EHS Specialist Waynesboro PA

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What You Will Do:

We are looking for a technically skilled and culturally driven professional who is passionate about creating a safe healthy and environmentally responsible workplace. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and sustaining the plants safety culture by partnering closely with operations maintenance and leadership teams. Through collaboration coaching and datadriven problemsolving the you will help ensure compliance with federal state and local regulations while embedding EHS principles into everyday operational excellence. You will lead critical safety and environmental initiatives within a complex matrixed manufacturing environment. Youll own and elevate EHS processes and be a strategic partner across functional departments.

This position is ideal for an earlycareer professional with 13 years of experience who excels at influencing without authority driving continuous improvement and championing EHS values across diverse teams. The successful candidate brings curiosity initiative and a strong sense of ownership to elevate both safety performance and employee engagement.

How You Will Do It:

Process Ownership & Compliance

Maintain compliance with OSHA EPA and state/local regulatory requirements.

Implement EHS policies and procedures aligned with OSHA EPA and ISO standards (14001/ 45001/ 9001)

Conduct routine audits inspections and risk assessments across plant operations Conduct risk assessments hazard analyses (JHA HAZOP) and ergonomic evaluations

Develop update and implement EHS policies procedures and training programs.

Ensure compliance across multiple reporting lines and operational units within a matrixed structure

Prepare and submit required environmental reports (air water waste hazardous materials).Gather data for environmental reporting waste characterization and regulatory submissions

Participate in incident investigations rootcause analysis and corrective action implementation.

Participate in EHS audits and risk assessments

Partner with JCI Legal on regulatory and compliance topics

Data management within EHS information system

Culture & Engagement

Be a Commitment to Safety Champion through behavior-based safety programs and peer-led accountability

Facilitate safety committees and employee engagement forums to build ownership across roles and departments

Influence plant and functional leaders to integrate EHS priorities into daily decision-making

Training & Communication

Deliver tailored EHS training programs that resonate with both direct and indirect stakeholders

Support behaviorbased safety initiatives and promote employee engagement in EHS programs.

Communicate safety goals performance metrics and improvement plans transparently to multiple layers of leadership

Provide coaching and mentorship to cross-functional teams helping them champion EHS in their own domains

Performance & Analytics

Identify hazards and drive engineering and administrative controls to reduce risk

Partner with engineering and operations teams on equipment design reviews and process changes.

Lead or support Kaizen 5S and other continuous improvement efforts related to safety and environmental performance.

Track and analyze EHS metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities.

Track leading indicators such as near-misses safety observations and training compliance

Use lagging indicators to validate program effectiveness and identify improvement areas

Drive KPI performance