Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

About the RoleThe Environmental Health and Safety Specialist supports the development implementation and continuous improvement of plant-wide environmental health safety and security programs. This role partners across the organization to promote a proactive safety culture strengthen regulatory compliance assess and mitigate workplace risks support incident prevention and response and advance initiatives that protect employees operations and the You Will Make An ImpactAssist with implementing and maintaining safety procedures aligned with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) standards and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) safety training sessions and development programs for manufacturing staff to promote awareness of occupational health with regular safety inspections and audits across manufacturing areas to identify hazards and recommend corrective in root cause analysis investigations following incidents or near-misses helping identify underlying issues and prevent detailed reports on safety observations incident reports and compliance documentation ensuring accuracy and first aid initiatives by assisting trained personnel during medical emergencies and ensuring first aid supplies are stocked and and evaluate workplace inspections and audits to identify hazards exposures compliance gaps and opportunities for plant-wide EHS training initiatives including scheduling participation tracking documentation and record emergency preparedness and response efforts for facility crises and contingencies including severe weather security threats and coordination with governmental or emergency-response emergency evacuation drills and recommend improvements to strengthen facility readiness and analyze record and communicate plant safety metrics and performance trends to support informed decision-making and continuous adherence to applicable food safety Good Manufacturing Practices and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point EssentialsAssociate degree in Business Environmental Studies Occupational Safety or a related field of 3 years of progressive EHS experience within a manufacturing knowledge of hazard identification workplace inspections and audits EHS training OSHA 300 recordkeeping internal documentation and applicable governmental reporting knowledge of OSHA EPA and other applicable federal state and local regulatory ability to apply thorough established investigation methodologies to determine root causes and communicate concise accurate and timely analytical problem-solving and decision-making capabilities with the ability to exercise sound independent written verbal interpersonal influencing leadership and negotiation skills with the ability to engage effectively across all organizational levels and with external in Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint with the ability to prepare clear documentation reports and organizational and project-management capabilities with demonstrated flexibility and the ability to prioritize multiple initiatives in a dynamic to work onsite as required to support plant operations employee engagement and effective coordination of EHS But ImpressiveExperience with Dayforce or other HRIS/ATS platformsProfessional HR certification or accreditationExperience supporting manufacturing or operations-based recruitingBackground in sourcing and recruiting across multiple skillsets or departmentsBecause You Deserve ItWe dont just hire great peoplewe take care of salary and incentivesTime off that lets you rechargeRetirement savingsGrowth opportunities that elevate your careerComprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision BenefitsPet Insurance; because your furry friends matter too!#HGISalary2920#L1-TW1