EHS Specialist III

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

This position is primarily responsible for administering the companys Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Programs. This position is responsible for establishing and overseeing health and safety standards.

• Develops maintains and enforces safety policies and procedures in accordance with all local state federal regulations and company EHS program requirements
• Ensures compliance with EHS regulations and codes and acts as liaison to regulatory agency personnel
• Manages the employee safety training program including developing and delivering training curricula and driving/tracking employee participation
• Specifies the procurement and maintenance of safety equipment inventory to ensure that onsite personnel have adequate protection from workplace hazards.
• Reviews the procurement of chemicals and materials purchased for production engineering and R&D including the maintenance of the library of SDSs
• Oversees emergency response activities and manages sites emergency response team
• Laser safety officer
• Responsible for promoting a strong safety culture at a Cal-OSHA VPP Star site through outreach initiatives as well as employee and management engagement
• Managers contractor safety program
• Manages site workers compensation program incident investigation program and oversees the EHS database implementation for the site
• Manages the sites ergonomics and biosafety programs
• Conducts site audits for compliance with company global standards
• Manages and maintains day-to-day EHS programs at the site including new employee orientation EHS management systems and regulatory record keeping and reporting
• Administers company compliance with regulatory permits. Prepares applications interpreted regulations and maintains written EHS programs as necessary.
• Collects safety metrics and conducts trend analysis
• Provides oversight to safety committee.
• Promotes sites safety culture

Experience:

Position requires a minimum of 3 or 5 years of relevant experience (depending on education level as described below) including the organization/implementation of facility-wide safety programs or equivalent.

Demonstrated ability to recognize evaluate and recommend controls for workplace hazards. Demonstrated ability to determine training needs organize and conduct training. Strong interpersonal and communication skills required including the ability to interact with senior management and large employee groups.

Demonstrated proficiency with computer applications including word processing spreadsheet and slide presentations required. Excellent communication skills in a variety of medium (PowerPoint charts written reports & memoranda and verbal).

Education:

Position requires a bachelors degree in safety engineering environmental or industrial hygiene or comparable field and 5 years of experience described above or a masters degree safety engineering environmental or industrial hygiene or comparable field and 3 years of experience described above.

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave) accident and life insurance and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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