Job Title: Environmental Health & Safety Technician Classification: NonExempt Department: EHS Reports to: Senior Safety Engineer Position: Night Shift
Purpose:
Assists with environmental health and safety activities to ensure legal and regulatory compliance with EPA and OSHA. Functions as a contact to react to environmental or safety emergencies by direction from EHS Management/Superintendent.
General Duties:
Requires constant physical activity throughout shift(except breaks and lunch) such as walking sitting standing bending stooping squatting reaching handling near/far vision pushing pulling carrying and lifting objects weighing 50 lbs.
Will assist EHS leadership and/or engineers in conducting daily walks through facility and waste storage area to check for safety and environmental issues such as: improperly labeled and sealed waste containers leaks spills safety risks and report findings to EHS leadership
Water sampling and testing (daily Aluminum Oil & Grease water hardness etc)
Will assist in waste spill cleanup
Will report tote and drum usage to EHS leadership for purpose of reordering
Will properly label and seal waste containers as needed and report to EHS leadership
Will move labeled and sealed waste containers to storage area
When requested will move empty drums and totes to sections as needed for waste containment and report to EHS leadership
Will assist in the preparation of hazardous and nonhazardous waste shipments
Help transport injured workers for proper care and treatment
Will monitor plant safety supplies (PPE first aid supplies etc. for usage and proper reordering
Stock PPE as needed (vending machines PPE cage SB cage etc)
Will perform other functions as required
Skills:
Self starter and detail oriented
Observes all safety rules
Maintains a clean work area
Requirements:
High school diploma or GED; some experience working in Environmental Health & Safety field preferred
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