EHS Engineer

We are seeking an Environmental Health and Safety Engineerfor our First Quality Baby Products facility in Macon GA. The primary purpose of this role is to provide technical skills with tactical leadership in the development operation and support of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) policies/programs/procedures to instill and sustain an incidentfree work environment while ensuring full compliance with all applicable regulatory agency requirements.

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Promote an actionoriented approach instilling and exemplifying a strong EHS mindset for all team members resulting in the elements required to achieve and maintain a world class EHS culture.

• Active facilitation or participation in EHS related meetings and training sessions.

• Develop manage and implement Environmental Health and Safety policies and procedures in compliance with company local State and Federal rules and regulations.

• Serve as an innovative flexible EHS resource supporting the company/site/location. Participate in decisions on technical regulatory and cultural issues related to Environmental Health and Safety.

• Participate and/or lead continuous improvement in EHS policies programs and procedures.

• Build and maintain positive working relationships with all team members vendors and customers.

• Participate in and/or lead incident investigations to effectively identify root cause/contributing factors and ensure proper implementation of all corrective actions.

• Ensure required EHS training is complete for all employees newly hired and/or existing and maintain training records.

• Provide technical support in the design and owner acceptance approval processes of controls for hazardous working conditions and unsafe activities ensuring compliance with applicable EHS requirements.

• Be present and engaged with the workforce in their activities to establish and strengthen twoway communication trust and confidence in your ability to lead them.

• Facilitate communication of company EHS policies procedures and standards with all visitors including contractors and vendors.

• Plan perform and/or coordinate industrial hygiene sampling analysis and interpretation of results in compliance with all applicable requirements for the exposure(s) identified.

• Maintain professional knowledge uptodate with existing and proposed changes in applicable federal state and local EHS regulations and standards.

• Participate in and/or lead the development implementation and maintaining of all applicable Safety Management Systems.

• Assist in Workers Compensation claims administration and coordination of the ReturntoWork program for injured team members.

• Accurately interpret and apply Environmental Health and Safety codes standards and related professional references (e.g. OSHA EPA NFPA ANSI ADA CCOHS DOT/IATA etc..

• Carry out all administrative responsibilities associated with EHS compliance and program administration.

• Conduct regular walk through EHS inspections to identify hazards document findings recommend corrective actions that work within given constraints and verification of completed corrective actions and their effectiveness.

• Understand and administer reasonable suspicion and impairment programs used to conduct drug and alcohol testing and other applicable standards as they may apply.

• Assist and/or lead in establishing risk management processes aimed at hazard condition control and injury prevention through studying incidents observed and potential hazard conditions in various completed and planned work environments.

• Display consistent measure of integrity and company culture in all businessrelated activities.

• Track and trend incident data in Safety Management System.

• Responsible for the use and maintenance of all applicable company related data systems software peripherals etc. to complete tasks as assigned.

• Maintain safety data sheets in SDS Online and physical binders and keep GHS label stations stocked.

Qualifications/ education and experience requirements:

• Bachelors degree in related technical scientific or engineering discipline required and / or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3 years experience in Environmental Health and/or Safety field in Engineer/Specialist/Generalist role required.
• Selfstarter with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills are required.
• Skilled use of technology and software packages such as MS Office and Internet/Intranet navigation.
• Critical thinking and project management skills.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance of all local state and federal safety requirements (OSHA).
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance of applicable local state and federal environmental requirements (EPA).
• Strong skills with teaching audiences with varying levels of learning comprehension and interest of the subject matter and material.
• Use of change management principles and processes.
• Data collection compilation and statistical analysis.
• Compliance Behavioral Risk and/or Human Performance auditing and inspection techniques to ensure meeting internal and external standards.
• Demonstrate a tenacious drive for results.
• Experience with developing and implementing Safety Management Systems (BSI 18001 / ISO 45001 preferred.
• Knowledge in ADA and HIPAA legal compliance.
• Knowledge in Workers Comp and ReturntoWork practices.
• Collaborative partner with resources at all levels of the company to drive results that achieve goals and objectives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to read interpret and apply applicable EHS regulatory and legal interpretive text.
• Ability to recognize hazardous situations and recommend corrective actions.
• Basic First Aid and CPR certified and/or trainer preferred EMT a plus.
• EHS related professional credentials a plus (i.e. Associate Safety Professional (ASP).
• Ability to or experience with operating and training operators on Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT).