The role and responsibilities of an EHS Specialist are as follows:

• Provide technical assistance to the leadership team including supervisory personnel.
• Conduct periodic safety audits, inspections, and observations.
• Investigate incidents to determine root causes and appropriate corrective actions.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and revise health and safety policies and procedures.
• Act in an advisory capacity to management and supervisors on matters of injury and illness prevention, industrial hygiene, and environmental regulations/requirements.
• Plan, develop and deliver effective health and safety training.
• Prepare required injury/illness reports for federal, state, and local agencies.
• Analyze injury/illness trends to determine areas of needed improvement.
• Perform basic/routine duties in a wide range of environmental, health and safety disciplines to achieve compliance with the EHS standards along with federal, state and local regulatory requirements.

Qualifications for a position as an EHS Specialist include:

• Fundamental understanding of OSHA General Industry standards
• At least one (1) year of EHS experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Process Safety Management (PSM) preferred
• Professional Certification (CSP, CIH, ASP, GSP, etc.) from a nationally recognized organization preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of Behavior Based Safety principles
• Must be able to withstand some occasional cold temperature (40° F), when needed to sort out products in refrigerator (max 3 hours).

Preferred Skills

• Effective, tactful, and positive communication with all levels of plant and management personnel.
• Self-starter, works independently, takes initiative.
• Flexibility: performing wide range of tasks, accepting new challenges, responsibilities, and assignments.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking ability with strong attention to detail
• High proficiency in MS Office and other computer software programs