Environmental Health and Safety Technician

Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Job Description:

• Responsible for the development and implementation of plant-wide team efforts in improving key performance indicators such as reducing blood lead averages, recordable injuries, lost time injuries, government compliance, and conducting, sampling and analysis of air, water and wipe media.
• Supports, guides, and ensures plant staff, employees, contractors, their employees, agents, and/or subcontractors perform their jobs in safe and environmentally responsible ways.

Pay:

• Pay starting at $24.75

Responsibilities:

• Meet or exceed the requirements of national, state and local EHS laws and regulations.
• Collect data on work environments for analysis.
• Implement and conduct evaluation of programs designed to limit chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic risks to workers.
• Support sound EHS engineering controls, work practices, management practices and personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Recommend corrective measures based on results of EHS program analyses and plant history.
• Continuously strive to eliminate injuries, reduce blood lead levels, and protect the environment.
• Monitor EHS auditing program to assure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards.
• Work towards EHS goals to reduce injuries, employee blood lead levels, and all forms of waste.
• Monitor and keep up to date on emerging environmental, health and safety issues.
• Strive for continuous improvement using tools like Six Sigma Projects and Kaizen events.
• Interface with regulatory agencies and divisional personnel to support safety, health, and environmental efforts.
• Provide training on EHS guidelines and assistance as required.
• Interact with outside vendors to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred and/or 3 to 4 years EHS field experience in a related industry.
• Ten years experience in an industrial manufacturing environment with a track record of business results.
• Experience in leading EHS continuous improvement efforts and projects at the site level.
• Experience working in a union manufacturing plant; CSP or CIH certifications are a plus.

Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite products.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Deductive and inductive reasoning abilities.
• Problem sensitivity.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates.
• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine compliance.
• Identifying information by categorizing and detecting changes.
• Being pleasant and displaying a cooperative attitude.
• Being sensitive to others' needs and feelings.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands, reach, and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to occasionally lift a minimum of 25 lbs and up to 150 lbs with equipment assistance.
• Regular use of safety glasses and steel-toed shoes; limited use of respirator and other PPE as required.

Work Environment:

• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts and airborne particles.
• Occasional exposure to precarious places, toxic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.
• Noise level ranges from minimal to loud.
• Regularly working in a lead-contaminated area requiring a uniform and safety shoes.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Stryten Energy is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

About Our Company:

Stryten Energy helps solve the world's most pressing energy challenges with a broad range of energy storage solutions across various sectors. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Stryten partners with recognized companies to meet the