EHS Engineer

EHS Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering, Environment Health and Safety, Occupational Health and Safety, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Process Engineering, or equivalent, preferred.
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with people at all levels and in various functions including technical staff, business team leaders, and union personnel.
• Effective skills in the areas of counseling, coaching, and influencing.
• Demonstrate understanding of federal and state safety and environmental laws.
• The ability to identify and evaluate workplace hazards and environmental issues.
• Ability to work in a diverse team environment including interactions with technical staff, operation leaders, and contract personnel.
• Ability to lead a project or technical team and lead teams virtually.
• Ability to challenge the organization in a manner that maintains trust and respect.
• Ability to build business partnerships across and between functional groups.
• Ability to accept and respond to changes and challenges in a positive manner.
• Demonstrated capability to analyze problems and provide accurate solutions.
• Demonstrated skills in time management and managing multiple priorities.
• Critical thinking skills and the ability to constructively resolve conflicts.
• High energy and passion for excellence, adaptability, resilience, and taking action.
• Self-directed and comfortable working in a matrixed organization.
• Knowledge of standard computer programs and databases (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Key player in all Environmental, Health, and Safety initiatives on-site.
• Acting as the deputy EHS Leader when the EHS Leader is absent.
• Actively participates in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations.
• Acts as a Subject Matter Expert as a member of the EHS Team.
• Participates as an EHS expert as a member of new equipment project teams, from design to operational stage.
• Acts as an influential leader in site safety and sustainability campaigns.
• Interacts with the authorities and insurance companies as site representative on technical EHS topics.
• Maintain technical expertise in Machine guarding, Lock out Tag out, and other relevant technical Safety programs.
• Maintain knowledge of the site Sustainability targets and projects to ensure their achievement and completion.
• Core contributor to the ISO 14001 certification.
• Participate as requested in EHS programs.
• A strong interest in bringing positivity to the workplace, including growing the Safety and Sustainability Culture and influencing the mindset of associates, peers, and superiors in a positive manner.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading EHS projects and teams, preferred.
• Has or willing to work towards, an auditing certification.