Senior Health, Safety & Environmental Specialist

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The Senior Health Safety & Environmental (HSE) Specialist reports to the Senior Health, Safety and Environmental Manager and will be primarily responsible for developing and maintaining the Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) programs within the STERIS Plymouth, Minnesota location. In this role you will work with site operations to implement HSE related initiatives and / or strategic objectives to improve workplace safety, risk reduction, training and internal audits against applicable STERIS Corp, local, state and federal regulations. The Senior HSE Specialist will play a key role in ensuring site safe work environment for all Associates, visitors and Customers.

In this role you will assist the organization with the modernization of site HSE procedures, guidelines and other HSE documents, ensuring alignment with ISO 14001 and 45001 standards.

This position requires working onsite in our Plymouth, MN location .

What You'll Do as a Senior Health, Safety & Environmental Specialist

HSE Support and Administration (85%)

• Assist in compliance assurance with all federal and state Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements including reporting metrics and data to STERIS Corp and the respective governing bodies such as OSHA and others.
• Accountable for assisting to ensure Associates with certifications / licenses are up to date and meet the necessary requirements. This includes, but not limited to CPR, AED, First Aid, Hazcom, New Hire Orientation and Occupational Health surveillance testing.
• Lead and facilitate risk assessment team in performing job hazard analyses.
• Assists the corporate HSE staff in analyzing HSE leading and lagging metrics for global operations, identifying emerging trends or target hazards and recommending appropriate remedial action. Data analysis includes but is not limited to; Injury performance rate charts, Total Recordable (TRIR) and Lost-time (LTIR), Severity Rates, leading indicators, etc.; Nature, type and demographic of injuries; Flash Reports (Navigator) by parent / daughter configuration, and Results of Internal audits.
• Investigates incidents including near misses. Facilitates root cause analyses with a collaborative team (., production, facilities, engineering).
• Assists in the management ., program development, training and monitoring of a safety observation program.
• Assist with management of worker’s compensation cases including Transitional Work Duty and interface between the site and Workcare.
• Support workplace safety conditions & practices audits.
• Participates in emergency response planning, training, and drills. Supports
• Supports site / division safety team meetings.
• Develops and provides various HSE training to site Associates as required by the site. Maintain appropriate HSE training matrixes within the company LMS.
• Monitors and supports the site’s Safety Data Sheet program in Cority and chemical approval processes.
• Serves as a resource and technical advisor regarding the Navigator Global Operating System and to help ensure that HSE issues / concerns are identified and addressed on a proactive basis
• Provides timely / effective review of Corrective / Preventive Actions that are assigned to site personnel.
• Under direction, prepares various reports, compiling and maintaining statistical information for leading and lagging HSE control charts and related dashboards. Prepares and distributes meeting agenda, records meeting minutes for committee meetings and other important meetings (department, and prepares and distributes minutes to the appropriate person(s).
• Works closely with the HSE staff to set up training classes, which includes sending the meeting notice, tracking the attendees, and other various tasks, as needed. This also includes coordinating or finalizing logistics such as setting the location of the training and room set up.

Environmental (15%)

The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed

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What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, wellbeing, and financial future.

Here is just a brief overview of what we offer :

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Pay range for this opportunity is $84,362.50 - $109,175.00. This position is eligible for bonus participation.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county / city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

Open until position is filled.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare and life sciences products and services around the globe. For more information, visit . If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status. STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity. The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by § 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.