EHS Specialist

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace automotive beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta Georgia Novelis has approximately 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

The Novelis Davenport team is seeking an EHS Specialist. This position reports to the EHS Manager to support environmental compliance permitting and other EHS functions.

• Provide direct staff support to Novelis; articulate regulatory impact on operations to upper management; investigate recognize report and recommend corrective actions on safety and environmental compliance issues while functioning in a safe efficient and cost effective manner.
• Perform or assure that all daily weekly monthly or other periodic EHS inspections are completed as required
• Compile information and prepare various EHS reports to insure accurate and timely submittal to local state and/or federal regulatory agencies to maintain necessary operating permits.
• Attend training programs necessary to fulfill the role responsibilities.
• Develop and/or present EHS training materials to Davenport employees as required by enforceable statutes or company policy.
• Audit and maintain systems to insure compliance with all applicable environmental programs of facilities.
• Monitor and educate local management of regulatory initiatives and proposed rules.
• Find opportunities for continuous improvement of environmental compliance (e.g. waste reduction data collection record keeping reporting)
• Maintain professional cordial and credible relationships with environmental regulatory authorities. Local State and Federal environmental agencies conduct routine inspections of all affected facilities. This role will be responsible for escorting such inspectors through site operations responding to the inspection inquires and communicating inspection results to supervisor and site management.
• Conduct behavior based safety observations.
• Make recommendations on corrective or preventative compliance actions based on data acquisition systems.
• Provide guidance for operating procedures as directed by Manager.
• Work collaboratively with Maintenance and Engineering departments to support initiatives and activities for reliable people processes and equipment.
• Maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the work in the role.
• Adhere to and support company quality environmental health & safety and certification standards including ISO 9001:2015 ISO 14001:2015 ISO 45001:2018 IATF 16949:2016 and ASI Certifications where applicable.

• Bachelors degree in Environmental Engineering Environmental Science or Safety Science or equivalent experience.
• Requires strong interpersonal and communication skills working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Must have the ability to contribute and participate in a team environment. Ability to accomplish assigned tasks provide feedback construct plans and demonstrates confidence in team leader and member roles.
• Ability to recognize and analyze critical issues identify and assign resources and follow-up to task completion.
• Able to apply sampling and analysis protocol to provide accurate data and to explain and train others in sampling protocol.
• Ability to learn read understand and communicate EHS regulatory requirements.

• Experience with regulatory bodies such as EPA DNR and OSHA.

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Novelis benefits reflect our commitment to supporting employees and their households with flexible high-quality options including:

• Medical dental and vision insurance
• Company-funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Company-paid life insurance and voluntary coverage options
• Competitive paid time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Retirement and post-retirement health coverage options
• Employee assistance programs available 24/7
• Wellness career development and work-life support resources

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Davenport IA has been a key player in the aluminum industry for over 11 decades. Novelis employs more than 300 people in the Davenport community across two facilities: a finishing mill and a casting facility. Novelis is an active and engaged community partner in Davenport teaming up with organizations such as Toys for Tots and Hope at the BRICK House. Novelis is also a member of the Good Neighbor Project in Davenport.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

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