, Origami, etc.
• Strong knowledge of safety and the ability to apply such in the manufacturing setting.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to provide training and interface with people at all levels of the organization and outside resources.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with preferences toward Lean methodology.
• Ability to influence prioritization of activities to maintain safety and compliance.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com<