Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Job Description

Responsible for assisting the Facility EHS Manager in leading the EHS culture while ensuring the facility remains in compliance with applicable regulations and corporate standards.

• Key member of the Facility EHS Team responsible for helping develop a strong EHS culture.
• Focuses on coaching all levels of employees to achieve a best in class EHS performance.
• Reviews and updates safety policies and procedures on a routine and as needed basis to assure compliance with applicable required federal, state, and local regulations and corporate standards.
• Participates and / or executes EHS related audits and inspections on a routine basis to verify compliance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Tracks corrective actions identified through audits and inspections to closure.
• Promotes safety awareness and culture throughout the facility on all shifts using established, recognized and innovative risk reduction techniques.
• Follows up and helps manage workers compensation, liability or property claim investigations as related to root cause practices or behaviors and assist with identifying corrective actions.
• Participates on facility safety committees.
• Administers EHS related training classes.
• Assist in representing company during federal, state and local safety inspections for OSI facilities, as needed.
• Tracks EHS metrics and manages related data.
• Ability to communicate EHS metrics and goals to facility leadership and hourly employees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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