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JOB SUMMARY
The Environment, Health, and Safety Specialist will ensure that equipment, machinery, and processes are designed and operated safely and ensure safe operating procedures are followed across the plant-by-plant operators.
The Environment, Health, and Safety Specialist will address issues related to machine guarding, chemical exposure, industrial hygiene, operational activities, and ergonomic risks.
This is not a remote position.
This position is not eligible for a relocation package, so we recommend candidates in Greater Cincinnati.
Schedule
02:00pm - 10:30pm
Monday - Friday
Duties and Responsibilities
- Daily on the floor identification of unsafe acts; root cause determination; hands on training with the operators and supervisors to eliminate risks
- Develop a high-level understanding of workplace processes and equipment to best discern opportunities for improvement and the elimination of unsafe conditions
- Survey equipment and facilities, identifying potentially unsafe conditions and implementing remedial processes/equipment to improve
- Work with corporate EHS to develop key site-specific safety training
- Performing job hazard analysis recommend/execute appropriate corrective actions
- Assures the facility complies with safety and environmental programs, regulations, and company policy
- Develop a partnership with Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering functions to help manage change, assure safety and compliance of new systems, and assist in setting requirements to assure safe startup
- Participates in Sharonville Plant Safety Committee, assesses incidents for root cause, consults and implements corrective actions
- Engage employees and the leadership team in the process
- Assist the EHS&S Team in drafting companywide EHS&S programs and finalize them after feedback in alignment with Manufacturing that are on time and technically correct to move DuBois towards common programs that are Suitable, Adequate and Effective (SAE)
- Develop corresponding EHS&S training and lead training for all locations either in-person or via computer-based training systems
- Be part of an internal audit team performing multi-media audits
- Support timely completion of all corporate internal and external audits, reports, and incident investigations
- Assist with investigations of all EHS incidents
- Participate in safety reviews of processes and projects
- Lead and engage the plant level Safety Committee meetings
- Assist with EHS&S related questionnaires to support business operations
Qualifications
- 3-5-Years of Professional EHS safety experience
- EHS safety experience in chemical manufacturing or industrial environment
- Strong working knowledge of both OSHA and EPA regulations
- Basic understanding of ergonomic principals, ability to perform ergonomic assessments and develop ergonomic improvements
- Team Building experience
- Effective communicator with a strong influence and a collaborative functional leadership style
- Collaborative team player with proven interpersonal relationship skills and the ability to engage with all levels of the organization and present formal and informal training
- Experience with EHS regulatory compliance including analysis of regulatory impact, development of draft compliance programs, education and training of personnel, auditing, and reporting of compliance status
- Ability to apply regulations to field applicability to recognize compliance, best practices, and/or gaps to the regulations
- Task oriented and able to function with basic guard rails and clear directives to achieve completion of tasks with a high level of accuracy and quality
- Demonstrated experience with continuous improvement efforts and corrective actions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate plant employees, vendors, customers, auditors, and senior leaders
- Proficient with business software platforms
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001 / 14001 experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Dynamics [D365]
- Must be willing to be on the front line of implementation and change
- A professional and positive demeanor
EDUCATION REQUREMENTS
Bachelor’s Degree or a combination of education and relevant experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Environment, Health, and/or Safety or a related field preferred
Management or Leadership Training preferred
Advanced course work in EHS, chemistry, or engineering with chemical industry experience preferred
Experience with continuous improvement activities, i.e., Kaizen, Plan – Do – Check – Act (PDCA), six sigma, etc. preferred
OTHER INFORMATION
Frequent exposure to wet and humid conditions (non-weather); fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme heat (non-weather) and loud noise levels.
Working conditions are a mix of office and manufacturing environment; significant walking, climbing
DuBois provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, service in the military, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and/or local law and/or regulation.
