Health & Safety Specialist

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Who are we looking for

Our US East Environmental business is looking for a Health & Safety Specialist to join our Atlanta area team! This is an exciting opportunity for you to provide onsite support within an active manufacturing facility to support our clients needs. The facility is located approximately 40 to 50 miles northwest of Downtown Atlanta and you will need to be able to be at the facility at least 3 days a week.

In this role you will play a pivotal part in developing OSHAcompliant health and safety programs and procedures that span multiple operations and equipment types while also taking the lead on creating detailed lockout/tagout procedures conducting comprehensive job hazard assessments and performing thorough incident investigations. Your work will directly support OSHA reporting requirements program auditing and continuous improvements in client safety performance.

As a trusted partner to our client you will regularly review and refine health and safety programs to ensure ongoing compliance completing routine facility inspections and delivering impactful employee training. You will conduct industrial hygiene surveys including air and noise monitoring and help facilitate safety committee and emergency response team discussions. Your observations and site visit documentation will translate into actionable deliverables that strengthen daytoday safety operations. You may also support environmental compliance data collection and will take on specialized projects that include LOTO procedure development JHA creation and participation in DOT/RCRA seminars.

This is a handson influential position for someone passionate about creating safer workplaces and helping clients achieve their operational goals.

Working with an energetic and high performing team this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Data Collection and Analysis: Collate and analyze data using preset tools methods and formats. Involves working independently.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology external regulation and industry best practices through ongoing education attending conferences and reading specialist media.
• Health Safety and Environment: Follow the organizations health safety and environment (HSE) policies procedures and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace. Identify patterns of risky behavior within the team and take appropriate action to resolve them escalating serious issues as appropriate.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.
• Project Management: Work within an established project management plan to achieve specific goals.
• Solutions Analysis: Interpret data and identify possible answers. Involves navigating a wide variety of processes procedures and precedents.
• Insights and Reporting: Contribute to the preparation of various data and analytics reports.

What youll bring to the team:

• Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Engineering Occupational Health and Safety or a related field of study
• 2 to 5 years of progressive experience in Health & Safety roles preferably in an industrial or manufacturing setting
• Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or similar certifications are a plus
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) a plus
• Certified OSHA 30 Hour trained a plus
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 ISO 45001 OSHA regulations and other relevant standards
• Ability and willingness to work onsite in a manufacturing environment with physical demands (climbing ladders walking/standing on concrete potential respirator use)
• Ability to effectively communicate with the client line supervisors and skilled workers in a manufacturing setting
• Strong technical writing skills
• Bilingual (Korean and/or Spanish) is a plus and a strong differentiator

As a multicultural organization we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race color religion genetic information national origin sex (including same sex) sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions age disability or handicap citizenship status service member status or any other category protected by federal state or local law.

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