EHS Specialist at Hired by Matrix

Pay Rate: 32.02-36.28 $/Hour

• Evaluate the safety management system for its effectiveness and maintaining documented continuous improvement plans to improve performance.
• Engage the entire work force both salary and hourly to drive cultural change and accomplishing safety performance objectives and targets.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state and local regulatory requirements and corporate safety systems and act as the lead contact with regulatory agencies.
• Perform incident investigations using a formal process with the focus on root cause, corrective and preventive actions and verification.
• Provide effective training for all safety programs including but not limited to lockout/tagout, machine guarding, fall protection, powered industrial vehicle, hazard communication, personal protective equipment, electrical safety, confined space, respiratory protection and walking and working surfaces.
• Develop and implement motivational and incentive programs that promote a high degree of safety awareness and enthusiasm.
• Establish, record and track safety performance metrics, both leading and lagging indicators.
• Ensure that behavior-based observation programs are effectively implemented and tracked.
• Review planned changes and new equipment installations prior to receipt. Approve or recommend changes in manufacturing and engineering matters of plant layout, location/relocation of machinery, equipment, facilities, safety designs and processes.
• Train all new employees concerning plant safety rules and guidelines. Work with management in a joint effort to provide the worker with a safe attitude, safe surroundings and safe equipment.
• Assist in managing workers compensation and reducing costs by working closely with insurance carriers, workers compensation manager, attorneys and state authorities along with in-house supervisors and managers. Manage each claim from the accident report to the return of the worker for modified duty and ultimately to claim closure.
• Help implement the corporate Environmental Health Safety Information System. Collect safety data for use in determining root-causes of compliance problems and implement proactive corrective action items.
• Assist with the administration, implementation and compliance with the ISO14001 and 45001 EHS Management System (acts as the plant management representative).
• Present safety and environmental training programs to workers and supervisors. Some standardized materials will be made available, and development of site-specific training materials will be required.
• Drive Safety Performance throughout the plant.
• All other duties assigned. 

• Degree in Industrial or Occupational Health and Safety required.
• ASP, CSP or COSHO preferred.
• 3-5 years of working experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in the following fields: JHA, MOC, Ergonomics, Crane Safety, ANSI, NFPA, HAZCOM, HAZWOPER.