Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Description

Position Summary 

Reporting to the EHS Manager, the Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist has responsibility for planning, communicating and implementing the organization’s environment, health, and safety programs to ensure a safe, healthy and accident-free work environment. Provides safety support for three facilities and a remote field service team. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Plans and implements safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state and federal OSHA rules and regulations.
• Ensures managers and employees are trained in worksite safety practices, fire prevention and correct handling techniques for machinery, equipment and chemicals.
• Conducts new hire safety orientations. 
• Ensures required safety training is completed by all employees. 
• Prepares studies and analyses of industrial accident causes and hazards to health for use by company personnel and outside agencies.
• Inspects organization facilities to detect existing or potential accident and health hazards, determines corrective or preventative measures where indicated, and follows up to ensure measures are implemented. 
• Participates in the investigation of accidents and injuries ensuring robust root cause and corrective actions are implemented.
• Compiles and submits accident reports required by regulatory agencies.
• Maintains safety files and records.
• Supports and mentors Safety Committee.
• Drives continuous improvement and streamlining of processes and procedures. 
• Leads and manages special projects, which may be large or of a significant scale, as assigned. 
• Maintains confidentiality of employment and workers compensation medical records.  

Requirements

  Education/Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Occupational Safety, Human Resources or other related degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 2 years proven job-related experience in environmental, health and/or safety professional work.  
• Prior experience in a manufacturing / industrial environment strongly desired

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES 

• Knowledge of OSHA regulations required.
• Strong communication skills; verbal, written as well as listening skills. Able to successfully communicate to various levels within the organization as well as be comfortable speaking in public.
• Possess strong IT skills (such as MS Office, Word, Powerpoint, etc.)
• Possess a high level of professionalism when interacting with employees, management, or outside individuals. 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and successfully juggle competing priorities.
• Possess a high level of attention to detail & accuracy
• Possess strong influencing skills and ability to motivate employees and leaders to follow safety protocols. 
• Possess problem solving and creative thinking skills. 
• Possess strong integrity and ethical standards. 
• Ability to travel to support remote employees or Ipsen manufacturing facilities as needed (up to 20%)

PHYSICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND VISUAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with impairments to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to sit and use hands to finger coordination.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally required lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability adjust focus. 
• Regularly required to be in manufacturing environments around machinery, moving parts.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. 
• May occasionally be exposed to loud or noise manufacturing environments, the noise level in the office environment is usually moderate.   

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.