Senior EHS Specialist

Avery Dennison is seeking a Senior EHS Specialist to support our Reflective Solutions business at our Painesville Ohio site. As the Senior EHS Specialist you will serve as a key member of the plant leadership team for the Reflective Solutions business.

In this role you will serve as the primary Environmental Health and Safety resource driving continuous EHS improvements ensuring regulatory compliance and fostering a safe compliant and sustainable operating environment across facility and business operations.

Key Responsibilities

This position is based on-site in Painesville OH.

• Act as the primary EHS resource for site needs and Reflective Solutions employees in Painesville OH implementing programs developing facility-specific procedures and integrating company and facility-level EHS management systems to maintain compliance environmental protection and safe operating conditions across all federal state and local regulatory and company requirements.

• Lead core EHS programs including Hazcom Process Safety Management (PSM) Management of Change (MOC) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) LQG hazardous waste Title V stormwater hearing conservation Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) machine guarding TRI reporting employee participation programs and Pre-Start-Up Safety Reviewswhile maintaining OSHA 300 logs form 301 and governmental/corporate database records.

• Prepare and maintain facility compliance records reports and permits on time and accurately reviewing and providing mentorship on federal state and local regulation changes impacting permits while organizing and controlling an effective accident prevention program.

• Lead as the site Emergency Response Coordinator assist with maintaining Site Preparedness and Emergency Plans & Procedures investigate all spills releases injuries fires and near-misses with proper system documentation and coordinate/maintain the Job Safety Analysis (JSA) program chemical approvals and R&D procedure evaluations.

• Conduct periodic inspections of plant machinery equipment and working conditions to ensure conformance with safety and sanitary standards maintain working relationships with regulatory agencies implement required education and training mentor facility safety teams drive continuous improvement through behavioral-based processes generate creative EHS solutions and actively participate in corporate functional partnerships and the Corporate EHS Network.

Qualifications :

• Associates degree required; Bachelors degree or higher preferred with a strong preference for EHS-related majors alongside an advanced professional EHS certification (e.g. CSP CIH CHMM QEP CEA REM) preferred but not required.

• 5 years of experience in an environmental health and safety-focused role with demonstrated experience driving results on complex work assignments or educational projects of progressive complexity depth and scope; experience in a research and development laboratory environment is preferred.

• Good knowledge of regulatory requirements EHS policies procedures and programs paired with strong project management/problem-resolution skills and solid understanding of applicable computer systems (including Microsoft Office Google Docs/Sheets and function-specific software).

• Strategic thinking capabilities and strong leadership skills with excellent interpersonal communications mentoring facilitating and training skills with the flexibility to support a 24-hour operation.

• Must be able to work on-site in Painesville OH Monday through Friday with availability to come on-site on nights and weekends in an emergency (or arrange necessary coverage); may require up to 5% travel.

Additional Information :

The salary range for this position is $83400 - $124544 / year.

The hiring base salary range above represents what Avery Dennison reasonably expects to pay for this position as of the date of this posting. Actual salaries will vary within the range and in some circumstances may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to a candidates relevant skills experience education and training and location as well as the job scope and complexity responsibilities and regular and/or necessary travel required for the position which may change depending on the candidate pool. Avery Dennison reserves the right to modify this information at any time subject to applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status or any other protected status.

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Pre-employment Screening Notice

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and productive work environment Avery Dennison requires all final candidates to successfully complete a comprehensive background check and a drug screening. These checks are conducted post-offer and are a condition of employment. All results will be considered in accordance with applicable local state and federal laws.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time