Job Description

Title: Environment Health and Safety Specialist

Location: Simi Valley, CA

Pay Range: $35-45/HR

This position will not be managing people. Just managing processes and being a resource for our teams.

Summary:

The Environment Health and Safety Specialist 3 provides expertise in the development, implementation and management of effective Safety, Health and Environment programs/systems. Routinely analyzes hazardous situations and identifies alternative courses of action.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the development, documentation, improvement, and audit of site environmental, health and safety systems to assure conformance and effectiveness.

• Determine plant environmental, safety, and health requirements and analyze for compatibility with corporate practices.

• Provides expertise in the development, implementation, and maintenance of Health, Safety and Environmental programs/procedures

• Performs audits and safety inspections of work environments, processes, and operations in compliance with government regulations and industry standards

• Ensures all applicable registrations, permits, and licenses are in place and current.

• Lead activities in support of Kaizen, Safety Star Point Teams (Safety Committee), Emergency Response Teams, and other project teams.

• Participates in developing and implementing training programs for employees.

• Gathers data for the purpose of identifying, reducing, or eliminating sources of pollutants and/or hazards that affect the work environment and health of the employees

• Ensure that best practices, incidents, near misses, etc., are communicated between facilities following established guidelines.

• Assist with regulatory-required environmental reporting, including hazardous/residual waste, air emissions, wastewater, and others

• Working knowledge of industry safety, OSHA, EPA, and other state-specific agency regulations and environmental system standards and their application to an industrial environment.

• Ability to effectively communicate environmental, health, and safety concepts, plans, and technical data. Other responsibilities as assigned:

• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance

• Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance is required. May need to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s), and additional hours as necessary

• Travel up to 20%

Skills:

• Education: Bachelors Degree is REQUIRED (preferred in Environmental, Health, and Safety)

• Years of experience: minimum 5+ years of relevant Health, Safety, and Environment regulations/standards experience (This role is more Safety Regulatory Experience Focus)
• Professionally recognized safety or environmental certification (ASP, GSP, CSP, CIH, CHMM).
• RCRA Hazardous Waste Management training in accordance with 40 CFR 262.34.
• DOT training in accordance with 49 CFR 172.700-704.
• 40 hour initial and 8-hour refresher training in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.120 (HAZWOPER).
• ISO 14001 experience.
• Knowledge of SAP, Benchmark Gensuite, HumanTech and/or other EHS-related software.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills to drive tasks to completion
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and database management tools

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