EHS Partner

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide primary EHS support to PQ plant operations.  Additional responsibilities and changes in responsibilities may be made at the discretion of the VP EHS & Quality Systems.
• Analyze the work environment and develop programs designed to control eliminate and prevent occupational disease and/or injury and/or environmental harm caused by physical chemical biological agents or ergonomic factors.
• Provide technical support to front line leadership on matters related to occupational health safety security environmental compliance process safety (HAZOP) and loss prevention.
• Conduct field and site inspections to enforce adherence to laws regulations and employer policies governing occupational safety and environmental compliance.
• Assist with the collection of data required to satisfy environmental permit and reporting requirements (air water waste regulatory requirements).
• Prepare reports for use by company personnel and regulatory agencies including Compliance calendar.
• Develop and manage initiatives to promote a proactive safety culture including programs designed to increase employee involvement education and recognition by participation in safety committees incident investigations training and compliance auditing.
• Collect and interpret EHS data to identify trends and/or causal factors such as system failure human error incomplete or faulty decisionmaking or a weakness in existing policies or practices or regulations.
• Investigate incidents and noncompliance events to determine contributing factors and recommend remedial action to prevent reoccurrence.
• Liaise with regulatory agencies on matters related to reporting and/or investigating compliance concerns including work related injury log maintenance.
• Develop and deliver regulatory required training related to health safety and environment.
• Apply EHS management systems to conform to standards such as RC14001 ISO14001 ISO45001 etc.
• Participation in company sponsored auditing including PQP RC/ISO and EHS Compliance as well as site level audits (housekeeping security radiation permits and contractors).  Other audits maybe included based on experience.
• Develop and maintain site level EHS plans programs and procedures in collaboration with site operations.
• Provide support and assist the Behavior Based Safety (BBS) and Joint Health and Safety committees to resolve open items and issues.
• Analyzes and interprets reports from consultants and makes recommendations for additional testing and fieldwork as required.
• Conduct EHS reviews of capital projects and work with engineering & plant management on solutions to EHS issues.  
• Comply with all federal state and local environmental health and safety regulations and requirements.

• Comply with company policies.

Qualifications :

Candidate must possess this experience to be deemed qualified:

•  Bachelors degree related to environment health and safety engineering or related discipline.
• A minimum of 5 years experience in EHS.
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Products (Excel PowerPoint Outlook and Word).  
• Experience working with and maintaining sensitive and confidential information.
• Ability to analyze and interpret reports from consultants and make recommendations for controls additional testing or field work as required.
• Experience in leading and conducting root cause analysis

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide primary EHS support PQ plant operations.  Additional responsibilities and changes may be made at the discretion of the VP EHS & Quality Systems.
• Analyze the work environment and develop programs designed to control eliminate and prevent occupational disease and/or injury and/or environmental harm caused by physical chemical biological agents or ergonomic factors. Ability to conduct root cause analysis and deliver recommendations.
• Provide technical support to front line leadership on matters related to occupational health safety security environmental compliance process safety (HAZOP) and loss prevention.
• Conduct field and site inspections to enforce adherence to laws regulations and employer policies governing occupational safety and environmental compliance.
• Assist with the collection of data required to satisfy environmental permit and reporting requirements (air water waste regulatory requirements).
• Prepare reports for use by company personnel and regulatory agencies including Compliance calendar.
• Develop and manage initiatives to promote a proactive safety culture including programs designed to increase employee involvement education and recognition by participation in safety committees incident investigations training and compliance auditing.
• Collect and interpret EHS data to identify trends and/or causal factors such as system failure human error incomplete or faulty decisionmaking or a weakness in existing policies or practices or regulations.
• Investigate incidents and noncompliance events to determine contributing factors and recommend remedial action to prevent reoccurrence.
• Liaise with regulatory agencies on matters related to reporting and/or investigating compliance concerns including work related injury log maintenance.
• Develop and deliver regulatory required training related to health safety and environment.
• Apply EHS management systems to conform to standards such as RC14001 ISO14001 ISO45001 etc.
• Participation in company sponsored auditing including PQP RC/ISO and EHS Compliance as well as site level audits (housekeeping security radiation permits and contractors).  Other audits maybe included based on experience.
• Develop and maintain site level EHS plans programs and procedures in collaboration with site operations.
• Provide support and assist the Behavior Based Safety (BBS) and Joint Health and Safety committees to resolve open items and issues.
• Analyzes and interprets reports from consultants and makes recommendations for additional testing and fieldwork as required.
• Conduct EHS reviews of capital projects and work with engineering & plant management on solutions to EHS issues. 

Additional Information :

Special Factors

Work environment this role is based in a chemical manufacturing plant that typically operates 24/7

• In field boots on the ground 65%
• Office work 25%
• Other 10%
• Travel required minimum every two months
• Comply with all federal state and local environmental health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Comply with company policies.

Equipment & Tools

Computer                             

PPE including hard hat safety glasses gloves safety boots long sleeves hearing protection respirator face shield goggles and other depending on the site work activities and risk

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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