EHS Specialist jobs in Rockford, IL

Thompson Pipe Group is hiring, Environmental, Health and Safety Coordinator
Salary: $60,000- $70,000/Annual Salary Depending on experience.

What We Offer:

• Top-tier Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Benefits eligibility 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• Safety Shirts after 90 Day Introductory period
• Safety prescription eye wear program
• Safety work wear subsidy after 90 day introductory period
• Bonus Programs
• Life and Supplement Life
• Company Matched 401K Retirement Plan
• Paid Holidays
• Fun Events
• Training and Development
• Employee Discounts

• Trains and assists, as necessary, Plant Managers in preparing the required incident notification, reporting and investigation reports to ensure that all appropriate documentation is completed in accordance with company-established incident reporting requirements.
• Assists with Root Cause Analysis and other on-site investigations of all near misses, injuries, and incidents.
• Checks to ensuring plants have adequate safety equipment and necessary PPE. Monitor cost of PPE and identify reduction strategies.
• Conducts safety training meetings for the assigned Plant, enforcing and promoting safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Scheduling mandatory safety training for all personnel.
• Maintains the plant safety training matrix and creates reports to management to show completion rates and training needed.
• Provides guidance to management and employees on local, state, federal safety and environmental regulations, including maintaining required permits and communicating safety alerts.
• Conducts new hire safety orientation.
• Work with HR to coordinate and manage workers’ compensation claims and provide update to applicable parties on statuses.
• Work with supervisors to manage modified duty employees who are progressing to full duty.
• Performs monthly safety meetings with the management team.
• Develops Monthly safety topics for managers to share with employees.
• Creates single point leassons to share plant EHS issues and resolutions with other plants.
• Performs monthly facility inspections.
• Performs Hazard Assessments on equipment and tasks.
• Coordinates performance of annual hearing and respirator fit testing.
• Updates EHS performance metrics and safety signage.
• Posts all plant areas with necessary EHS requirements.
• Ensures all wastes / hazardous wastes are properly segregated, stored and posted properly.
• Manages chemical authorization process for plant.
• Performs annual EHS audit of plant.
• Develops EHS procedures to support plant operations.
• Assists with other plants and sites as required.

• General knowledge of federal, state and local safety regulations.
• Understands requirements with OSHA record keeping requirements and other regulatory and company requirements.
• Fluency in both English and Spanish (recommended).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to make oral presentations on various safety related topics.
• Good computer skills including Microsoft® Office® software, especially Excel®, Word® and PowerPoint®.

• Certification as an OHST, CHST, CSHO or comparable

• At least 2 to 5 years of experience in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment

• Knowledge of various industry safety training (Lockout/Tagout, Fall Protection, Confined Space, etc.).
• First Aid/CPR/AED certified. Certified as trainer preferred.
• General knowledge of federal, state, and local safety regulations.
• Understands requirements with OSHA record keeping requirements and other regulatory and company requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to make oral presentations on various safety related topics.
• Fluent in English and Spanish (written and verbal)
• Good computer skills including Microsoft® Office® software, especially Excel®, Word® and PowerPoint®.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to handle a variety of assignments simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently, self-motivated, requiring limited supervision and have excellent organizational skills.
• Able to build and maintain both internal and external customer relations.