EHS Coordinator

Your safety health and well-being and that of your colleagues and customers matters to us. We operate in heavy industries where safety and environmental responsibility are essential parts of our operations. Everyone is expected to identify hazards stop unsafe work and contribute to a safe and environmentally responsible workplace.

As the Health Safety and Environment (HSE) Coordinator you will support HSE activities at FLSmidths Pekin Illinois manufacturing facility. The site employs 100 employees and includes foundry operations large-scale machining paint booths warehousing and other heavy industrial activities.

Reporting to the HSE Manager you will work closely with employees supervisors site leadership contractors regulatory agencies and regional HSE personnel. This position provides an opportunity to develop broad HSE experience across occupational health and safety environmental compliance industrial hygiene training incident investigation and risk management.

• Support implementation and ongoing compliance with FLSmidth Global and North America HSE standards procedures and programs.
• Conduct workplace inspections hazard assessments job hazard analyses and risk assessments throughout the facility.
• Work directly with employees and supervisors to identify hazards and implement practical corrective actions.
• Support OSHA compliance and site safety programs including lockout/tagout machine guarding electrical safety cranes and hoists forklifts PPE respiratory protection hearing conservation confined spaces hot work working at heights and hazard communication.
• Support incident and near-miss reporting investigations root-cause analysis corrective actions and OSHA recordkeeping.
• Coordinate and deliver HSE training and maintain required training records.
• Support industrial hygiene and occupational health activities including exposure assessments and implementation of appropriate controls.
• Support environmental compliance programs including RCRA Large Quantity Generator requirements hazardous and non-hazardous waste management air permitting wastewater and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) requirements.
• Work closely with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) and other regulatory agencies on applicable environmental requirements inspections reporting permitting and compliance activities.
• Assist with environmental monitoring sampling emissions calculations regulatory reporting and maintenance of required compliance documentation.
• Support internal and external HSE audits and regulatory inspections and track corrective actions through completion.
• Review contractor activities and support contractor HSE compliance while work is performed onsite.
• Maintain accurate HSE records metrics reports permits training documentation and compliance calendars.
• Promote employee involvement hazard and near-miss reporting Stop Work Authority and operational ownership of HSE.
• Escalate significant compliance issues and uncontrolled risks to site and HSE leadership.
• Occasional travel may be required up to 10%.

We are looking for someone who is interested in developing a career in Health Safety and Environment and is comfortable working in an active manufacturing environment.

• Strong interest in occupational health and safety environmental compliance or a related field.
• Ability and willingness to learn applicable OSHA EPA Illinois EPA and company HSE requirements.
• Ability to work effectively with employees supervisors managers contractors and regulatory personnel.
• Willingness to spend significant time on the manufacturing floor including foundry machine shop warehouse and painting operations.
• Ability to wear a tight-fitting respirator.
• Ability to identify problems ask questions research requirements and follow issues through to completion.
• Strong organizational documentation written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable delivering training and communicating HSE expectations to employees.
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Excel Word PowerPoint and electronic systems.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently while seeking guidance when appropriate.

The following qualifications are preferred but are not required:

• Associates or bachelors degree in Occupational Safety Environmental Science Industrial Hygiene Engineering Environmental Engineering or a related field.
• Previous HSE manufacturing environmental internship co-op military technical or industrial experience.
• Familiarity with OSHA general industry requirements.
• Familiarity with EPA or Illinois EPA environmental requirements.
• Experience or coursework involving RCRA hazardous waste air permitting emissions stormwater/SWPPP wastewater or environmental compliance.
• Experience in a foundry machine shop metal fabrication painting/coating warehouse or other manufacturing environment.
• Experience conducting inspections risk assessments training or incident investigations.

Company Provided Benefits:

Paid time off paid holidays 401k w/ company match paternal leave military leave community service time bereavement short-term disability long-term disability basic life & AD&D insurance Employee Assistance Program jury duty and witness leave employee recognition program and an employee perks & discount program.

Voluntary Benefits:

Medical/RX dental vision telemedicine virtual counseling HSA/FSA programs AFLAC benefits supplemental life & AD&D insurance identity theft protection legal insurance virtual physical therapy fitness and grocery delivery womens health support nutrition counseling cell phone discount program and pet insurance.

As an equal opportunity employer FLSmidth embraces diversity and equality by promoting an environment of inclusion. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply - the more diverse our employees are the stronger our team our commitment to equal opportunity and eliminating bias we kindly request that you exclude personal information such as age ethnicity marital status number of children and photographs from your application materials.

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