Plant EHS Specialist

Plant Environmental Health & Safety Specialist EHS

Ruston LA

$90000 to $120000 Bonus Full Relocation

The Plant Senior EHS Specialist will focus on plant EHS initiatives rollout safety policies and think outside the box to help take the EHS program to the next level. If you are someone who enjoys working independently as well as in a team environment this is the position for you. The Plant Senior EH&S Specialist will work with the plant operations team and corporate Safety team to embrace our goal of a zero harm workplace. If you enjoy rolling out programs multitasking being creative influencing decisions and helping drive our EHS goals to the next level we want to hear from you. This position reports to the Plant Manager but will also work closely with the Divisional Safety Manager and Regional Environmental Manager for direction and guidance.

Responsibilities:

• Supports and promotes safe practices in alignment with company commitments policies and compliance requirements.
• Acts as an OSHA and EPA regulatory compliance resource.
• Leads or participates in incident investigations (injury property damage nearhit environmental deviations etc. and root cause analysis and works with the plant operations team to determine appropriate corrective/preventative action.
• Perform risk and hazard assessments/inspections to determine employee risk/exposure and suggest/drive actions to mitigate/reduce them.
• Establish and drive continuous improvement in the facilitys safety monitoring and recordkeeping systems to ensure compliance with all policies and federal regulatory requirements.
• Assist the plant operations team and Corporate Safety to evaluate and determine appropriate proactive safety strategies for projects that may have an impact on the facility or employees.
• Develop action plans for safety activities coordinate the plant Safety Committee team perform followup on these activities and report status to the Plant Manager.
• Facilitate safety health and environmental training for all plant personnel.
• Compile and track all documentation for compliance with all safety and environmental policies and required activities (Work Notifications Inspection Records OSHA 300 etc..
• Support plant initiatives towards Lean Kaizen Cost Reduction 5S and other facility improvements.
• Assist in driving continuous improvement in the facilities environmental monitoring and recordkeeping data management systems to ensure compliance with all policies and federal state and local regulatory requirements
• Ensure that all industrial process wastewaters are properly managed and discharged from the plant in a manner that protects ground waters and surface tributaries from contamination and is in compliance with the plants operating discharge permit (if applicable).
• Ensure the proper onsite management and offsite disposal of solid universal and hazardous wastes and lead a plantwide effort to eliminate these by correcting the eliminating the root causes and/or reducing wastes reusing and recycling various materials
• Assist Corporate Environmental to evaluate and determine appropriate permitting and abatement strategies for projects that may have an impact on existing air quality permits.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and environmental policies procedures and programs.
• Ensure all safety health and environmental metrics and reports are completed and communicated in a timely manner.
• Assist in regard to workers compensation cases.
• Serve as training coordinator for all EHSrelated trainings through SafetySkills and other computerbased training (CBT).

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Safety and Health Environmental or equivalent degree.
• Prior Safety Specific Training (OSHA 30 Hour Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health etc.
• Seven 7 or more years of experience in a safety and/or environmental role in an industrial setting. Comfortable working in a plant environment.
• Must meet one or more of the following criteria:
• Has served as the EHS Leader of the site for a minimum of three years.
• Is recognized by the Company as a Subject Matter Expert in a specific EHS discipline (e.g. Fall Protection Machine Safeguarding Process Safety etc. and is called upon to share his/her expertise with other locations within the Company.
• Professional Certifications in Safety Environmental or Occupational Health (e.g. CSP CIH OHST SMS CEM CHMM etc.
• Working knowledge of federal safety and environmental laws (e.g. OSHA EPA etc.
• Ability to work with respective outside agencies and contracted employees.
• Microsoft Office (Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook). Ability to use a variety of software applications to analyze monitor data create reports and presentations.
• Ability to climb stairs ladders extensive walking confined spaces wear a respirator (if applicable) and handle exposures to hot/cold environments.
• Excellent communication training and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated RootCause analysis skills (RCCA 5Whys).
• Leadership skills to direct personnel implement initiatives supervising teams and performing followup activities.
• Analytical ability to assess complex situations and apply problem solving strategies.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to be on call as needed 24/7.
• Ability to travel up to 5
• Skills and Certifications note: bold skills and certification are required
• Bachelors degree in Safety and Health Environmental or equivalent degree.
• 7 or more years of experience

Ideal Candidate

• 100 humidity steam activated chemistry
• Nonunion facility 70 employees
• Plant operates 20 hours a day 4 days a week
• PPE/Forklift training etc.
• Selfstarter understand safety/EHS deliverables.
• Positive influencer of change sweeping up dust muck out of tanks pallet moving they will jump in and help collaborate & an influencer.